Re: unid: bright flashing geosynch

From: Mike McCants (mmccants@io.com)
Date: Wed Jun 01 2005 - 13:08:39 EDT

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    Ed Cannon posted:
    
    >Here are *approximate* positional data (epoch 2000):
    >
    >2005/06/01 03:02:44 RA 14:44, Dec -2.9
    >2005/06/01 03:12:35 RA 14:54, Dec -2.9
    
    These positions match the predicted position for 90007 based on
    observations last year.  Updated elset:
    
    Unknown 000601
    1 90007U 00653A   05152.66210219 0.00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    03
    2 90007   9.2052  50.1897 0049394  46.2897 314.1304  1.00237613    00
    
    >I wonder if it might possibly be unknown 90007 (discovered
    >in June 2000), but we don't have current elements for that
    >one, which oscillates back and forth over this hemisphere
    >and of course is normally much much fainter.
    
    However, Ed's discovery and other observations of this object
    in June, 2000 did have reports of flashes to at least magnitude 4.
    
    Mike McCants
    
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