On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 18:46:39 -0600 Aaron Davidson <ajd@ualberta.ca> writes:
Just curious if anyone knows what would cause a satellite
> to> blink/change in brightness.
Satellites with large flat shiny solar panels can reflect a beam of sunlight somewhat like a mirror.
>
> Another quick question for clarification -- the satellites are
> visible from> sunlight reflecting off of them, right?
Yes.
They do not make their own
> light.
>
> --Aaron
>
No, they do not.
Ron Kean
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