Re: Confusing Sats

Jeff Hunt (jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com)
Fri, 10 Nov 95 15:23:20 EST

For what's worth, I'll second Jim Varney's middle of the road approach to 
the use of attaching an elset to a posting regarding a new or 
questionable satellite.  I don't see where the attachment is necessary once 
USSPACECOM links the name to the catalog number/id to whatever the 
originator uses as his source of information (OIG, Kelso, Molczan, etc.).  I 
also like the use of the "?" before the assumed name.  Brackets would not be 
necessary.
OK, I'll bite the hook.  What is a "vulgar" name?  Is that something Mr. 
Nissen is thinking about ;-) or terminolgy used by seasoned visual satellite 
observers that I haven't run across yet.
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