THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 691 1992 Dec 18 20.03UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 TELEX: 9312111261 Answerback: TA G TELECOM GOLD: 10074:MIK2885 GMH at UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.STARLINK.ASTROPHYSICS STARLINK: RLSAC::GMH GMH at UK.AC.CAM.ASTRONOMY.STARLINK STARLINK: CAVAD::GMH ------------------------------------------------------------------- PERIODIC COMET SCHAUMASSE (1992x) Details of this comet were unfortunately omitted from the December issue of 'The Astronomer' but are now given here: Elements by S.Nakano: T 1993 Mar 3.9608 TT w 57.48198 ) e 0.70484940 O 81.05299 ) 2000.0 q 1.2021580 A.U. i 11.84584 ) Source: MPC21236 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 7.0 + 5.0 log R + 30.0 log r Date R.A. (2000) Dec. R r Elong Mag. Motion h m o ' (AU) (AU) o "/hr P.A. 1992 Dec 18.00 3 52.93 +17 41.0 0.599 1.542 153.3 11.5 61 307 19.00 3 51.59 +17 55.9 0.595 1.535 152.1 11.5 61 309 20.00 3 50.27 +18 11.3 0.591 1.528 150.8 11.4 61 310 21.00 3 48.97 +18 26.9 0.588 1.520 149.6 11.3 60 311 22.00 3 47.70 +18 42.8 0.585 1.513 148.4 11.2 60 312 23.00 3 46.46 +18 59.1 0.582 1.506 147.1 11.2 60 313 24.00 3 45.25 +19 15.7 0.579 1.498 145.9 11.1 59 315 25.00 3 44.07 +19 32.6 0.576 1.491 144.7 11.0 59 316 26.00 3 42.93 +19 49.7 0.573 1.484 143.4 10.9 59 318 27.00 3 41.83 +20 7.2 0.571 1.477 142.2 10.9 58 319 28.00 3 40.78 +20 25.0 0.569 1.470 141.0 10.8 58 321 29.00 3 39.77 +20 43.1 0.567 1.463 139.9 10.7 57 323 30.00 3 38.81 +21 1.4 0.565 1.456 138.7 10.7 57 325 31.00 3 37.89 +21 20.0 0.563 1.449 137.5 10.6 56 326 1993 Jan 1.00 3 37.03 +21 38.9 0.561 1.442 136.4 10.5 56 328 2.00 3 36.23 +21 58.1 0.559 1.435 135.2 10.4 55 331 3.00 3 35.48 +22 17.5 0.558 1.429 134.1 10.4 55 333 4.00 3 34.78 +22 37.2 0.556 1.422 133.0 10.3 55 335 5.00 3 34.15 +22 57.2 0.555 1.415 131.9 10.2 54 337 6.00 3 33.58 +23 17.4 0.554 1.409 130.8 10.2 54 340 7.00 3 33.07 +23 37.9 0.553 1.403 129.7 10.1 54 342 8.00 3 32.62 +23 58.6 0.552 1.396 128.7 10.1 54 345 9.00 3 32.24 +24 19.5 0.551 1.390 127.6 10.0 54 347 10.00 3 31.93 +24 40.7 0.550 1.384 126.6 9.9 54 350 11.00 3 31.68 +25 2.1 0.549 1.377 125.6 9.9 54 352 12.00 3 31.51 +25 23.7 0.548 1.371 124.6 9.8 55 355 13.00 3 31.40 +25 45.6 0.548 1.365 123.7 9.8 55 357 14.00 3 31.36 +26 7.7 0.547 1.359 122.7 9.7 55 360 15.00 3 31.40 +26 29.9 0.547 1.354 121.8 9.6 56 2 16.00 3 31.52 +26 52.4 0.546 1.348 120.8 9.6 57 5 17.00 3 31.70 +27 15.1 0.546 1.342 119.9 9.5 57 7 18.00 3 31.97 +27 38.0 0.545 1.337 119.1 9.5 58 10 19.00 3 32.31 +28 1.0 0.545 1.331 118.2 9.4 59 12 20.00 3 32.73 +28 24.3 0.545 1.326 117.3 9.4 60 14 21.00 3 33.23 +28 47.7 0.545 1.320 116.5 9.3 61 17 22.00 3 33.81 +29 11.3 0.544 1.315 115.7 9.3 63 19 23.00 3 34.48 +29 35.0 0.544 1.310 114.9 9.2 64 21 24.00 3 35.23 +29 58.9 0.544 1.305 114.1 9.1 65 23 25.00 3 36.06 +30 23.0 0.544 1.300 113.4 9.1 67 25 26.00 3 36.97 +30 47.2 0.544 1.295 112.6 9.1 68 27 27.00 3 37.97 +31 11.6 0.544 1.291 111.9 9.0 70 29 28.00 3 39.06 +31 36.0 0.544 1.286 111.2 9.0 71 30 29.00 3 40.23 +32 0.6 0.544 1.281 110.5 8.9 73 32 30.00 3 41.49 +32 25.3 0.544 1.277 109.9 8.9 74 34 31.00 3 42.84 +32 50.1 0.544 1.273 109.2 8.8 76 35 Guy M Hurst