> If it is 99% covered with mirrors, there are no surfaces left to > produce a > standard magnitude better than, say, +10 between flashes. And as > Tony says, > with 100+ second rotation period, there won't be enough to see them > except > by chance in binoculars. Would I be correct in assuming that it is mathematically impossible to make flash predictions for Starshine 2 and 3, like you can for the Iridium constellation? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/projectorion 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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