If I know that Right Ascension = 255.1084 degs, Declination = -10.7727 degs, Julian Date = 2459840.661839833178125, and R_topocentric =  3418.3070456310625; -4137.463243712898;3438.8345882296417.location is in New Mexico at 32 degrees 54’ latitude and 105 degrees 32’longitude and 7300 feet altitude. Can I figure out which spacecraft or object it is and how?

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If I know that Right Ascension = 255.1084 degs, Declination = -10.7727 degs, Julian Date = 2459840.661839833178125, and R_topocentric =  3418.3070456310625; -4137.463243712898;
3438.8345882296417
.location is in New Mexico at 32 degrees 54’ latitude and 105 degrees 32’longitude and 7300 feet altitude.

Can I figure out which spacecraft or object it is and how?

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