90019 tumbling and Galaxy 7 very bright

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 20 2003 - 14:37:08 EDT

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    Paul wrote re: 90019/03-790B --
    > ... +7 and then faded ->inv and back to +7 R, ... period ... 
    > ballpark 20 or 30 secs.
    
    Thank you to Paul for the points.  Low in the west the tumbling 
    was very evident.  I don't have data with me but think we got 
    about 34 seconds last night.  Mike tracked it from low in the
    west until shadow entry on both passes.
    
    Galaxy 7 (92-072A, 22205) does a few easy flashes both before
    and after phase shift; the brightest was +1.5.  During the phase
    shift minutes all flashes were visible in binoculars, every 102
    seconds.  It flashed considerably earlier last night than Friday.
    
    Bram wrote --
    > Specification of International Identifier and catalogue number 
    > together with name are highly appreciated.
    
    I concur with Bram.  For me names are an order of magnitude 
    easier to remember.  The only numbers I easily remember after 
    seven years of observing and reading reports are 00694 (Atlas 
    Centaur 2) and 97-068B (USA 136 Rk).  Well, now that I think of 
    it I also remember 20040 (Superbird A) and 20066 (USA 39, a DSP
    low in our SW).
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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