The Silent Observer wrote:
> Not as off topic as all that -- looks to me like a very high likelihood
> that it's a discarded booster stage (which, due to high reflectivity,
> would be much smaller than an estimate based on assumption that it's
> darker than the Moon).
Interesting. I wonder if that's the case with 2000PH5 as well, which
passes at 0.0077 AU on the 25th of this month?
> It'd be interesting to recover such a stage, if only for museum value;
> but also, it would be a fine test of long term exposure effects outside
> the LEO environment.
That would be an excellent plan. I wonder if we can get funding for
that from someone?
Michael
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