Re: A bright tumbling satellite!

From: Ralph McConahy (rmcconahy@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Jun 22 2002 - 01:32:44 EDT


Tom Wagner wrote:
> in Hercules near my zenith at
> about 22:59, I spotted what I believe was a
> tumbling satellite that was
> quite a sight to see to say the least!
> It was proceeding south and passed
> west of the moon by a few degrees.
> ...
> I suppose it reached 1st magnitude and
> almost disappeared between flashes.
> The frequency of flashes was around
> two per second.
>
> Can anyone tell me what this bright flasher was?

Meteor 3M r     10.4  3.9  0.0  3.5 v   30
1 27006U 01056F   02170.72910056 +.00000323 +00000-0 +41481-3 0 00829
2 27006 099.6209 045.9186 0014696 172.5930 187.5434 13.70673632026174

You discription of its time, path, and flash period fits but the mag +1 may
be a little bright. Last Dec & Jan, Leo Barhorst reported:
 01- 56 F 01-12-23 06:26:22   LB  231.9 0.2 370  0.627 FF, 4->i
 01- 58 F 02-01-05 06:18:39   LB  342.0 0.2 518  0.660 FF, 3->i
for this object.

  Ralph McConahy
  COSPAR 8834
  34.8829N  117.0064W  670m


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