USA 129 obs.early
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Sun, 20 Apr 1997 20:10:22 +0200
>Apr.15 I observed 96-72 A: at 21:26:56.3 RA 23:26, decl.+87 18'
>This was 96 seconds early from 97081 elset, so I adjusted MM to fit:
>
>USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.1 v
>1 24680U 96072 A 97 81.15398120 .00010426 00000-0 11932-3 0 06
>2 24680 97.8549 144.9488 0538021 228.3204 126.7146 14.73708138 01
>
>Probably, it would be more appropriate to increase ndot2/Bstar, making
>current MM closer to USA 116's.
First the time given was local Summer time, so 19:26:56.3 UT is the proper time.
On Apr.19 I observed it 59 sec. early wrt. this improved elset, on a near
zenithal pass, so the suggestion to change B*/ndot2 instead of MM seems
appropriate:
19:31:26.4 RA 11.11 dec.+56.5 (2000)
19:31:32.8 10.95 61.6
19:32:14.0 4.49 83.7
About mag. +2 for two long periods.
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