-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I apologize in advance for the horrid time precision on the unknown I'm reporting. I saw a vehicle moving 150° a few degrees to the west of Sirius at 01:54:40 +-10s. It flared brightly a few seconds before, and had crossed the HST's path. It gradually dimmed and went into shadow about 20s later, just as the HST was nearing Tabit (in Orion, Ori Pi3-1). Its angular velocity was a little lower than HST's, indicating a higher orbit. It's probably a very high inclination, certainly above 80°. I'm using Mike McCants' elements file as well as data from Heaven's Above, and there is no matching vehicle. I've used ObsReduce to try to narrow down the possibilities, but none of the elements I have match. I used xephem to see if anything showed up, since it will plot anything it can get its hands on, but it was no help in this case. FWIW, the HST was within a fraction of a second of the appulse with Meissa (Ori Lambda-39A). I recorded it at 01:56:22.48 24 Feb 2008 UTC. 20580 90 037B 8330 G 20080224015622480 17 25 0539742-202011 68 S+020 10 John - -- COSPAR 8330 30d8m42.6sN 97d52m43.8sW/30.145167 -97.878833 220m WGS84 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHwO6lThFRLa48rEYRAkGFAJ9OycddVQx8Gw8Yzc08wT8e7OteYQCfVaMo 0j/IiwQkGNusEN1AQV7Q2c4= =R6Zd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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