>To my knowledge, these are the latest elements, which were about 8 >days old at >the time of Jonathan's attempted observation: > >1 22251U 92083A 00116.12243973 .00007000 00000-0 43321-3 0 09 >2 22251 97.7240 150.5454 0371000 133.3341 226.6658 14.66971147 07 > >I estimate the prediction time uncertainty at less than 10 s; so the >age of the >elements should not have been a problem. More likely, I believe the >object may >have been difficult to see because it was low in the west and poorly >illuminated, especially after culmination, at 1:01 UTC. > >Jonathan might have had better luck had he observed about 1 min >earlier, in the >SW, where its illumination was somewhat better. On the other hand, >KeyHoles are >known to flare briefly in the West and NW, so it could have become >visible, >despite the poor phase angle. As I recall, USA 86 was predicted to go through Castor and Pollux of Gemini, but I never saw it. Has anyone observed this object recently? ================================================================ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com Stay up-to-date on all events in space! Visit http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99/ Updated at least once per day! ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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