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14 years 10 months ago #83568 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re:Sun Anomalies? UFOs? Whats your take on this?
my money is on an earth satellite, Mercury would be a similar-ish size on the disk of the sun.
As for the wings (I presume you mean solar panels), some satellites have the solar panels on its walls,

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14 years 10 months ago #83569 by Frank Ryan
Replied by Frank Ryan on topic Re:Sun Anomalies? UFOs? Whats your take on this?
Looks like a tumbing satellite to me.

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14 years 10 months ago #83577 by mjc
I timed the transit and found the duration to be 29s.
The Sun's angular diameter is about 30"

I used a CD to draw a circle and I played and paused the video and plotted a course.

Length of transit 10.7cm
Equatorial diameter of disc = 12cm
This was drawn parallel to line of transit.

Angular speed was then calculated to be 0.92 arcsecs per second.
A sidereal second is 86164/86400 = 0.9973 seconds of wallclock time.

Rough enough calcs but my money is on it being a geostationary satellite.

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14 years 10 months ago #83579 by dmcdona
At first glance, I thought the video was showing a massive white circle moving across the sun :blush:

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14 years 10 months ago #83580 by mjc
Thinking about my post more.

For the object to be geostationary - and cross the disc of the Sun - the image capture would have had to be at or near one of the equinoxes (me thinks). I have no information on date of capture so can't progress that line of thought.

I think it's time for me to climb out of the rabbit hole...

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