Congratulations to Paul Gabriel and Ralph McConahy for recovering 82041C on the morning of 2002 Aug 14 UTC, 160 days after it was last observed. They searched on different passes, one rev apart, and despite difficult sky conditions, both managed to produce useful data. Paul's obs are here: http://satobs.org/seesat/Aug-2002/0157.html Paul's second point is a good match to 82041C. Ralph's obs are here: http://satobs.org/seesat/Aug-2002/0162.html The object was about 48 min late relative Mike McCants' day 02066 elements, but 5.8 min early relative the search elements I posted a few days ago. Here is a preliminary orbit: KH 9-17 ELINT 0.3 0.9 0.0 6.5 v 1 13172U 82041C 02226.48884259 .00002000 00000-0 27284-3 0 00 2 13172 95.9590 201.7983 0003000 161.9424 198.2339 14.78742022 05 The mean motion is an estimate, based upon the apparent mean rate of decay since day 02066 implied by the new observations. Observers should make reasonable allowances for prediction time uncertainty, at least +/- 1 min. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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