RE: request for identification

From: Tony Beresford (dberesford@adam.com.au)
Date: Thu Jun 10 2004 - 08:58:59 EDT

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    At 22:04 10/06/04, Ted Molczan wrote:
    >Tristan Cools requested assistance identifying a close pair of unknowns in a
    >strongly retrograde orbit. 
    >
    >I found no likely candidates within 10 minutes of time and a 7 deg radius of the
    >reported position.
    >
    >Ted Molczan
    Just checked OIG . Only new launch is a 71 degree cosmos + rocket.
    The launch was on june 10 UT according to OIG.
    Of course the inclination puts it out of question.
    Tony Beresford
    Two Line Elements were
    COSMOS 2408
    1 28352U 04021A   04162.33911923 -.00204291  00000-0 -11684+0 0    47
    2 28352  71.0053 326.5196 0012460  81.7639 278.5228 14.10971312    44
    
    SL-16 R/B
    1 28353U 04021B   04162.33857259  .00571196  00000-0  28640+0 0    59
    2 28353  71.0036 326.5130 0005055 192.3130 167.7816 14.13957846    42
    
    
    
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