On May 7, searching for 03009A = IGS 1A = #27698 I thought I found it about 34 minutes early. I was unaware that someone else recently had found the real 03009A. On the 8th I found an object in a similar orbit. Fitting an orbit to both days I found the same object on the 13th. I cannot match any of these 3 passes to any known object. The object is typically about mag 3 steady (absolute maybe 4.5). Observations in OTWG format ( http://www.satobs.org/position/UKformat.html ) YATELEY(WATERMAN)ENGLAND IntlId SiteYYMMDDHHMMSSss Sss TCHHMMmm DDddd Ddd E MMmMMmSSSssA 9900000211513050721405272 020 13151337 +2907 005 5 9900000211513050721412997 020 13160907 +5794 003 5 9900000211513050721415231 020 13174530 +7212 004 5 9900000211513050821125894 020 13182359 +3954 004 5 9900000211513050821144584 020 13222247 +5292 013 5 9900000211513051321545442 020 13135096 +1793 007 5 9900000211513051321551883 020 13133534 +3701 004 5 +23 S 9900000211513051321553264 020 13132058 +4959 006 5 Total observations = 8 Or in IOD format: ( http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html ) 99 000ZRO 2115 2013050721405272 27 35 151337 +2907 56 99 000ZRO 2115 2013050721412997 27 35 160907 +5794 36 99 000ZRO 2115 2013050721415231 27 35 174530 +7212 46 99 000ZRO 2115 2013050821125894 27 35 182359 +3954 46 99 000ZRO 2115 2013050821144584 27 35 222247 +5292 17 99 000ZRO 2115 2013051321545442 27 35 135096 +1793 76 99 000ZRO 2115 2013051321551883 27 35 133534 +3701 46 S+023 02 99 000ZRO 2115 2013051321553264 27 35 132058 +4959 66 My orbit fitted to all the obs, using a rather simple gravity model is: 1 00000U 99000@ 13127.89425000 .00008000 00000-0 00000+0 0 00 2 00000 97.3300 203.1200 0029000 88.7900 271.5422 15.31724000 01 (I am sure McCants or Molczan could do better) Currently visible from latitudes N of 45deg, in the evening. Mike Waterman staradmike@yahoo.co.uk Site Yateley = COSPAR 2115 = 51.3286N 0.7950W 75m (reference OSGB36). _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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