Ted, It is my experience that non-satellite observers have sometimes trouble in estimating the "flight direction". (I have that trouble sometimes as well). For the several identifications I tried, I noticed the direction associated with a retrograde orbit in its ascending branch is often reported as "more or less east-west". What will the result be when we restrict the inclination to say 95-102°. I guess there will be some candidates. May be some debris. Bram Dorreman, BWGS-leader COSPAR 4160 (Achel 1): 51° 16' 45.5" N (51.2793 N), 5° 28' 36.6" E (5.4768 E) -----Original Message----- From: Ted Molczan <molczan@rogers.com> To: SeeSat-L <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Date: donderdag 10 juni 2004 14:36 Subject: RE: request for identification >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 > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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