At 20:34 16/06/00 , Matthew.Fawcett@eastriding.gov.uk wrote: > > What is the positioning of the Clarke Belt - is it equatorial (I guess > what I want to know is - is it visible from Northern Europe)? > > Matt Fawcett > 53.893N 0.273W Matt, the Clarke orbit IS the geostationary orbit. Its a zero inclination circular orbit , period 1 sidereal day. Yes it is visible from your latitude. Its just on the horizon for those observers at 82 N or S. From an observers point of view the Clarke belt is one iof constant declination. At your latitude geosats are projected against the sky at declination about -6.5 degrees, while for me at 35S its declination +5.5degrees Since the flashing satellites we are particularly interested in are out of control, they often have appreciable inclinations, which means the search region Ed cannon is referring to has a width of at least 20 degrees. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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