> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Webb" <kd6nrp@earthlink.net> > To: "See-Sat" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 7:56 AM > Subject: Unidentified Jupiter Transit > Ernie Underhay of Oakview, California is seeking assistance in identifying > an object that he saw transit Jupiter last night. Here are [[some of]] the details: > The object then crossed Jupiter's disk from south to north in about 2 > seconds. When the object was in front of the planet, it resembled a dark > cylinder or sliver about 6 to 7" long. The object's long axis was oriented > along the direction of travel. There have been several times in the last few years where people have written in about objects seen drifting in front of the moon and now in this case Jupiter. Each time the conclusion was that it was something in our atmosphere. Here is part of a post I made on 6/7/01. "Once I was tracking a hydrogen filled balloon I launched with note attached and, to my surprise, a small white ball slightly bigger than my balloon appeared in my field of view. Actually, I was tracking the balloon with my telescope at 50X but perceived the other object was moving instead. As it turned out, that object was the planet Jupiter, and in the daytime no less! My balloon drifted right past it." Tom Iowa USA + + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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