What is it? Unidentified tumbling object crossing the Sun
- neufer
- Vacationer at Tralfamadore
- Posts: 18805
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:57 pm
- Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Re: What is it? Unidentified tumbling object crossing the S
The 30m Shuttle Orbiter at 340 km. subtends about 0.3 arc minutes or about 1% the diameter of the Sun.
The 90m International Space Station at 340 km. subtends about a 0.9 arc minutes or about 3% the diameter of the Sun.
Art Neuendorffer
- Chris Peterson
- Abominable Snowman
- Posts: 18563
- Joined: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:13 pm
- Location: Guffey, Colorado, USA
- Contact:
Re: What is it? Unidentified tumbling object crossing the S
My first guess would be a mylar birthday balloon blowing around not far from the telescope. A tumbling satellite is possible, but it looks a bit large; I figure it would be between 10 and 20 meters across if in low Earth orbit.
Chris
*****************************************
Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
https://www.cloudbait.com
*****************************************
Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
https://www.cloudbait.com