Re: Unknown object seen near ISS/STS-127 pass this evening.

From: Ross Sinclair (ross_sinclair@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Jul 25 2009 - 02:58:25 UTC

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Chuck Gelm <chuck2009@gelm.org>
    
    Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:48:21 
    To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Subject: Unknown object seen near ISS/STS-127 pass this evening.
    
    
    I use Heavens-Above.com to find visible objects.
     My Lat/Lon is
      Current observing site: *Kettering, 39.6890°N, 84.1690°W
     I am on EDST (GMT-4).
     Heavens-Above indicated an ISS/STS-127 pass this evening
     from 22:11:05 to 22:15:20.
     While watching the pass, just after 22:14:00 (perigee to me?)
     I noticed another dimmer object in a parallel path with ISS/STS.
     It was further ENE and was traveling faster.
     It caught and passed the ISS/STS from my viewing.
     It faded from sunlight sooner and at a higher elevation than
     did the ISS/STS.
     
      I went back to Heavens-Above and selected dimmer objects
     for display, but there were no other objects displayed.
     
      I am wondering what this object was.
     
     Regards, Chuck
     
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