Re: stumbled onto EGP ( Feb 10'03 -9:11pm)

From: Markus Mehring (m.m@gmx.de)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 03:53:08 EST

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    On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:28:40 +0200 (SAST), you (Willie Koorts
<wpk@saao.ac.za>) wrote:

>Is it brightness or short duration thats the reason for not seeing the
>flashes naked eye?

Probably rather brightness, since the specular surfaces are comparably
small and thus produce less obvious flashes. A lucky flash from a tumbling
Iridium probably lasts for a similar duration, but appears a lot brighter
due to its antennas being several times larger than the EGP mirror
surfaces.


CU!	Markus

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