Derek Breit responded to Greg Roberts: > Hey anything is possible.. I sent everything to Ted and You > so you could check it out. Thank you, Derek. I have checked it out, and it still appears to be 1.96 s late. Greg also checked it, and found it at least 2 s late. > But I believe the answer is that this is why we observe because if the > elements were perfect we wouldn't have to?? Agreed, but since the orbit is very stable, and the elements are nearly contemporaneous with your observation, I expect time agreement to within a small fraction of 1 s, so something appears to be amiss. To help resolve the matter, I recommend that a few additional observations be made by yourself and other positional observers. If all observers find it ~2 s late, then the elements are at fault; if only your obs are late, then your timing is at fault. In either case, we will learn something new. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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