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Old 04-05-2016, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by tgdavies View Post
Thanks Ron -- I seem to remember reading that the Iridium satellites tend to do that, for instance.

Definitely not concerned, just interested.

But with all due respect I'll call it a UFO until I know which satellite it was! :-)

Tom
Go to heavens above and put in the time etc and you can find out.
Iridium Satellites don't normally tumble, they just have the reflection of the sun on their solar panels at a certain angle to the sun.
They just have a single solar panel, the rotating satellites have a number of reflective surfaces/panels.
Cheers.
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