Asteroid Zoo Talk

Possible FMO

  • TonyJHoffman by TonyJHoffman

    Interesting, relatively short trail, with both endpoints within the frame.

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  • Dr.Asteroid by Dr.Asteroid scientist, admin

    Looks like an airplane - since the lights blink as they fly - that's the trail shape you get.

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  • TonyJHoffman by TonyJHoffman

    Thanks for letting me know.

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  • mhammergren by mhammergren scientist

    The trail length is neither short enough to be a plane's strobe, nor long enough to be a flashing wing or landing light. Instead, I think it's a geostationary satellite. The trail length (about 440 arcseconds) corresponds to a duration of about 30 seconds -- the exposure time for CSS images -- for an object in a geostationary orbit.

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  • TonyJHoffman by TonyJHoffman

    Thanks--I'd wondered if it might be a geostationary satellite.

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