92-36B (22007)
Mike McCants (mike@comshare.com)
Tue, 9 Jan 1996 09:48:40 -0600
I have added 4 observations to the list and sorted them:
tot acc cyc
yy-nnnaa yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.t nam sss.t s.t nnn ss.tht remarks
92- 36 B 95-12-29 01:57 PM 2.41
92- 36 B 96-01-04 01:00 MM 46.8 0.3 20 2.340 4.5-7
92- 36 B 96-01-05 01:19 PM 124.6 0.5 53 2.351
92- 36 B 96-01-05 01:27 MM 131.8 0.3 56 2.354 4.5-inv
92- 36 B 96-01-05 17:15:26 RK 21.0 0.2 9 2.336
92- 36 B 96-01-05 18:59:51 RK 82.1 0.2 35 2.346
92- 36 B 96-01-07 18:06 KJ 271.3 0.3 116 2.338
92- 36 B 96-01-08 00:57 MM 133.7 0.2 57 2.346 4-inv
92- 36 B 96-01-08 16:44:14 RK 58.5 0.2 25 2.342
92- 36 B 96-01-09 01:22 MM 155.1 0.2 66 2.350 4-inv
92- 36 B 96-01-09 01:23 PM 126.1 0.5 53 2.379
92- 36 B 96-01-09 12:20 PM 70.4 0.3 30 2.346
On a zenith pass, 92-36B would be moving at an angular rate of
0.4 degrees/second. This would be 0.9 degrees per 2.35 seconds.
The ratio of 0.9 degrees to 180 degrees is 0.005.
Thus the synodic effect could be up to 0.005 times 2.35 = 0.012 seconds.
Since the size of the synodic effect depends on the location of the
rotation axis and the sun-satellite-observer geometry, it is generally
less than the maximum. But it is certainly possible that some of the
scatter in the observations is due to a different value for the synodic
effect for the different passes.
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92-12B (21903) is also pretty in my evening sky with a period of 4.13
seconds that is gradually increasing.
95-32B (23604) is up to 10.2 seconds.
Mike McCants
mike@comshare.com