TJM obs of 2007 Jul 11 UTC

From: Ted Molczan (sslmolcz@rogers.com)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 05:10:25 EDT

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    I observed 06057A in twilight, through thin cloud. It would have been a
    reasonably good observation, had I not bumped the stop button of the stopwatch
    against the door-frame while motioning one of my cats away from the door as I
    re-entered. I had not pre-calibrated the stopwatch (as I usually do), so
    stopping it rendered the timing useless. Therefore, the following position is
    accurate, but the time is the predicted time, which could be off by tens of
    seconds:
    
    29651 06 057A   2701 P 20070711084652000 39 25 1755614+290963 18 S
    
    The object appeared to be about on time, but was about 0.2 deg lower than
    predicted by the following approximate elements, derived from my observation of
    Jun 13 and Alberto Rango's of July 10 UTC:
    
    1 29651U 06057A   07191.09015732  .00024397  00000-0  13364-3 0    04
    2 29651  58.4951 304.2979 0008000  90.0000 270.2005 15.79221575    08
    
    IOD format: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
    
    Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m
    
    Ted Molczan
    
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