At 09:15 Oct. 18 UT, ETS 7 (25424 1997-74E Orihime+Hikoboshi) flew by overhead at +3 steady, flared up -1 mag. twice; both at about 70 deg. elevation in the west and east. The each flare was about two seconds. ------------------- Yoshiro Yamada | tel : +81-45-832-1166 Astronomy Section | fax : +81-45-832-1161 Yokohama Science Center | e-mail : yamada@ysc.go.jp 5-2-1 Yokodai Isogo-ku | lat. : 35d22'26" N Yokohama 235, JAPAN | long. :139d35'52" E