Re: Lunar transit question

From: Denis (boucherd@telusplanet.net)
Date: Sun Sep 21 2003 - 12:13:13 EDT

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    Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:
    
    > Dear List,
    > 
    >        Using CalSky this morning to do a quick check for satellite 
    > transits against my location (38-d 17' 59" N, 23-d 44' 33" E) indicates 
    > a lunar transit by the UFO 2 R/B (sat ID 22788) for next Friday (Sept 
    > 26th, 2003) lasting 20.88 seconds. Is this duration correct?
    > 
    >        For the moment let's ignore that it is during a new moon and also 
    > during the day .... a transit lasting for this long seems quite extreme.
    > 
    > Anthony.
    > 
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    I have checked with my program and I am showing a transit of over 24 
    seconds. It was a rough input of your location but the satellite will be 
    closed to 7446 km from Earth and 9500 km from your location.
    
    Moon passes for that day using McCants
    
    Moon Pass
       Produced: September 21, 2003 10:11:10 AM
       Location: ? Lat:38.299  Lon: 23.74
       Time: (LOC) 26/09/2003  00:00:01
    
    
       Satellite: Cosmos 1703 r
       TLE Date: 2003-09-17 19:13:04Z   TLE Age: 8.12 days
       Apoge: 636.3 km  Perige: 609.9 km
    
       Date  Time       RA            Dec          EL  AZ  Dist(Min)Range(Km)
       26/09 08:03:37   12h 23m 46s  +01d 17m 33s  19  104   14.0        1514
    
       Satellite: UFO 2 r1
       TLE Date: 2003-09-20 08:11:56Z   TLE Age: 5.58 days
       Apoge: 7630.1 km  Perige: 248.6 km
    
       Date  Time       RA            Dec          EL  AZ  Dist(Min)Range(Km)
       26/09 09:06:41   12h 26m 17s  +00d 50m 54s  30  116    2.9        9495
    
       Satellite: FORTE
       TLE Date: 2003-09-18 13:04:46Z   TLE Age: 7.37 days
       Apoge: 822.2 km  Perige: 792.1 km
    
       Date  Time       RA            Dec          EL  AZ  Dist(Min)Range(Km)
       26/09 09:05:13   12h 27m 18s  +00d 52m 23s  29  115   13.7        1441
    
    
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    Denis Boucher
    Earth Orbit Objects
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