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- From: n4hy@wahoo.UUCP (Bob McGwier)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: cryptocraft photography, Re: Aurora
- Message-ID: <N4HY.92Dec21120246@wahoo.UUCP>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:02:46 GMT
- References: <BzB33J.2Av.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Dec16.132541.18610@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: IDA Center for Communications Research
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- In-reply-to: hathaway@stsci.edu's message of 19 Dec 92 05:52:54 GMT
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- > Identification: It had all the familiar steady motion of an
- > Earth satellite, but _not_ in a common Direct orbit from
- > West to East. Motion actually more like from NE by N to
- > SW by S. If a satellite, it was in a near-polar orbit, but
- > Retrograde.
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- From NE by N down to SW by S is <NOT> retrograde. This is the descending
- half of a normal orbit with inclination less than ninety degrees. Remember
- that in June, the north pole is in continuous sunlight. We could figure out
- the EXACT height from your observations since we KNOW where the satellite
- will enter the `umbra' of its eclipse given by your observations. If I have
- time, I will do this computation if not, given this someone else should be
- able to do the simple calculation.
-
- BMc
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