Re: Decay watch: 2001 Apr 25, neg obs

From: Tony Beresford (aberesford@iprimus.com.au)
Date: Wed Apr 25 2001 - 21:02:03 PDT

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    At 12:43 26/04/01 , Daniel Deak wrote:
    >Hello everyone,
    
    >I tried myself to spot it from my place at the 02:40 UT pass on the 26th but saw
    >nothing using naked eye, 7x35 and 20x80 binocs. It's supposed to be a big object
    >about 20 meters long.
    Daniel, the RAE tables state is at most 1.8 long by 1.65 meters diameter,
    so its not a Centaur as you are perhaps imagining. A standard magnitude
    of 5 or 6 seems appropiate.
    Tony Beresford
    
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