Robert Holdsworth wrote: > On Tuesday 20 April at 06:41 UTC I was observing the ISS on > an almost overhead pass from NNW to ESE.. > > After transit and as it passed close to Centaurus a further > moderately bright object was seen which appeared to > "overtake" the ISS. It was initially travelling in > approximately the same direction, but much faster. I estimate > that its magnitude was in the region of zero. This object > appeared to travel initially slightly to the North of the > ISS, then closely "in front" of it, and finally a little to > the southeast of it. I doubt if it was rapid enough for a > meteor. The ISS entered shadow, and I think the unknown did > too. Although Soyuz was on its way to ISS the object does > not appear to "fit." You observed the rocket body of the latest Soyuz. This is closest elset I could find; epoch about 0.4 d prior to your obs: 1 28229U 04013B 04110.86891207 .02629774 12036-4 77347-3 0 49 2 28229 51.6541 263.2296 0026115 77.3006 283.0298 16.25412297 118 The rocket was 227 km above Earth; ISS was 384 km high. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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