------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 937 1995 Mar 13 21.35UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 EK1 T.Kobayashi, Oizumi, Japan reports the discovery of a fast-moving asteroid on Mar 7.7 at mag 17. Subsequent observations to Mar 13 have enabled the following elements to be derived: 1995 EK1 Epoch 1995 Mar. 4.0 TT = JDT 2449780.5 Nakano M 336.50980 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28896327 Peri. 296.53529 +0.37989078 +0.92496096 a 2.2659011 Node 355.74275 -0.78456349 +0.31564397 e 0.7764831 Incl. 8.84245 -0.49004400 +0.21169815 P 3.41 H 16.8 G 0.15 >From 18 observations 1995 Mar. 7-13. The following ephemeris indicates the object should brighten and presents a favourable opportunity for astrometry: Ephemeris: 1995 EK1 a,e,i = 2.27, 0.78, 9 q = 0.5065 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 1995 03 14 12 26.92 -03 38.3 0.363 1.348 165.4 10.7 15.9 1995 03 15 12 24.84 -03 46.4 0.348 1.335 166.8 9.8 15.8 1995 03 16 12 22.56 -03 54.9 0.333 1.323 168.2 8.8 15.6 1995 03 17 12 20.04 -04 04.0 0.319 1.310 169.6 7.8 15.5 1995 03 18 12 17.26 -04 13.8 0.304 1.297 171.1 6.8 15.3 1995 03 19 12 14.19 -04 24.3 0.290 1.284 172.5 5.8 15.1 1995 03 20 12 10.80 -04 35.6 0.276 1.271 173.8 4.8 14.9 1995 03 21 12 07.03 -04 47.8 0.263 1.258 174.9 4.1 14.8 1995 03 22 12 02.85 -05 01.2 0.249 1.245 175.4 3.7 14.6 1995 03 23 11 58.18 -05 15.7 0.236 1.231 175.0 4.1 14.5 1995 03 24 11 52.95 -05 31.7 0.222 1.218 173.8 5.1 14.4 1995 03 25 11 47.07 -05 49.3 0.209 1.205 171.9 6.7 14.3 1995 03 26 11 40.43 -06 08.7 0.197 1.192 169.7 8.6 14.2 1995 03 27 11 32.91 -06 30.3 0.184 1.178 167.1 10.9 14.2 1995 03 28 11 24.33 -06 54.2 0.172 1.165 164.2 13.5 14.1 1995 03 29 11 14.50 -07 20.8 0.161 1.151 161.0 16.4 14.0 1995 03 30 11 03.18 -07 50.3 0.149 1.138 157.3 19.8 13.9 1995 03 31 10 50.07 -08 23.0 0.138 1.124 153.2 23.6 13.9 1995 04 01 10 34.82 -08 58.9 0.128 1.110 148.6 28.0 13.8 1995 04 02 10 17.04 -09 37.7 0.119 1.097 143.3 33.0 13.8 1995 04 03 09 56.31 -10 18.5 0.110 1.083 137.4 38.7 13.7 1995 04 04 09 32.25 -10 59.6 0.102 1.069 130.6 45.3 13.7 1995 04 05 09 04.62 -11 37.9 0.096 1.055 123.0 52.7 13.8 1995 04 06 08 33.54 -12 09.1 0.091 1.042 114.5 60.9 13.9 1995 04 07 07 59.61 -12 28.5 0.088 1.028 105.5 69.8 14.0 MPEC 1995-E15 AK CANCRI Bill Worraker reports a further observation of this outburst for March 10.906UT when his visual estimate was 12.9. The reference to confirmatory results by Gary Poyner on E936 should be deleted. Guy M Hurst