[ATMoB-discuss] ISS/Atlantis passes awesome tonight!

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 20 Jun 2007 at 18:40, Peter T wrote:

> I just caught the 9:22PM pass of both the ISS and the Shuttle Atlantis
> from Plainville, MA. Skies were mostly clear here and the two ships
> were just about 20 seconds apart passing NW to SE with a max. alt. of
> nearly 85 degrees....a beautiful site!!
 
How do you estimate the distance?  It seemed to me, from Brookline, 
that they were quite a bit further than 20 seconds apart.  Maybe five 
to ten degrees.  Is the angle that different over the distance 
between Brookline and Plainfield?

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