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- Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:29 am
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Which satellite is this?
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gas dump
here's some math... The longitude of Hawaii is about 157.7 degrees west. Thus, at 14:19 UTC on december 17, the sun would have been at an altitude of about -40 degrees. 20 minutes later, at 14:39 UTC, it would have been at about -35 degrees. (i.e. 35 to 40 degrees below the horizon). It appears to m...