FW: [RASC Toronto List] Mystery Satellite

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 04 2010 - 02:36:31 UTC

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    I received this a few days ago, and unless I am really tired and missed something, I couldn't match it to anything.
    
    So I let someone else, try to id it, incase I messed up somewhere.
    
    At the July meeting I showed a video of a satellite passing through the field of 
    view of my camera/telescope as I was preparing to observe an asteroidal 
    occultation. At the time someone in the audience said that if I had a record of 
    the time and coordinates, the identity of the satellite could be determined. At 
    the time I flippantly replied "I don't care." That got a chuckle from the room, 
    but it was an unfair and thoughtless thing to say.
    
    Well, I've been mulling that over for > a week now and decided to do something 
    about it. Of course, I do have a record of the time and place of the satellite 
    passage. They are:
    Time: 2010-July-2 at 02h 39m 24s UTC
    RA: 15h 14m 59s
    Dec: -12d 29' 01"
    My Earth-bound coordinates (WGS84): 
    Long: 080d 00' 15.6" West
    Lat: 43d 49' 30.3" North
    Alt: +405 metres (MSL)
    
    
    
    
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