Re: Re: Mir debris

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>Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 15:44:21 CDT
>From: jdellinger@amoco.com (Joe A. Dellinger)
>Subject: Re: Mir debris

>	Does anyone know what these fragments are? The mind reels with the
>possibilities... a lost glove? Camera? Nuts and bolts? Bits of plastic?
>It seems if they are visible from the ground they can't be that small.
>What was the initial delta-V when they left MIR for their independent
>existence?

This is from sci/space/tech:

>Nachricht von    : jamesoberg@aol.com (JamesOberg)
>Antworten an     : jamesoberg@aol.com
>Betrifft         : Re: Object close to Mir
>Erstellungsdatum : 23.12.1994 11:35:14 S+0
>
>Mir routinely ejects trashbags through an irlock. Was the object dimmer,
>yet moving in the same orbital direction?
>
>Based on the most common contents of these trash bags, NORAD used to call
>them "honey buckets". They decay and burn up in a few months (higher drag
>to mass ratio than the Mir). But they sure look pretty while still in
>orbit.

It seems that the new fragments were ejected during the last EVA on Oct 20.
One of the fragments (86-17JM, 23690) has values of ndot and Bstar similar
to Mir's values.

 Rainer Kracht
 0412188960-0001@t-online.de

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