Re: Delta 1 R/B #04903 or 71-009B ?

From: Ed Cannon (edcannonsat@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 16 2005 - 04:30:12 EST

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    yK Chia wrote:
    
    "...Last nite Dec 15/16 past 11:00pm local time.. i noticed there 
    is a list of 'detection's...."
    
    "...a hardly moving blinking object! (period ~ 9.0 sec+(rough))...."
    
    "I found Delta 1 R/B- 71-009B be a candidate.  Checked Mike's ppas series
    for historical obs record but no entries of 71009B."
    
    yK, check for ETS 6 (94-056A, 23230 -- also called Kiku 6).  It 
    has been known to flash to as bright as +3 magnitude at apogee 
    (beyond 35,000 km), and the period is very near 9 seconds as 
    measured very recently by Steve LaLumondiere.  It appears that 
    it was only a few degrees from 04903, 71-009B, which seems to be 
    an old Delta.
    
    I'm hoping that using eight hours ahead of GMT/UTC is the correct
    time zone for Singapore.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
    
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