>This morning, while observing for remnants of 23596, I accidentally >observed two objects at magnitude +7 travelling north-south. They were >0.2 degrees apart following one behind the other. I ran Mike McCants >weekly element file and nothing showed up. The time was 10:01:53 UT >elevation 32 azimuth 165 very close to the star Gamma Sculptor. The >coordinates are approximate since I was observing a close by area for >pieces of 23596. Use my coordinates as listed in the message trailer. > >If anyone has an idea what these two virtually identical looking objects >might be, I would appreciate it. > >Thanks, >Paul > >Paul D. Maley >DO5/Cargo Operations >NASA Johnson Space Center >Houston TX 77058 USA >phone: 281-244-0208 >fax: 281-244-7622 >email: paul.d.maley1@jsc.nasa.gov > >latitude 29.5378 north; longitude 95.0868 west; altitude 6 m Could it be those two? COSMOS 422 R 1 05239U 71046B Ref.Date: 1997 176.97211858 = 25 / 6 / 1997 n=13.73218054 Height.: 978- 994 Km Magnit.St.: 5.5 30/ 6/97 Az.: Alt.: Sun: Hgt.: Dist.: Magn.: Alpha: Delta: Const.: 10h 1m 0s 177d 8d -16d 979Km 2856Km 7.1 22.6h -52.0d Gru 10h 2m 0s 174d 13d -15d 979Km 2501Km 6.8 22.8h -47.0d Gru 10h 3m 0s 170d 19d -15d 979Km 2159Km 6.4 23.1h -41.0d Gru 10h 4m 0s 165d 25d -15d 979Km 1839Km 6.1 23.4h -33.2d Scl 10h 5m 0s 156d 34d -15d 978Km 1557Km 5.7 23.7h -23.0d Aqr 10h 6m 0s 142d 43d -15d 978Km 1337Km 5.4 0.2h -9.3d Cet 10h 7m 0s 116d 51d -15d 978Km 1215Km 5.2 0.7h +7.8d Psc 10h 8m 0s 84d 50d -14d 978Km 1221Km 5.2 1.4h +25.9d Psc 10h 9m 0s 60d 42d -14d 978Km 1353Km 5.4 2.2h +41.1d And 10h10m 0s 46d 33d -14d 978Km 1581Km 5.8 3.3h +51.1d Per 10h11m 0s 37d 25d -14d 978Km 1867Km 6.1 4.4h +56.4d Cam 10h12m 0s 32d 18d -14d 978Km 2190Km 6.5 5.4h +58.3d Cam 10h13m 0s 29d 13d -14d 978Km 2534Km 6.8 6.2h +58.3d Lyn 10h14m 0s 26d 8d -13d 978Km 2890Km 7.1 6.8h +57.1d Lyn 10h15m 0s 25d 4d -13d 978Km 3254Km 7.4 7.3h +55.4d Lyn COSMOS 1249 1 12319U 81021A Ref.Date: 1997 176.94232374 = 25 / 6 / 1997 n=13.86182800 Height.: 914- 967 Km Magnit.St.: 5.6 30/ 6/97 Az.: Alt.: Sun: Hgt.: Dist.: Magn.: Alpha: Delta: Const.: 10h 1m 0s 180d 11d -16d 947Km 2585Km 6.9 22.3h -49.5d Gru 10h 2m 0s 175d 16d -15d 945Km 2252Km 6.6 22.7h -44.3d Gru 10h 3m 0s 169d 22d -15d 944Km 1941Km 6.3 23.1h -37.7d Gru 10h 4m 0s 160d 28d -15d 942Km 1666Km 6.0 23.6h -29.0d Scl 10h 5m 0s 146d 36d -15d 941Km 1450Km 5.7 0.2h -17.6d Cet 10h 6m 0s 126d 41d -15d 939Km 1323Km 5.5 0.8h -3.4d Cet 10h 7m 0s 101d 42d -15d 937Km 1311Km 5.4 1.6h +11.9d Psc 10h 8m 0s 79d 37d -14d 936Km 1418Km 5.6 2.4h +25.4d Ari 10h 9m 0s 64d 29d -14d 934Km 1620Km 5.9 3.2h +35.1d Per 10h10m 0s 54d 23d -14d 933Km 1886Km 6.2 4.1h +41.1d Per 10h11m 0s 48d 16d -14d 931Km 2193Km 6.6 4.8h +44.3d Aur 10h12m 0s 44d 11d -14d 930Km 2524Km 6.9 5.4h +45.7d Aur 10h13m 0s 40d 7d -14d 928Km 2871Km 7.2 5.9h +45.9d Aur 10h14m 0s 38d 3d -13d 927Km 3227Km 7.4 6.4h +45.4d Aur My pleasure, avec plaisir, Alphonse alphonse.pouplier@skynet.be URL:http://users.skynet.be/alphonse/ To be on my list: Send "subscribe alphonse" to listbot@interlink-bbs.com Main coord.: Wepion (Belgium) +50d25m27s 4d51m42s East Aux. coord.: Esparron de Verdon (France) +43d44m19s 5d58m12s East