Re: comparison USA-161

From: Ralf Vandebergh (ralf.vandebergh@home.nl)
Date: Thu May 27 2010 - 10:39:59 UTC

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    Hi Marco,
    
    Possible yes, hanks for pointing that out.
    
    Ralf
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl>
    To: "Ralf Vandebergh" <ralf.vandebergh@home.nl>; "satelliet lijst (SeeSat)"
    <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:31 PM
    Subject: Re: comparison USA-161
    
    
    > Op 27-5-2010 12:18, Ralf Vandebergh schreef:
    > > The body compares very well, almost amazingly. The solar panels
    > > a little different due to perspective/distance effects or simply
    > > different panels then Hubble has:
    > >
    > > http://tinyurl.com/33gg8td
    >
    > But shouldn't it look the other way round? KeyHoles are supposed to look
    down,
    > to Earth, unlike Hubble which looks up, to space. So the Hubble picture in
    the
    > comparison is "wrongly" oriented for a comparison with a Keyhole.
    >
    > The suggestion is, that the flare in the KH imagery is actually the
    aperture
    > door, not the bottom of the tube as the comparison suggests.
    >
    > - Marco
    >
    > -----
    > Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
    > e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl
    >
    > Cospar 4353 (Leiden):   52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
    > Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
    > SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html
    > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
    > -----
    >
    
    
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