DASO Circular No. 69 Issued: 2006 Sept. 21, 22:14 UT The DISTANT ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES OBSERVATION (DASO) Circulars are a private publication by staff of the Minor Planet Center and are intended to disseminate astrometric observations of distant artificial satellites. Editor: Gareth V. Williams (gwilliams@cfa.harvard.edu) Astrometry submissions to mpc@cfa.harvard.edu (Subject line = "ART SAT") Observations: 6R10DB9 C2006 09 18.60321 00 15 21.53 -20 00 10.3 19.5 R D0069E12 6R10DB9 C2006 09 18.60567 00 15 22.33 -20 00 33.8 19.4 R D0069E12 6R10DB9 C2006 09 18.70586 00 15 57.74 -20 14 51.1 19.5 R D0069E12 6R10DB9 C2006 09 18.70808 00 15 58.68 -20 15 08.8 19.2 R D0069E12 Observer details: E12 Siding Spring Survey. Observer R. H. McNaught. 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD. Orbital elements: 6R10DB9 Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5 MPC M 326.52219 (2000.0) P Q n 0.93170137 Peri. 224.39603 +0.82440201 -0.56599146 a 1.0382092 Node 170.07298 +0.52535150 +0.76262484 e 0.0336264 Incl. 1.28743 +0.21063506 +0.31314058 P 1.06 H 29.8 G 0.15 U 4 Residuals in seconds of arc K069E 703 0.5+ 1.1+ K069F 854 0.4+ 0.8+ K069G E12 0.1+ 1.0- K069E 703 0.2+ 0.8- K069G 703 1.0- 0.1- K069G E12 0.1- 0.2+ K069E 703 0.1+ 1.0- K069G 703 0.2- 0.5- K069G E12 0.1- 0.1- K069E 703 (2.4+ 1.0-) K069G 703 0.0 0.4+ K069G E12 0.5+ 0.7- K069E 703 0.8- 0.7+ K069G 703 0.2+ 0.6+ K069H 703 0.3- 0.7- K069E 703 0.5- 0.0 K069G E12 0.7+ 0.2- K069H 703 0.3- 0.1+ K069E 703 0.5- 0.1+ K069G E12 0.3- 0.4+ K069H 703 0.0 0.7+ K069E E12 0.8+ 0.6- K069G E12 0.2+ 0.4+ K069I E12 0.3- 0.0 K069E E12 0.1+ 0.1+ K069G E12 0.7+ 0.1+ K069I E12 0.0 0.3- K069F 854 1.0+ 0.0 K069G E12 0.7+ 0.0 K069I E12 0.3+ 0.4+ K069F 854 0.5- 0.1+ K069G E12 0.5- 0.5+ K069I E12 0.2+ 0.1- Geocentric orbital elements for various epochs: Epoch T (JD) Peri. Node Incl. e a/km P/d YYYYMMDD (Referred to Earth equator) 20060910 2453989.75194 175.92693 159.14671 41.73742 0.5276756 1770889 269.8 20060912 2453989.37198 173.98664 159.15648 41.66513 0.5437758 1833471 284.2 20060914 2453989.00455 172.05607 159.14460 41.57479 0.5545600 1873035 293.5 20060916 2453988.63402 170.06702 159.09846 41.46056 0.5600314 1886046 296.5 20060918 2453988.24124 167.92910 158.99862 41.31541 0.5605838 1872218 293.3 20060920 2453987.81288 165.56452 158.82271 41.13884 0.5572603 1835545 284.7 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The DISTANT ARTIFICAL-SATELLITES OBSERVERS Circulars are prepared as | | a private publication by staff of the Minor Planet Center. | | Back issues are available at: ftp://cfa-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/DASO/ | | Archives of published (and referenceable) observations are at: | | ftp://cfa-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/DASO/Obs/ | | Http access available at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~gwilliams/DASO/ | | Free e-mail subscriptions: send your e-mail address to the editor. | | Astrometry submission to mpc@cfa.harvard.edu with subject "ART SAT". | | These circulars are copyrighted publications, but free use of any and | | all information contained herein may be made provided that the normal | | scientific procedures for referencing material are followed. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ DASO Circular No. 69 Issued: 2006 Sept. 21, 22:14 UT