Re: Mystery Geo flasher
Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Mon, 06 Dec 1999 13:40:06 -0600
Jim <nixj@bellsouth.net> wrote:
] Knoxville, around 8:00 pm local, Dec. 1, 1999, approx. 10 degrees
below
] Jupiter and Saturn, barely moving from West to East, observed for
approx
] two minutes, flashes at approx 8-10 secs intervals around mag 1.0 to
3.0
] then dimming.
Allowing a fair amount of flexibility in the time and sky angles, this
probably was ETS 6. I believe that Knoxville, Tennessee, is in the
Eastern Standard Time zone (UTC-5:00). At 20:00 EST on Dec. 1 (1:00
Dec 2 UTC), from Knoxville, Jupiter was at about alt. 56, azi. 138,
and Saturn was at about alt. 48, 113. Along its way towards shadow
entry, ETS 6 passed directly below both of those planets. Here is
Highfly output:
35.961 83.921 1000. Knoxville, Tennessee 2000 6.5 10
*** 1999 Dec 1/ 2 Wed evening/Thu morning *** Times are EST
Hrs Min Alt Azi Mag Hgt R A Dec Range 5 Min Early
23230 ETS 6 94-056A 51 M-5.0 ELDY 1 M2 -1
19 45 47 139 .8 6926 1 38.3 .7 7651 1 40.1 .7
19 50 43 131 .7 6606 2 8.5 .8 7445 2 10.3 .8
19 55 39 124 .6 6311 2 40.6 .7 7305 2 42.2 .7
20 0 34 118 .6 6044 3 14.0 .5 7237 3 15.5 .5
20 5 28 113 .7 5811 3 48.3 .1 7248 3 49.6 .1
Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
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