Updated elements of USA 144 and Unknown
Ted Molczan (molczan@home.com)
Sun, 10 Oct 1999 10:56:58 -0400
Pierre Neirinck produced these elements, using observations by himself, Tony
Beresford, David Brierley, Russell Eberst, Alberto Rango and Peter Wakelin,
from 01 to 08 Oct UTC.
USA 144 15.0 4.0 0.0 3.4 v
1 25744U 99028 A 99282.25939860 .00000229 00000-0 35462-1 0 403
2 25744 63.4369 289.1717 0229328 291.3418 66.2259 9.69758835 04
99267A 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 v
1 99267U 99267 A 99282.11723230 .00033799 00000-0 70506-2 0 76
2 99267 98.1061 336.5554 0083030 347.4104 12.1737 14.57830926 04
Using 14 consecutive observations by Russell Eberst, the standard magnitude of
his unknown seems to be settling down to a value of about 6.6 (1000 km, half
illuminated).
Ted Molczan
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