>Yesterday evening I've seen (without any doubt...) the SL-16: same time, >same location, same schedule as per H-A prediction but with a continuous >light instead of flashing. This is just to confirm your observation! I observed this one several times but didn't recognize any flashing. I have two explanation for these observations: It ceased to spin due to damping (magnetic?) torques, or we happened to be close to the spin axis. I that case, even a spinning satellite wouldn't show light fluctuations under certain conditions. The latter explanations seems quite unlikely to me! Rainer ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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