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Re: What's that moving in the night sky?

Area: Astronomy
Posted By: Keith Little, Systems Analyst/Programmer
Date: Sun Feb 2 13:26:15 1997
Message:

Andrew,

Your friends might be right, they could be satellites, especially if you saw them at dawn or twilight, when the Sun has set but still illuminates the regions of space high above you. Actually, the U.S. Space Command tracks over 4000 objects in earth orbit, ranging in size from a pencil to a bus. For instance, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Russian Mir space station are that large, and can be seen with the naked eye.

More information on this subject can be found at:

http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/sat/vsohp/observe.html

Hope this helps, and have a great day!

Keith Little

gklittle@sprintmail.com


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