Jerry,
Iridium was originally envisaged as an array of 77 communication
satellites - 77 being the atomic number of Iridium. Think of earth as
the nucleus, the satellites as the electrons, in the standard high
school model of the atom.
In fact it's actually around 66 satellites, but "Terbium" doesn't have
quite the same cachet. More at the Wiki here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_%28satellite%29
Marko
Jerry Flaherty wrote:
Larry, Kevin and List, why are these reflections called "iridium
flares"? Is the surface reflecting the sunlight an iridium alloy?
Jerry Flaherty
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