Raduga 16?

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 22 2004 - 04:52:59 EST

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    In 2000 Geoff Chester saw a flash near the limb of the 
    Moon, and Rob Matson said that it appeared that Raduga 16 
    was in the right place at the right time:
    
    http://satobs.org/seesat/Dec-2000/0070.html
    
    I have tried without success to see it sometimes.  But 
    last night as I was looking for Raduga 21, I saw one not 
    quite in the right place, with a flash period of about 
    58.8 seconds, about +6.5 maxima.  Raduga 16, though it 
    needs to be confirmed, looks like a good match.
    
    Raduga 16
    1 15946U 85070A   04076.03310195  .00000101  00000-0  10000-3 0  1914 
    2 15946  11.4509  28.6802 0002661  27.6605 332.2950  1.00331442 40729 
    
    ADEOS 1 (96-046A, 24277) and OAO 3 Rk (72-065B, 06155) 
    did a nice perpendicular one-power crossing.
    
    Two objects "crossed" both actually going more or less 
    the same direction) with Intelsat 4-7 Rk (73-058B, 06797): 
    GMS 1 Rk Debris BX (10246, 77-065BX) and Muses B (97-005A,
    24720), the latter only in the same field of view because 
    of the 8-degree FOV of my binoculars.  
    
    Observing site was BCRC: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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