Re: Mir Moon Marvel
Dale Ireland (direland@drdale.com)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:56:38 -0800
They did the same thing about 4 years ago. It had an inflatable frame
and lasted a few orbits. I saw it on the second orbit after release and
it was tumblimg. I estimated mag -7 to -8.5 About the same as a monster
iridium flare. This one will probably be brighter since it is bigger.
They may not be kidding when they say full moon (-12). I can't remember
the name of the last one, my report was published in S&T.
Dale
Beefkaker@aol.com wrote:
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> <A HREF="http://archive.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/spacemirror9810
> 23.html">'Space Mirror' Could Warm Cities</A>
> http://archive.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/spacemirror981023.html
>
> This was probable the best of several artical. Has anyone calcualted how much
> light this will put out. I am guessing -4th mag at best
>
> Brett
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