Very low pass (99 miles, 160 km) of Mars Odyssey Delta Rk tonight -- at Austin, it's near zenith, west-to-northeast at about 2:36 UTC (solar elev. -12 deg.). Ground track (subsatellite point) goes north of Austin. If it's consistent with other Deltas, its Quicksat intrinsic magnitude should be around +3.5 (standard mag. approx. 5.0). Latest two elsets I could get: DELTA 2 R/B(1) 1 26739U 01013C 01188.66484163 .05890292 67663-5 52950-3 0 2139 2 26739 39.9697 184.6889 0180659 20.5352 340.2804 16.03982816 13292 DELTA 2 R/B(1) 1 26739U 01013C 01188.54027291 .06111626 67594-5 58624-3 0 2125 2 26739 39.9688 185.5130 0185771 19.5166 341.2657 16.02495593 13277 I'm not sure how large the visibility "footprint" is of an object this low. This one must be decaying pretty soon. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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