[FPSPACE] Mir in the Moon

[Raoul Lannoy]

Hello all,
At around 16:18 UT, I went to the attic, finally saw 
Venus above an appartment roof, on the other side of the 
street and turned my back to have a look at Jupiter and 
the Moon with my 20 x 80 binoculars. Suddenly, I see a 
point of light rushing towards the Moon (it had no 
blinking lights and followed a familiar ISS or MIR path) 
and it CROSSED the MOON, yes, it went inside the Moon and 
crossed it in a fraction of a second. I'm quite puzzled 
because I don't remember seeing it on Heavens Above, so 
early, and check the time: 16:20 UT. Back to the PC, I 
check Mir's passages. There's only one at 17:54.
However, tomorrow, there are 2 passages and there are 94 
minutes between 2 orbits. If you substract 94 minutes 
from 17:54, you arrive at.....16:20 !!!  
I live  at 51d12m25sN-4d25m21sE 
This was totally unexpected!

Raoul