* Astronomy

Something has been spotted orbiting around our planet.

6Q0B44E

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.  Elong.  V        Motion      Distance
            h m                                      "/min   P.A.       km
2006 09 01 1300   00 15 45.9 -23 14 28 153.0  20.2   12.09  124.2     743071
2006 09 01 1400   00 16 29.4 -23 21 15 152.8  20.2   12.07  124.1     743750
2006 09 01 1500   00 17 13.0 -23 27 59 152.6  20.2   12.04  124.0     744430
2006 09 01 1600   00 17 56.5 -23 34 43 152.4  20.2   12.02  123.9     745111
2006 09 01 1700   00 18 40.1 -23 41 24 152.2  20.2   11.99  123.8     745792
2006 09 01 1800   00 19 23.6 -23 48 04 152.1  20.3   11.97  123.8     746474
2006 09 01 1900   00 20 07.1 -23 54 43 151.9  20.3   11.95  123.7     747155
2006 09 01 2000   00 20 50.6 -24 01 20 151.7  20.3   11.93  123.6     747837
2006 09 01 2100   00 21 34.1 -24 07 55 151.5  20.3   11.91  123.5     748519
2006 09 01 2200   00 22 17.6 -24 14 28 151.4  20.3   11.88  123.4     749200
2006 09 01 2300   00 23 01.1 -24 21 00 151.2  20.3   11.86  123.4     749882
2006 09 02 0000   00 23 44.6 -24 27 31 151.0  20.3   11.84  123.3     750564
2006 09 02 0100   00 24 28.0 -24 34 00 150.8  20.3   11.82  123.2     751246
2006 09 02 0200   00 25 11.5 -24 40 27 150.7  20.3   11.79  123.1     751929
2006 09 02 0300   00 25 55.0 -24 46 52 150.5  20.3   11.76  123.0     752612
2006 09 02 0400   00 26 38.4 -24 53 16 150.3  20.3   11.74  122.9     753294
2006 09 02 0500   00 27 21.9 -24 59 39 150.1  20.3   11.72  122.9     753977
2006 09 02 0600   00 28 05.3 -25 06 00 150.0  20.3   11.70  122.8     754660
2006 09 02 0700   00 28 48.8 -25 12 19 149.8  20.3   11.68  122.7     755343
2006 09 02 0800   00 29 32.2 -25 18 37 149.6  20.4   11.65  122.6     756026
2006 09 02 0900   00 30 15.7 -25 24 53 149.4  20.4   11.63  122.5     756708
2006 09 02 1000   00 30 59.1 -25 31 07 149.3  20.4   11.61  122.4     757392
2006 09 02 1100   00 31 42.5 -25 37 19 149.1  20.4   11.59  122.3     758075
2006 09 02 1200   00 32 26.0 -25 43 30 148.9  20.4   11.56  122.3     758758
2006 09 02 1300   00 33 09.4 -25 49 40 148.7  20.4   11.54  122.2     759441
2006 09 02 1400   00 33 52.8 -25 55 48 148.6  20.4   11.52  122.1     760123
2006 09 02 1500   00 34 36.2 -26 01 55 148.4  20.4   11.50  122.0     760806
2006 09 02 1600   00 35 19.6 -26 08 00 148.2  20.4   11.48  121.9     761488
2006 09 02 1700   00 36 03.0 -26 14 03 148.1  20.4   11.46  121.8     762170
2006 09 02 1800   00 36 46.4 -26 20 04 147.9  20.4   11.43  121.7     762853
2006 09 02 1900   00 37 29.8 -26 26 04 147.7  20.4   11.41  121.6     763535
2006 09 02 2000   00 38 13.2 -26 32 03 147.5  20.4   11.39  121.6     764217
2006 09 02 2100   00 38 56.5 -26 38 00 147.4  20.4   11.37  121.5     764899
2006 09 02 2200   00 39 39.9 -26 43 55 147.2  20.4   11.35  121.4     765581
2006 09 02 2300   00 40 23.3 -26 49 49 147.0  20.5   11.32  121.3     766262
2006 09 03 0000   00 41 06.6 -26 55 41 146.9  20.5   11.30  121.2     766943
2006 09 03 0100   00 41 50.0 -27 01 32 146.7  20.5   11.28  121.1     767624
2006 09 03 0200   00 42 33.3 -27 07 21 146.5  20.5   11.26  121.0     768305
2006 09 03 0300   00 43 16.7 -27 13 08 146.4  20.5   11.24  121.0     768986
2006 09 03 0400   00 44 00.0 -27 18 54 146.2  20.5   11.22  120.9     769666
2006 09 03 0500   00 44 43.4 -27 24 39 146.0  20.5   11.20  120.8     770346
2006 09 03 0600   00 45 26.7 -27 30 21 145.9  20.5   11.18  120.7     771026
2006 09 03 0700   00 46 10.1 -27 36 02 145.7  20.5   11.15  120.6     771705
2006 09 03 0800   00 46 53.4 -27 41 42 145.5  20.5   11.13  120.5     772384
2006 09 03 0900   00 47 36.7 -27 47 20 145.4  20.5   11.11  120.4     773063
2006 09 03 1000   00 48 20.1 -27 52 57 145.2  20.5   11.09  120.3     773741
2006 09 03 1100   00 49 03.4 -27 58 32 145.0  20.5   11.07  120.2     774418
2006 09 03 1200   00 49 46.7 -28 04 05 144.9  20.5   11.04  120.1     775095

Source


Orbital elements: 6Q0B44E
Perigee 2006 Aug 18.575952 TT = 13:49:22 (JD 2453966.075952)
Epoch 2006 Aug 28.0 TT = JDT 2453975.5 Find_Orb
M 42.49460 (2000.0) P Q
n 4.50916669 Peri. 128.14916 0.29694492 0.91107219
a783199.938km Node 154.14467 -0.94249017 0.23152479
e 0.2309474 Incl. 40.97372 0.15341441 -0.34109196
P 79.84d H 30.5 G 0.15 q 602321.924km Q 964077.953km

From 27 observations 2006 Aug. 28-31; RMS error 1.002 arcseconds

TLE Data

1 00000U          06240.00000000  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    05
2 00000  40.9729 154.2373 2339759 129.1519  41.4720  0.01238526    09