Re: please identify satellite, if any

From: Denis (boucherd@telusplanet.net)
Date: Mon Dec 22 2003 - 23:04:57 EST

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    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.
    > 
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