[AZ-Observing] Re: Two Pieces of Nearly Intersecting Space Junk
- From: Albert Barr <ajbarr@xxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:48:37 -0700
Really cool. Nice capture.
On May 12, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Satellite Safari iPad app showed that two satellites were going to pass
> within a few degrees of each other. This animated GIF shows six 5-second
> exposures of them. The brighter one is an Atlas Centaur 2 launch vehicle that
> went into orbit in 1963. The fainter object is a Soviet Soyuz rocket body
> that launched one of their many Cosmos satellites in 1970. Close approach was
> over 40 miles, so no spectacular impact this time.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/150160409
>
> Tom
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