At Sat, 7 Mar 1998 19:19:56 +0100 Russel Eberst wrote: >Yes, Topex does flare to the -3 magnitude. It is usually referred to as= = >Topex/Poseidon. It's a European Space Agency Geodetic satellite. No, it is a French/US collaborative, not an ESA, project. Bruno Tilgner Saint-Cloud, France Bruno_Tilgner@compuserve.com =