Re: Wishing I could visit the Southern Ocean...

From: Tristan Cools (tcools@nic.INbe.net)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 01:36:01 PST

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    At 02:54 10/02/00 -0600, you wrote:
    >
    >Molniya 1-64                                     20184 x 92 km
    >1 15977U 85074A   00040.65654808  .01782425 -50777-5  27938-3 0   612
    >2 15977  61.8758 170.3507 6082369 259.5424  31.7975  4.09062855 51348
    >
    >I'd kind of like to see a fair-sized object whose apogee is 
    >20000km pass through the zenith at a height of 92 km!  However, 
    >I suppose that it might not be very shiny by the time its 
    >perigee is that low....
    >
    >Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
    
    Well Ed, it could be glowing at perigee, so shadow pass or not, I suppose
    it would be visible.
    
    
    
    Tristan Cools
    Belgian Working Group Satellites(BWGS)
    
    Damse Vaart: 3.2478E/51.2277N - OBS place 1
    Ryckevelde:  3.2856E/51.2045N - OBS place 2
    Brugge:      3.2166E/51.2104N - OBS place 3(home)
    
    
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