Peter Wakelin wrote: > 09-526A is the new object I first observed on January 26. > It was very close to the position predicted by Ted's search > elset with N = 2.006. It is possible that it has done 11 > rather than 10 orbits in the 5 days since last observed > but I get a less good fit with a mean motion near 2.2066. > Cloud terminated last night's observing earlier than I had > hoped but further obs will resolve the issue. Congratulations on recovering the object, Peter. With your new observations, I am confident that ~2.006 rev/d is correct; here are updated elements: 1 91200U 09526A 09031.64133475 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 03 2 91200 64.0002 337.6226 7174258 278.7239 12.9080 2.00612450 07 Arc 2009 Jan 26.77 - 31.89, WRMS residuals = 0.006 deg This appears not to be the Molniya orbit object you observed on 2008 Apr 23; their planes differ by about 21 deg, and a mean motion near 2.18 rev/d seems more realistic for the Apr 23 object. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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