[Neocp_artsats] Three unidentified artsats
Bill Gray
pluto at projectpluto.com
Fri Feb 12 20:44:58 EST 2021
Messed up here, and three bits of junk have been on NEOCP
for a day or two. I can't ID any of them. A10v8km has an orbit
vaguely resembling that of 2007-003AS, which is itself a fragment
from an exploded booster. I think A10v8km is yet another fragment
from that booster. For ZTF0KWn and ZTF0KWt, I don't even have
guesses for identifications. (But for all three, we have orbits
that are unambiguously artsats.)
-- Bill
Orbital elements: A10v8km
Perigee 2021 Feb 12.72669 +/- 5.21e-5 TT = 17:26:25 (JD 2459258.22669)
Epoch 2021 Feb 13.0 TT = JDT 2459258.5 Gray
M 167.23113395 +/- 0.032 (J2000 equator)
n 611.86516088 +/- 0.00299 Peri. 145.38718 +/- 0.006
a 29659.6728 +/- 0.0967 Node 176.11763 +/- 0.0011
e 0.7679158 +/- 1.02e-5 Incl. 25.40415 +/- 0.0012
P 847.23m/0.588d H 31.3 G 0.15 U 8.8
q 6883.54030 +/- 0.298 Q 52435.8053 +/- 0.371
From 21 observations 2021 Feb. 12 (14.0 hr); mean residual 0".901
Orbital elements: ZTF0KWn
Perigee 2021 Feb 10.70061 +/- 0.00741 TT = 16:48:52 (JD 2459256.20061)
Epoch 2021 Feb 11.0 TT = JDT 2459256.5 Gray
M 99.47711910 +/- 1.6 (J2000 equator)
n 332.26071997 +/- 2.84 Peri. 328.08424 +/- 0.22
a 44560.5803 +/- 254 Node 349.83866 +/- 0.032
e 0.6787970 +/- 0.00258 Incl. 33.57194 +/- 0.033
P1560.19m/1.083d H 33.4 G 0.15 U 13.4
q 14312.9915 +/- 194 Q 74808.1691 +/- 320
From 8 observations 2021 Feb. 11 (91.9 min); mean residual 1".090
Orbital elements: ZTF0KWt
Perigee 2021 Feb 10.93543 +/- 0.00588 TT = 22:27:00 (JD 2459256.43543)
Epoch 2021 Feb 11.0 TT = JDT 2459256.5 Gray
M 20.31661903 +/- 1.6 (J2000 equator)
n 314.62268189 +/- 5.55 Peri. 289.54328 +/- 0.55
a 46210.7999 +/- 544 Node 62.30773 +/- 0.042
e 0.7112216 +/- 0.00463 Incl. 14.65446 +/- 0.029
P1647.66m/1.144d H 33.7 G 0.15 U 13.9
q 13344.6805 +/- 359 Q 79076.9194 +/- 751
From 8 observations 2021 Feb. 11 (52.1 min); mean residual 0".665
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