2 ISS/Solar Transits this week.

Hey, Ya’all,

There will be two ISS/Solar Transits this week. Data below:

Orbit calculations are based on the valid segment of 161 different orbital segments (orbital data above shown for the beginning of the segment containing the selected start time).

Tuesday 23 August 2011
Time	Object (Link)	Event
19h24m42.83s	ISS	Crosses the disk of Sun. Separation=0.193°  Position Angle=80.8°, Position angle vertex=31.4°.  Transit duration=2.05s Angular diameter=18.8"  size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m Satellite at Azimuth=277.3° W    Altitude=  9.0°  Distance=1471.6 km In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward  1:57 Angular Velocity=10.5'/s Centerline, closest point →Map: Longitude= 82°12'05"W  Latitude=+41°18'38" (WGS84)  Distance=9.47 km  Azimuth=173.6° S    Path direction= 83.6° E    ground speed=15.982 km/s  width=13.9 km  max. duration=3.0 s Orbit source: NASA predicted orbit

Wednesday 24 August 2011
Time	Object (Link)	Event
18h27m25.43s	ISS	Crosses the disk of Sun. Separation=0.183°  Position Angle=91.2°, Position angle vertex=41.4°.  Transit duration=1.41s Angular diameter=28.4"  size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m Satellite at Azimuth=267.7° W    Altitude= 19.3°  Distance=974.9 km In a clock-face concept, the satellite will seem to move toward  1:37 Angular Velocity=16.1'/s Centerline, closest point →Map: Longitude= 82°11'33"W  Latitude=+41°21'25" (WGS84)  Distance=4.64 km  Azimuth=157.3° SSE  Path direction= 67.3° ENE  ground speed=9.794 km/s  width=9.8 km  max. duration=2.0 s Orbit source: NASA predicted orbit

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