30 March East Coast USA Passes
Mir16609 (Mir16609@aol.com)
Sun, 29 Mar 1998 15:22:07 EST
For those who enjoy seeing objects that cross paths or pass "in formation",
like the NOSS satellites, there are 2 such opportunities for the East Coast
USA on Monday evening.
The crossing involves the Mir and USA 69 which will occur in the ESE at
19:24:10-19:24:30 EST [00:24:10 UT] depending upon your location. South of
Washington, DC (Atlanta, eg) it will occur about 10 deg above the horizon and
will not be particularly close (5 deg apart). From Boston to Washington it
should be visible at 1x.
About 9 minutes later also in the eastern sky, Landsat 4 and Ariane 40 R/B
will traveling on the path within a degree of each other from about 19:32EST
until the end of the pass. Boston and NYC will have about a 2 deg vertical
separation. For Philadelphia to Atlanta they will be closer.
Here are the elsets used for these predictions
Mir 382 x 375
1 16609U 86017A 98088.47225077 .00010955 00000-0 12345-3 0 3713
2 16609 51.6569 89.8359 0004857 164.2161 195.8946 15.63106141691582
USA 69 18 4 0 3.6 669 x 661
1 21147U 91017A 98073.18793663 .00000130 00000-0 22228-4 0 00
2 21147 67.9940 153.3106 0006000 232.5129 127.4870 14.68764552 08
Landsat 4 707 x 699
1 13367U 82072A 98086.92580147 .00000172 00000-0 48748-4 0 1791
2 13367 98.4360 128.4786 0005485 118.6624 241.5126 14.56996226835016
ARIANE 40 R/B 793 x 776
1 20443U 90005H 98085.12585221 .00000061 00000-0 37806-4 0 3352
2 20443 98.2735 127.2134 0011841 12.9414 347.2074 14.32256322427083
Cheers.
Don Gardner
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