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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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