Standard magnitudes for low altitude comsats
Rainer Kracht (R.Kracht@t-online.de)
Tue, 2 Jan 96 20:18 +0100
Standard magnitudes for low altitude comsats
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From Russell's observations (1980 Jan 01 to 1995 Nov 30) I have derived
standard magnitudes (1000 km, 90 deg) for 13 low altitude comsats
(790 x 810 km, 74 deg).
COSMOS 372 1970-086A 2 6.10 0.0040
COSMOS 494 1972-043A 2 6.73 0.0145
COSMOS 1140 1979-089A 2 6.78 0.0037
COSMOS 1190 1980-056A 2 6.50 0.0121
COSMOS 1354 1982-037A 4 7.23 +/- 0.41 0.0137 +/- 0.0076
COSMOS 1486 1983-079A 2 6.26 -0.0057
COSMOS 1624 1985-006A 2 5.44 0.0227
COSMOS 1741 1986-030A 2 6.12 -0.0013
COSMOS 1544 1989-005A 2 7.18 0.0333
COSMOS 1992 1990-004A 2 6.50 0.0105
COSMOS 2112 1990-111A 2 6.06 0.0000
COSMOS 2251 1993-036A 2 5.47 0.0000
COSMOS 2298 1994-083A 6 6.27 +/- 0.18 0.0013 +/- 0.0054
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ALL 32 6.26 +/- 0.09 0.0022 +/- 0.0023
column 1 : name
column 2 : international designation
column 3 : number of observations
column 4 : standard magnitude
column 5 : phase coefficient
Rainer Kracht 1996 Jan 02
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