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by Gary
Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:04 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Which satellite is this?
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Dec. 17, 2004 streak above Hawaii

Is the shutter speed of the camera(s) available? That information could be used to calculate the angular velocity of the object. Proposed elevations for certain objects (balloon, meteor, earth-orbit debris) could then be applied to provide an estimate of the velocity of the object.