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This is a followup to this entry. I tried to find a candidate satellite. It would need an apogee altitude of at least 1000 km (more likely 2000 km), and an inclination greater than 90 degrees. This really cuts the list down to about 20 candidates.

the results were quite interesting. The traces of the best candidates in STK are shown here. There were several potentially visible birds at about that time, but all would have been in the northwest and would not have passed anywhere near overhead while illuminated by the sun.

Of course, I only have access to the unclassified elements database. There could have been something large and high and not publically disclosed.

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  • I used to always think that if a really big rock were headed our way, would it even be announced to the general population before a "solution" was already assembled and ready to go in orbit? And how many people (especially in America) even live somewhere where things in orbit are even visible? And of those people, how many would even notice an object in orbit? And of those people, how many would even wonder what it was that they saw, and be able to find out? So visibility wouldn't be a big deal. Though hidi
  • heavens-above.com.au - the site is pretty good

    http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html [planet4589.org] SATELLITE CATALOG is a pretty major reference if you get desperate

    I take it you have more ephemeris programs and calculators than you know what to do with?

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