On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 03:11:27 +0000, you (Walter Nissen <wnissen@tfn.net>) wrote: >Henk Bulder writes in private e-mail: >> I made the following observation from Buinerveen the Netherlands >> (6 52' 48.8" E, 52 56' 20.5" N +8 m ED1950): >> At 2003-12-19 04:53:22 +/-1s UT a slow moving object of >> mag 8.7 +/- 0.3 passed the northern cusp of the moon (at coordinates >> 13h50.722m -9 44 50" J2000). It moved towards 14h, covering half a >> degree in just under one minute. In case it is a satellite, the orbit >> around earth would take an estimated 10 to 12 hours. This is just a quick check and not accurate, but the 90013/03564A Unkown apparently was in that vicinity, also 20413/83020D (an SL-12) and 13901/83020A (Astron) with their highly eccentric orbits. Would that be a reasonable match? CU! Markus ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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