First this: I finally made some time to generate my own homepage on the Web. For the moment you can find there only this Acceleration Report but I added some graphs showing the evolution of the Semi Major Axis of the following objects. You can find it via : http://uc2.unicall.be/kjonckheere/index.htm *************************************************************************** Observations of the following objects are needed very urgently. The following objects had a jump in Mean Motion and * MIGHT * accelerate: 21938 = 92- 20 B 21984 = 92- 30 J The following object had a jump in Mean Motion and IS ACCELERATING ! 21876 = 92- 8 B --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21876 = 92- 8 B Evolution of the Flash Period of this rocket : 92- 8 B 96-10-23 05:07:35 LB 180.3 0.2 10 18.03 FF, mag 4->inv 92- 8 B 96-10-23 18:44 WV S ?? 92- 8 B 96-10-25 17:55:18 LB 74.5 0.2 4 18.6 FF, mag 4->inv 92- 8 B 96-11-06 18:10 KJ 155.4 1.5 8 19.4 FF, 4->inv, later MM 92- 8 B 96-11-15 17:04 KJ 179.0 0.4 14 12.79 Ron Lee also saw it flashing at 96-11-18 but couldn't measure a good period because of changing Flash behaviour of this rocket. For the moment this object is only visible for our Southern latitude observers. Who of them makes the next observation ? Latest elements : 1 21876U 92008B 96331.18224087 .00000379 00000-0 38214-3 0 7726 2 21876 82.9254 293.6642 0037026 97.1831 263.3513 13.74517050239443 21938 = 92- 20 B On the Graph (on my webpage) you can see that the Semi major axis was going down in September '96. It has been going down fast again since November 15, 1996. No observations have been reported during the last months. Latest elements : 1 21938U 92020B 96334.07556020 +.00000761 +00000-0 +78748-3 0 07799 2 21938 082.9286 169.4568 0029200 243.6555 116.1604 13.74394179231960 21984 = 92- 30 J During August '96 there was a very sudden increase of the SMA of about 150 m. Now, the SMA has been going up rather fast again since 15 November. Latest elements : 1 21984U 92030J 96334.55220375 -.00000003 00000-0 10000-3 0 6560 2 21984 74.0029 0.2011 0122906 88.9516 272.5547 12.22113270200420 Happy observing ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kurt Jonckheere (kjonckheere@unicall.be) 51.2 N 2.9 E Latest accelerations : http://uc2.unicall.be/kjonckheere/index.htm observations collector for the Belgian Working Group Satellites: Send your observations of flashing satellites, preferrably in the correct PPAS format to obs@physics.oxford.ac.uk or obs@physics.ox.ac.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------