ISS Solar Transit 11-24-2009 11_26am
For your semi-retired guys, CalSky is showing a transit by the ISS-Shuttle of the Sun tomorrow at 11-26 am where the ground track bisects the Salt Lake Valley. A Google Earth plot of the ground track shows it crossing directly over the center of the quad at the south end of the Capitol Building at the top of State Street. Clear Skies - Kurt CalSky output - 18h26m54.72s [UT] ISS Crosses the disk of Sun. Separation=0.065° Position Angle=152.4°. Transit duration=0.92s Angular diameter=27.4" size=73.0m x 44.5m x 27.5m Satellite at Azimuth=167.4° SSE Altitude= 27.3° Distance=676.7 km In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward 9:35 Angular Velocity=34.1'/s Centerline, closest point→Map: Longitude=111°52'53" W Latitude=+40°46'56" (WGS84) Distance=0.74 km Azimuth=312.9° NW Path direction= 42.9° NE ground speed=7.801 km/s width=18.5 km max. duration=1.0 s
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