96-29A and B

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96-29A? was seen again May 23.4:

>About 5th magnitude. Sharp double flashes gone.  Some variation
>in brightness likely but not measured.  object 1.5 minutes early and
>about 1 degree east (Skymap celestial projection angle) of 
>predicted position using 22 may elements.   Did not track object
>due to continued viewing of position area for about 2 minutes.

If this is the same object as on May 22, then a rather large ndot/2
is needed to fit the observations - indicating a rapid decay (perhaps
after deployment of NOSS cluster, but cluster was not seen).

elset from 4 observations May 22.3 to 23.4

96-29A        
1 23862U 96029  A 96143.39819704  .01296250  00000-0  23284+1 0    08
2 23862  63.4975 244.6915 0074096 176.2223 183.7152 13.40300837    03


elset from 4 observations May 21.1 to 23.4

96029B        
1 23863U 96 29  B 96144.00000000  .00019549  00000-0  82944-4 0    04
2 23863  63.4808 238.9868 0329624 157.9100 326.3328 15.34597098    04


 Rainer Kracht  1996 May 23
 R.Kracht@t-online.de
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