Dale Ireland wrote: > I wanted to plot the position of the Apollo 16 Saturn IVB > booster in trans-lunar trajectory (on the way to the Moon) in > 1972. I obtained the two line elements, which I "believe" are > the trans-lunar elements > > 1 00601U 63174.97885867 .00885526 27 > 2 00601 69.8619 172.9878 0483667 138.6852 225.0868 15.21267116 1270 The above elset belongs to a different object. The correct catalogue number for Apollo 16 Saturn IVB is 6001 (1972-031B). I suspect that elsets may not have been issued, because there is no entry in Jonathan McDowell's archive: http://www.planet4589.org/space/elements/06000/ Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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