RE: Interesting video from San Jose

From: Kevin Z Grey (kzgrey@ntplx.net)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2008 - 21:05:41 UTC

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    I think they may have sped up the frame rate on the video to make it easier to see.
    
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    From: Chris Zietkiewicz [mailto:magritte7919@greenspeedisp.net] 
    Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:51 PM
    To: k4hsm@knology.net
    Cc: seesat-l@satobs.org
    Subject: Re: Interesting video from San Jose
    
    I did some calculations using the moon as a reference and calculated an 
    altitude of 220 km for the San Jose object (apparent observer velocity 
    of 2 deg of arc per second).  I do not have access to daytime satellite 
    positions to advance this analysis any further.  Maybe someone else can 
    do the balance of the work, Oakland, CA is at 37.77 by -122.22, sea 
    level.  Observation was just after 3:00 PM local time.
    
    Chris Zietkiewicz
    kc0ver@greenspeedisp.net
    
    k4hsm@knology.net wrote:
    > http://www.ktvu.com/news/16548130/detail.html
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    > They were wondering if this was a daytime satellite or some kind of UFO passing near the moon, but its speed is way too fast for a satellite I would think.
    >
    > The only satellite that it could be would be the ISS or an Iridium, but they don't move that quick across the sky.
    >
    > Greg Williams
    > k4hsm@knology.net
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