Re: possible decay obs of 97-38C ?
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 7 Aug 1997 00:14:53 +0100
In message <199708062240.AAA15051@hydrogen.inbe.net>, Tristan Cools
<tcools@nic.INbe.net> writes
>A friend of another mailing list was posting a possible re-entry obs of a
>unknown object. He saw a bright moving object with tail passing close to
>Arcturus and continueing its path from West to East before exploding into a
>fireball somewhat further.
>
>There was a passage on Aug 6 of 97-38C at 20:26UTC but he saw this at
>20:20UTC. Could this be 97-38C ?
I think not. One more elset has appeared for 97-38C:
Soyuz TM-26 deb 250 x 177 km
1 24888U 97038C 97218.81652942 .05295926 12008-4 15354-2 0 153
2 24888 51.6141 191.6300 0054853 79.0271 281.6907 16.22296083 193
This is for the rev of the 20:26 UTC passage (but for where?) and shows
it running only 2.4 seconds early against the prediction I posted a few
hours ago. I anticipate decay shortly before August 8.0.
Alan
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