Thanks Ted and Bjoern. This witnesses that what I saw was indeed Topex. I got the impression of very irrigular tumbling and was not able to count well (also because it was no preparared observation). My impression was also, the flashes were shorter then 18 sec. Ralf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Molczan" <ssl3molcz@rogers.com> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 6:01 PM Subject: RE: Topex tumbling observation? > Ralf Vandebergh > > > I observed on April 21 a high satellite with unregular tumbling > > (7x50 bino) it moved SW-NE in direction of Alkaid (Eta)Ursae Majoris. > > Listed up to mag 6 with this direction and that time was only > > oceanograhic sat Topex from 1992. I'm aware that it stopped > > functioning in 2006. Is there any data available to witness > > its tumbling? > > Several observers have reported Topex (92052A / 22076) tumbling, over the past > few years. In recent months, its typical period of variation has been about 18 > s. > > Ted Molczan > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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