25893 / 99-45B

Sue Worden (worden@fc.net)
Sun, 31 Oct 1999 18:05:38 -0600 (CST)

Has anyone seen flashing from Cosmos 2366 Rk (25893 / 99-45B)?

I was looking for it last night and caught a flasher following the
same general track.  The flash period was 5.03 seconds, observed
over 100.6 seconds total, mag +3 -> inv in 10x50 binoculars.

The only thing is, the flasher seemed to be more like 55-60 deg up
instead of the 40-45 deg up predicted for Cosmos 2366 Rk.  However,
my estimates of elevation are suspect.  On the other hand, I find
no mention of this Rk in the latest PPAS on Mike McCants' web site.

Here are the QuickSat predictions I had for it last night:

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  30.310  97.881  920.   BCRC (Nike Site)         2000  6.0 15 F F T T T

***  1999 Oct  30  Sat evening  *** Times are PM CDT  ***  1930  7 0

 H  M  S  Tim Al Azi C Dir  Mag Dys F  Hgt Shd  Rng  EW Phs  R A   Dec

25893 Cosmos 2366 Rk 99 45B   7.4 2.4         3.4 B 3.5
 8 10 30  0.0 40 299   292  5.5   3 2  603 519  868 0.9 113 17 9  39.7
 8 11 10  0.0 43 283   281  5.4   3 2  604 520  825 0.9 115 1737  29.3
 8 11 50  0.0 44 266 C 267  5.4   3 2  604 521  816 1.0 116 18 0  17.8
 8 12 29  0.0 42 249   254  5.5   3 2  605 522  840 1.0 117 1819   6.3
 8 13  9  0.0 38 236   244  5.7   3 2  605 524  896 1.0 116 1834  -4.4
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Note: CDT = UTC - 5 hours, so the obs was at about 1999-10-31 01:12 UTC

--Sue Worden (worden@fc.net)

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