Re: cosmos 2340 rkt flashing and Molczan to Quicksat mags

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>Subject: Re: cosmos 2340 rkt flashing and Molczan to Quicksat mags
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>>On another note, can anyone give me a formula for converting Molczan
>>maginitudes (50% at 1000 km) to quicksat magnitudes (100% at 1000km). I
>>think ive got a formula but Im not sure...
>
For a sphere, brightness varies as (1+cos(Phs))  (100%=0 deg.)
This makes a factor of two from 50% to 100% (but not linear!)
Magnitude is 2.5 * LOG10(lightlevel), i.e. 0.75 magnitudes.

QS = Molczan - 0.75

But Molczan has estimated (d) or normal condition (v) standard
magnitudes, whereas Mike's QuickSat files have 'best ever' values,
so the difference can be much larger.

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