------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 844 1994 May 30 17.05UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 INTERNET: GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK or GMH at GXVG.AST.CAM.AC.UK ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET TAKAMIZAWA (1994i) Improved orbital elements(cf E838): T 1994 June 29.5773 TT w 192.10290 ) e 1.00000000 O 51.12320 ) 2000.0 q 1.9481460 A.U. i 135.97790 ) Source: IAUC 5996 Positions are geocentric Revised and extended ephemeris by Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 6.5 + 5.0 log R + 10.0 log r Date R.A. (2000) Dec. R r Elong Mag. Motion h m o ' (AU) (AU) o "/hr P.A. 1994 May 28.00 14 45.86 -9 50.1 1.024 1.989 154.9 9.5 257 263 1994 June 2.00 14 12.82 -10 46.3 1.070 1.978 143.2 9.6 232 264 7.00 13 43.64 -11 30.2 1.138 1.968 132.1 9.7 200 264 12.00 13 18.89 -12 4.4 1.225 1.960 121.8 9.9 166 265 17.00 12 58.45 -12 32.0 1.325 1.954 112.5 10.0 136 265 22.00 12 41.83 -12 56.0 1.435 1.950 104.1 10.2 110 264 27.00 12 28.43 -13 18.3 1.551 1.948 96.5 10.4 88 263 1994 July 2.00 12 17.67 -13 40.3 1.670 1.948 89.6 10.5 71 261 7.00 12 9.07 -14 2.8 1.790 1.950 83.1 10.7 57 258 12.00 12 2.20 -14 26.3 1.910 1.954 77.2 10.8 46 255 17.00 11 56.75 -14 51.2 2.027 1.960 71.6 11.0 37 250 22.00 11 52.43 -15 17.5 2.142 1.968 66.3 11.1 31 244 27.00 11 49.04 -15 45.4 2.253 1.977 61.3 11.2 26 236 COMET TAKAMIZAWA-LEVY (1994f) Improved orbital elements(cf E830): T 1994 May 22.5420 TT w 61.63500 ) e 1.00000000 O 306.83300 ) 2000.0 q 1.3593200 A.U. i 132.86900 ) Source: IAUC 5985 Positions are geocentric Revised and extended ephemeris by Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 7.0 + 5.0 log R + 10.0 log r Date R.A. (2000) Dec. R r Elong Mag. Motion h m o ' (AU) (AU) o "/hr P.A. 1994 May 30.00 17 51.44 +67 49.4 0.928 1.364 89.1 8.2 336 298 31.00 17 29.55 +68 44.9 0.936 1.365 88.8 8.2 331 292 1994 June 1.00 17 6.40 +69 27.6 0.945 1.366 88.4 8.2 324 287 2.00 16 42.41 +69 57.0 0.956 1.368 87.9 8.3 317 281 3.00 16 18.11 +70 12.9 0.968 1.370 87.4 8.3 309 275 4.00 15 54.06 +70 15.8 0.980 1.372 86.9 8.3 301 269 5.00 15 30.81 +70 6.4 0.994 1.374 86.3 8.4 293 263 6.00 15 8.78 +69 46.2 1.009 1.376 85.7 8.4 284 257 7.00 14 48.29 +69 16.6 1.025 1.378 85.0 8.4 275 252 8.00 14 29.49 +68 39.1 1.042 1.381 84.3 8.5 266 248 9.00 14 12.43 +67 55.4 1.059 1.383 83.6 8.5 257 243 10.00 13 57.05 +67 6.9 1.078 1.386 82.9 8.6 248 239 11.00 13 43.27 +66 14.7 1.097 1.389 82.1 8.6 239 236 12.00 13 30.93 +65 19.9 1.117 1.392 81.4 8.7 230 233 13.00 13 19.91 +64 23.5 1.137 1.396 80.6 8.7 222 230 14.00 13 10.07 +63 26.0 1.158 1.399 79.8 8.8 213 227 15.00 13 1.25 +62 28.2 1.180 1.402 79.0 8.8 205 225 16.00 12 53.35 +61 30.3 1.202 1.406 78.2 8.9 197 223 17.00 12 46.26 +60 32.9 1.225 1.410 77.4 8.9 190 221 18.00 12 39.87 +59 36.1 1.248 1.414 76.5 9.0 182 219 19.00 12 34.11 +58 40.1 1.271 1.418 75.7 9.0 175 218 Guy M Hurst --- 00089 --- Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 07:46:19 +0100 (BST)