Björn Gimle wrote: > ... I found a slow UNID near eta Boo. It > was varying regularly with rounded maxima near +5 down to > below +8. I lost it, and found it again - missed one or two > maxima - period about 15s ? > > 85720 05 720A 5919 G 20050808212639340 17 25 1348677+180260 69 R+050 10 015000 > 85720 05 720A 5919 G 20050808212725900 17 25 1300397+313482 38 R+050 10 015000 The mean angular velocity between those points is 0.37 deg/s, which is not especially slow. Best-fit circular orbit: 1 70000U 05220.89351088 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 01 2 70000 70.1026 242.5900 0001000 0.0000 66.4310 15.74150949 03 I note that your second point is within 0.34 s (time) and 0.04 deg of Iridium 76 (98048B / 25432). It has no history of regular magnitude variation (Russell Eberst reported it as steady on 2005 Jul 18 UTC). Is it a meaningless coincidence, or could you have mistaken it for your UNID at your second point? Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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