------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1037 1996 Jan 28 15.50UT 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 WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET 45P/HONDA-MRKOS-PAJDUSAKOVA Updated elements by Brian Marsden, CBAT: T 1995 Dec 25.9852 TT w 326.05763 ) e 0.82424320 O 89.15214 ) 2000.0 q 0.5320500 A.U. i 4.24869 ) Source: MPEC 1996-A22 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by G.Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 13.5 + 5.0 log R + 20.0 log r Date R.A. (2000) Dec. R r Elong Mag. Motion h m o ' (AU) (AU) o "/hr P.A. 1996 Jan 28.00 17 53.65 -9 35.9 0.190 0.850 41.0 8.5 484 288 29.00 17 40.91 -8 34.3 0.185 0.865 45.3 8.6 506 288 30.00 17 27.70 -7 28.4 0.181 0.879 49.7 8.7 527 289 31.00 17 14.06 -6 18.4 0.177 0.893 54.2 8.8 545 289 1996 Feb 1.00 17 0.06 -5 4.8 0.174 0.908 58.8 8.9 561 290 2.00 16 45.77 -3 48.1 0.171 0.922 63.6 9.0 573 290 3.00 16 31.28 -2 29.2 0.170 0.936 68.4 9.1 581 290 4.00 16 16.66 -1 8.7 0.169 0.951 73.2 9.2 585 290 5.00 16 2.02 +0 12.2 0.169 0.965 78.0 9.3 585 290 6.00 15 47.44 +1 32.8 0.169 0.979 82.9 9.5 580 290 7.00 15 33.01 +2 52.1 0.171 0.994 87.6 9.6 571 290 8.00 15 18.83 +4 9.2 0.173 1.008 92.3 9.8 559 290 9.00 15 4.96 +5 23.5 0.176 1.023 96.9 9.9 543 290 10.00 14 51.47 +6 34.2 0.179 1.037 101.4 10.1 525 289 11.00 14 38.41 +7 41.1 0.183 1.051 105.7 10.2 505 289 12.00 14 25.83 +8 43.7 0.187 1.066 109.9 10.4 483 288 13.00 14 13.74 +9 41.9 0.193 1.080 114.0 10.6 460 288 14.00 14 2.17 +10 35.7 0.198 1.094 117.9 10.8 437 287 15.00 13 51.13 +11 25.1 0.204 1.108 121.6 10.9 415 287 16.00 13 40.61 +12 10.3 0.211 1.123 125.1 11.1 392 286 17.00 13 30.62 +12 51.5 0.218 1.137 128.5 11.3 370 285 18.00 13 21.14 +13 28.8 0.226 1.151 131.8 11.5 349 285 19.00 13 12.16 +14 2.5 0.233 1.165 134.9 11.7 329 284 20.00 13 3.65 +14 32.8 0.242 1.179 137.8 11.8 310 284 21.00 12 55.61 +15 0.1 0.250 1.193 140.7 12.0 291 283 22.00 12 48.01 +15 24.5 0.259 1.207 143.3 12.2 274 282 23.00 12 40.83 +15 46.3 0.269 1.221 145.9 12.4 258 282 24.00 12 34.05 +16 5.7 0.278 1.235 148.3 12.6 242 281 25.00 12 27.64 +16 23.0 0.288 1.249 150.6 12.7 228 280 26.00 12 21.60 +16 38.2 0.299 1.263 152.7 12.9 215 280 Guy M Hurst