Re: CRAP: Strange Blinking Satellite

Ron Kean (ronkean@juno.com)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 06:28:58 -0400

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.

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> 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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