To: wtc911
Satellites. From your vantige point they appeared to be stationary. They were reflecting sunlight until their position changed. Pretty common.
15 posted on
10/17/2008 6:59:03 AM PDT by
BubbaBasher
(www.HypocriteLibs.org - Tracking the Slandering Liars in the MSM)
To: BubbaBasher
Satellites. From your vantige point they appeared to be stationary. They were reflecting sunlight until their position changed.That was my first thought. It's also very difficult to determine the distance to a bright light in the night sky because there's no reference point.
35 posted on
10/17/2008 7:09:47 AM PDT by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: BubbaBasher
That makes sense except that geostationary (geosynchronous) satellites must orbit directly over the Equator.
37 posted on
10/17/2008 7:14:38 AM PDT by
wtc911
("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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