Re: Four identical high pressure cylinders found in central Argentina

Thanks for your quick and valuable reply Rob.

I have narrowed down to about five candidates reentering around those dates.

Cheers.

Ruben

El mié, 14 may 2025 a las 2:43, <robmcnaught_at_westnet.com.au> escribió:

> Hi all,
> The direction of motion of a satellite relative to a geographic parallel
> is dependent on the latitude of the location. For example, for an orbital
> inclination of 12.0deg, a satellite cannot pass overhead at a geocentric
> latitude greater than 12.0deg N or 12.0degS and would be moving due east
> (Az=90deg) at the north and south apex. It would only have an angle of + or
> - 12.0 deg when crossing the equator.
>
> The geographical/geodetic latitude of Armstrong/Bustinza is ~32.76S which
> represents a geocentric latitude of 32.59S. For an azimuth of 78.56deg at
> this geocentric latitude, the implied orbital inclination is 34.3deg. Hope
> this helps in narrowing down the candidates.
>
> Cheers, Rob
>
>
>
>
> On Wed May 14 2025 ruben lianza via Seesat-l <
> seesat-l_at_lists.seesatmail.org> wrote:
> ---------- Original Message ----------
>
> Dear Ted, Marco and Sat Obs members:
> I have been working all last weekend in the recovery and investigation of
> provenance of three high pressure cylinders that have fallen near the
> cities of Armstrong and Bustinza, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
>
> Their crash sites are remarkably aligned in a straight line, within a  12
> miles long x 90 yards wide corridor, heading 78.56 °.  The angle of the
> corridor respect to the nearest parallel is about 12° which I assume is
> coincident with its orbital inclination.
>
>
>

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