Earlier tonight (2002 March 10 UTC) I timed what I'm pretty sure was 88-080B (19468, Feng Yun 1 Rk) and got a rough tumble period of 11.3 seconds: 88- 80 B 02-03-10 01:21:54.6 EC 68.0 3.0 6 11.3 mag +5.0->inv It apparently isn't observed very often and has done some mysterious things in the past, e.g., a message from Kurt Jonckheere back in 1996: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jun-1996/0040.html Before we were clouded out, Mike McCants had found at least seven flaring geosynchs. Observing site was BCRC: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. Regarding John Locker's peculiar track, the URL of the page with the photo is: http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/satcomunid.htm I don't have anything but a guess that maybe it might be a drifting balloon. I think I see a few dots that could pass for stationary satellites, but maybe they are just spots. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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