Denis V. Denissenko reported three unknown objects: http://satobs.org/seesat/Aug-2002/0193.html His flaring object of 2002 Aug 11 at 21:17 UTC was USA 161 (26934 / 01044A). Of the two candidates Denis suggested for his second unknown, a flashing object, I believe that IRS-1A (88021A / 18960) is the more probable, because Russell Eberst observed it flashing with a 7 s period on 2001 Sep 16 UTC. The third unknown may have been Seasat (78064A / 10967). It was trailing and below, but slowly rising, and for a time its angular velocity was greater than that of 88021A. Seasat was the most likely object to have reached the observed mag 2.5 to 3. If by "almost crossed" Denis meant "moving in opposite directions", then the Meteor 2-13 (85119A / 16408) is a possibility. At 23:40:22 UTC it passed within about 1 deg of 88021A, moving in the opposite direction; however, the magnitude of the angular velocity of both was nearly identical. 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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