I googled for the orbital period and got just under 12 hours for them,
and that would be too fast.
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
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On 6/11/2013 5:23 PM, n4csi...@bellsouth.net wrote:
I think they're closer to 12,000 miles up.
Dave, AA4KN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE"
<ke...@eaglecreekobservatory.org>
To: "'Amsat-bb'" <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:35 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?
Could have been a GPS satellite. They run about 1200 miles up and
are about
mag 10 or so. They'd move about that fast across the sky.
Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
Eagle Creek Observatory
http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org
I believe that all this hype of global warming is going to turn out
to be
nothing more than mother nature having a hot flash.
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Joe
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:18 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible Mystery Spacecraft?
Howdy All,
I have no ideas as to where to possibly look for an answer to this.
But of course we have all seen satellites, crosing the night sky. and
seen
them in binoculars. and even ever more rarely while using a telescope
viewing something in the sky happen to have one of these things go
zipping
past.
But a buddy of mine was viewing Saturn the other night, and he spied
something moving. very small and faint. It was almost like a moon of
Saturn
itself, but of course these do not move so fast you can see them move.
This was moving in the same plane and directions of the moons. at a
estimated speed of about 0.02 degrees a minute.
It was passing right through the field with Saturn.
Saturn was located at.
celestial location
14H, 17m, 50s
-11 deg 00 min,,20 sec
az 196 deg 16 min
el 34 deg 04min
Viewing location near Dodgeville, WI.
+42.96103
W 90.12580
anyone have a way to try to learn what this interloper may have been?
Joe WB9SBD
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The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
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