Brad Young reported: > Also saw ERS-1 last night (21574 or 1991-050-A) with an apparent > period of 15 seconds from mag 4 to 8 and back...is this its > documented period? Here's one visual report of what Ted identified as ERS-1 tumbling: http://satobs.org/seesat/May-2002/0033.html ERS-1 failed in 2000: http://earth.esa.int/rootcollection/eeo/ers_end.html It was reported (by the ESA operators I presume) to be tumbling then at 10 RPM: http://satobs.org/seesat/Mar-2000/0191.html Here's a page with an illustration (which Ron Lee sent to SeeSat-L): http://www.esa.int/export/esaSA/GGGWBR8RVDC_earth_0.html In April 2000 both Tristan Cools and Björn Gimle reported a very slow tumble: http://satobs.org/seesat/Apr-2000/0108.html http://satobs.org/seesat/Apr-2000/0109.html Some brief visual flares have been reported: http://satobs.org/seesat/Apr-2003/0179.html http://satobs.org/seesat/Aug-2000/0318.html Here's the latest elset: ERS 1 1 21574U 91050A 04158.79990740 .00000022 00000-0 22410-4 0 9927 2 21574 98.3837 225.9232 0034937 164.6370 195.5893 14.35433986674617 We have rain tonight and very likely the next two nights. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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