Re: Sat ID request

From: Stephen Fels (stephen@fels.cc)
Date: Sun Jan 06 2002 - 20:11:22 EST

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    I can't provide anything that counters your observations. I was going on a
May, 2000 observation that said "Variable, rather bright" with no mention of
period, or range of variability.
Stephen
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Molczan" <molczan@rogers.com>
To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 07:43 PM
Subject: RE: Sat ID request


> Bram Dorreman wrote:
>
> > I have my doubts about 1987-027B as the best candidate.
> > This Zenit rocket did not vary in brightness as fast as
> > indicated. Unfortunately there are no observations reported
> > at or around that date so I cannot be for 100 percent sure.
>
> Russell Eberst observed 1987-027B  7 days and 11 days prior to Bill
> Mitchell's observation of his unknown. It was steady on both
> occasions.
>
> Russell has reported more than 150 positions for this object
> since 1989, and it was always steady except on a handful of
> occasions, during which the flash period was between 10 s and
> 60 s. Its brightness rarely exceeded mag 2, and only by a
> few tenths.
>
> Ted Molczan
>
>
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