Standard magnitudes for Mir and ISS

From: Rainer Kracht (r.kracht@sh-home.de)
Date: Sun Jan 02 2000 - 08:55:57 PST


 Standard magnitudes for the Mir Complex
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 From Russell's observations (1980 Jan 01 to 1999 Dec 31) I have derived
 standard magnitudes (1000 km, 90 deg) for the Mir Complex and the ISS.


 1986            1986-017A    16   2.03 +/- 0.18   0.0063 +/- 0.0079
 1987            1986-017A    18   2.20 +/- 0.29   0.0039 +/- 0.0068
 1988            1986-017A    23   2.05 +/- 0.09   0.0038 +/- 0.0028
 1989            1986-017A    36   2.00 +/- 0.11   0.0088 +/- 0.0027
 1990            1986-017A    39   2.07 +/- 0.11   0.0103 +/- 0.0029
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 1986-1990                   132   2.06 +/- 0.06   0.0074 +/- 0.0016

 1991            1986-017A    21   1.77 +/- 0.11   0.0079 +/- 0.0027
 1992            1986-017A    34   1.65 +/- 0.09   0.0029 +/- 0.0024
 1993            1986-017A    22   1.75 +/- 0.09   0.0106 +/- 0.0027
 1994            1986-017A    39   1.59 +/- 0.09   0.0092 +/- 0.0027
 1995            1986-017A    48   1.55 +/- 0.06   0.0097 +/- 0.0017
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 1991-1995                   164   1.63 +/- 0.04   0.0077 +/- 0.0011

 1996            1986-017A    20   1.26 +/- 0.18   0.0136 +/- 0.0050
 1997            1986-017A    24   1.03 +/- 0.14   0.0204 +/- 0.0049
 1998            1986-017A    24   0.94 +/- 0.09   0.0190 +/- 0.0027
 1999            1986-017A    20   0.97 +/- 0.18   0.0171 +/- 0.0049
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 1996-1999       1986-017A    88   1.05 +/- 0.07   0.0165 +/- 0.0021


 1998-1999       1998-067A    34   2.23 +/- 0.14   0.0129 +/- 0.0048


 column 1 : year of observations
 column 2 : international designation
 column 3 : number of observations
 column 4 : standard magnitude
 column 5 : phase coefficient


 Rainer Kracht   2000 Jan 02
 r.kracht@sh-home.de

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