Gorizont 23 back over Europe
Kurt Jonckheere (kurtjonckheere@hotmail.com)
Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:05:24 PDT
hello All,
during May 1999, Gorizont 23 = 91- 46 A = 21533 was
observed regularly by different European Observers.
They found that the period of this near-geostationary
object was increasing almost perfectly linear from
day to day.
During June it was only observed by Mike McCants who
could still confirm the linear increase.
Unfortenately no observations have been made since then.
More details and some updated graphs of the flash period evolution
can be found on my homepage :
http://bewoner.dma.be/kjon
As this object is slowly drifting around the earth in 72
days it is back over Europe again, so it is time to
check it out !
Who makes the next observation ?
This object is often flashing with maxima of mag +5,
about every 50 seconds, so a rather easy object in binoculars.
Here are some recent elements :
1 21533U 91046A 99183.09093622 -.00000148 00000-0 10000-3 0 1614
2 21533 4.6882 64.7399 0005670 99.6294 260.2913 0.98907512 23334
all detailed observations are appreciated very much !
regards,
Kurt Jonckheere (kjon@mail.dma.be)
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