Edward S Light wrote: >>Several pieces of Cosmos 2251 debris have been cataloged: >>33598 ( 93-036E ) and 33757 - 33769 ( 93-036F - 93-036T ) >> >>I wonder if all the collision fragments will be so labeled, >>or will some be "Iridium debris"? Notice that all those you mentioned have an inclination of 74. Cosmos 2251, pre-collision, had an inclination of 74. Iridium 33, pre-collision, had an inclination of 86. I suspect that any debris associated with Irid-33 will have an inclination close to 86. Ralph McConahy 38.3306N, 75.6970W, -25m (WGS84) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Feb 17 2009 - 17:29:08 UTC