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Old 16-06-2013, 08:31 PM
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Tiangong-1 passes over Saturn, Brisbane, 21st June

This Friday evening at 18:08, Tiangong-1 with the docked Shezhou-10 spacecraft will pass over Saturn, from Brisbane. it will be about 5 arcseconds in size. Here is the link to the centreline.

http://www.calsky.com/?Transitline=&...231&mainbody=6

Crosses the disk of Saturn. Separation=0.000°. Transit duration=0.00s
Angular diameter=5.6" cylindrical, 10.3m x 3.3m
Satellite at Azimuth= 63.8° ENE Altitude= 58.3° Distance=395.8 km Magnitude=-0.0mag

In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward 3:46
Angular Velocity=62.3'/s

You are on the
centerline of this transit! Path direction=127.3° SE ground speed=7.407 km/s width=0.0 km
Sun elevation=-15° Elongation from Sun=125°
Calculated based on observations on 16. Jun 2013 10:16 UTC+10.


Check Calsky as close as possible before the pass to get an updated centreline.
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