Re: Decay of #24666 = 96- 67 B (Centaur r)

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 7 Apr 1997 21:43:04 +0100

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I wrote:
>My SatEvo analysis suggests that decay should occur in daylight at 
>April 7.10 (02.24 UTC) over the S Central Pacific near 13.7 degrees
>South, 146.1 degrees West on a track taking it towards Nicaragua in
>Central America.
>
>Predicted elsets:
>...
>Centaur r                                        1563 x 101 km
>1 24666U 96067B   97096.90619328 3.31431831  36106+1  71857-2 0 92064
>2 24666  23.6293 120.4446 1013344 311.3602  40.3520 14.18023840  3844
>...

The final OIG-issued elset was:
Centaur r                                        1675 x 98 km
1 24666U 96067B   97096.90839257  .99999999 -86159-6  46285-2 0  2253
2 24666  23.5454 120.4304 1085248 312.6555  38.6275 14.02200172  3843
showing it running 3.2 minutes late on my prediction.

I suspect that decay occurred at about April 7.105 (02.31 UTC) close to
the above position over the Pacific.

Alan
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