Observ. Thurs Eve.
Robert Sheaffer (sheaffer@netcom.com)
Fri, 4 Jul 1997 10:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
Observations 3 July 1997 (Thu Eve, July 4 UT)
06:08:54 UT Appulse of unexpected satellite, Mag 4, with Epsilon
Herculis. Moved from near Alpha Ophiuchi into Hercules.
Slow-moving. Believed to be #20436, Spot 2, predicted mag 5.1,
approx 10s fast on current elset.
06:17:00 Appulse of unexpected Mag 3.5/4.0 satellite with Beta
Herculis. Moved above Bootes into Draco. No matching
object in molczan.tle. Closest to it is #4391, Cosmos 336 r,
predicted to be Mag. 6.0 on a parallel path 20 degrees
to the east.
06:25 Cosmos 1867 (#18187), slow-moving, Mag 4, seen moving
from Serpens Caput into Ophiuchus. Moved into shadow
there.
06:30:08 Virtual occultation of Beta Herculis by Cosmos 2278
rocket (#23088). Position & time exactly match Skymap
prediction, however
magnitude was only 4.5 vs. 3.3
predicted.
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