[AZ-Observing] Re: 2nd Magnitude Geostationary Satellite

  • From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:37:55 -0700 (MST)

>>  You should NOT normally get a bright
>>  reflection from solar panels, as the satellite should be keeping them
>>  directly facing the sun...

     Not to mention that the panels ought to be _absorbing_ light
rather than reflecting it---or somebody mis-engineered them!


\Brian
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