Best as I can find for place and time, Unk 030305, norad 70013U Geo satellite -- Denis Boucher Earth Orbit Objects Software Program http://www3.telus.net/public/boucherd/main.htm denis.boucher@telusplanet.net Walter Nissen 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. > > > Can someone help him identify this interloper? > > Thanks much. > > Walter Nissen > > --- > > Good places to look for books, etc. (for the US anyway): > www.amazon.com > www.bestbookbuys.com > www.bookfinder.com > > www.powells.com has also been recommended to me. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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