DASO Circular No. 266                           Issued: 2009 July 18, 21:33 UT

        The DISTANT ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES OBSERVATION (DASO) Circulars
         are a private publication by staff of the Minor Planet Center
          and are intended to disseminate astrometric observations of
                         distant artificial satellites.

             Editor: Gareth V. Williams (gwilliams@cfa.harvard.edu)
    Astrometry submissions to mpc@cfa.harvard.edu (Subject line = "ART SAT")

Observations:
Geotail       C2009 07 17.45106 19 30 51.77 -31 07 56.9          17.4 V D0266F84
Geotail       C2009 07 17.45393 19 31 02.19 -31 05 51.1          16.9 V D0266F84
LCROSS        C2009 07 15.47793 19 11 46.89 -32 02 53.4          15.5 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 15.48254 19 11 49.73 -32 03 41.4          15.5 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 15.48481 19 11 51.19 -32 04 04.7          15.7 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 15.48717 19 11 52.71 -32 04 28.5          15.4 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 16.42793 19 39 32.28 -35 39 25.9          16.3 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 16.42913 19 39 33.05 -35 39 41.1          15.8 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 16.43052 19 39 33.90 -35 39 58.4          15.9 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 16.43165 19 39 34.59 -35 40 11.9          15.8 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 16.43279 19 39 35.30 -35 40 26.2          15.7 V D0266F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 17.44155 20 11 29.49 -39 07 13.4          14.8 V D0266F84
LCROSS        C2009 07 17.44262 20 11 30.31 -39 07 25.8          15.3 V D0266F84
LCROSS        C2009 07 17.44371 20 11 31.12 -39 07 38.0          15.7 V D0266F84
LCROSS        C2009 07 17.44478 20 11 32.01 -39 07 49.6          15.1 V D0266F84
LCROSS        C2009 07 17.44588 20 11 32.81 -39 08 01.9          14.8 V D0266F84
LCROSS        C2009 07 17.44695 20 11 33.65 -39 08 13.6          15.4 V D0266F84
WMAP          C2009 07 16.45250 19 36 45.96 -15 46 03.4          18.8 V D0266F85
WMAP          C2009 07 16.47689 19 36 43.09 -15 46 01.6          19.3 V D0266F85

Observer details:
F84 Hibiscus Observatory, Punaauia.  Observer N. Teamo.  0.35-m f/2.0 Schmidt
    + 1392 x 1040 CCD.
F85 Tiki Observatory, Punaauia.  Observer N. Teamo.  0.41-m f/8.0
    Ritchey-Chretien + 3056 x 3056 CCD.

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DASO Circular No. 266                           Issued: 2009 July 18, 21:33 UT