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by profchuck
Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:19 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Which satellite is this?
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From the photos the object seems to have moved about 28 degrees in 8 minutes. That works out to an orbital period of about 102 minutes. This is consistent with near earth satellites. The size and shape of the object is particularly interesting in that it is generally rectangular and about 4 times as...