------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1045 1996 Feb 10 19.29UT 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 C/1996 B1 (SZCZEPANSKI) Updated elements by Brian Marsden (cf E1039): T 1996 Feb 7.1297 TT w 151.44985 ) e 1.00000000 O 345.41073 ) 2000.0 q 1.4507840 A.U. i 52.07280 ) Source: MPEC 1996-C02 Positions are geocentric Revised ephemeris by G.Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 7.5 + 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. 1996 Feb 9.00 13 15.14 +50 29.0 0.660 1.451 122.4 8.2 141 244 10.00 13 9.76 +50 2.9 0.650 1.451 123.7 8.2 148 243 11.00 13 4.23 +49 34.8 0.640 1.452 125.0 8.1 154 242 12.00 12 58.55 +49 4.5 0.630 1.452 126.4 8.1 161 241 13.00 12 52.72 +48 31.8 0.621 1.453 127.9 8.1 169 240 14.00 12 46.78 +47 56.6 0.612 1.454 129.3 8.1 176 239 15.00 12 40.71 +47 18.7 0.603 1.455 130.8 8.0 184 238 16.00 12 34.55 +46 38.1 0.594 1.456 132.4 8.0 191 237 17.00 12 28.31 +45 54.6 0.587 1.458 134.0 8.0 199 236 18.00 12 21.99 +45 8.0 0.579 1.459 135.6 8.0 206 234 19.00 12 15.63 +44 18.4 0.572 1.461 137.2 7.9 213 233 20.00 12 9.24 +43 25.7 0.565 1.462 138.9 7.9 221 232 21.00 12 2.83 +42 29.9 0.559 1.464 140.6 7.9 228 231 22.00 11 56.43 +41 30.8 0.553 1.466 142.3 7.9 235 230 23.00 11 50.06 +40 28.7 0.548 1.468 144.0 7.9 241 229 24.00 11 43.73 +39 23.5 0.543 1.471 145.7 7.9 247 228 25.00 11 37.47 +38 15.3 0.539 1.473 147.4 7.8 253 227 26.00 11 31.28 +37 4.3 0.536 1.476 149.1 7.8 258 226 27.00 11 25.19 +35 50.7 0.533 1.478 150.7 7.8 262 224 28.00 11 19.21 +34 34.6 0.531 1.481 152.3 7.8 266 224 29.00 11 13.36 +33 16.3 0.529 1.484 153.8 7.8 269 223 1996 Mar 1.00 11 7.64 +31 56.0 0.528 1.487 155.2 7.8 271 222 2.00 11 2.06 +30 34.1 0.528 1.490 156.5 7.8 273 221 3.00 10 56.64 +29 10.7 0.528 1.493 157.6 7.9 273 220 4.00 10 51.38 +27 46.3 0.529 1.497 158.5 7.9 273 219 5.00 10 46.28 +26 21.1 0.531 1.500 159.2 7.9 272 218 6.00 10 41.36 +24 55.5 0.534 1.504 159.7 7.9 270 218 7.00 10 36.61 +23 29.7 0.537 1.508 159.9 7.9 268 217 8.00 10 32.04 +22 4.1 0.541 1.512 159.9 8.0 265 216 9.00 10 27.65 +20 39.0 0.545 1.516 159.6 8.0 261 216 10.00 10 23.43 +19 14.6 0.550 1.520 159.1 8.0 256 215 11.00 10 19.39 +17 51.2 0.556 1.524 158.4 8.1 251 214 12.00 10 15.52 +16 29.0 0.562 1.529 157.5 8.1 245 214 13.00 10 11.82 +15 8.2 0.570 1.533 156.5 8.1 239 213 14.00 10 8.30 +13 49.0 0.577 1.538 155.3 8.2 233 213 15.00 10 4.94 +12 31.6 0.585 1.542 154.1 8.2 226 212 16.00 10 1.74 +11 16.0 0.594 1.547 152.8 8.3 219 212 17.00 9 58.70 +10 2.3 0.603 1.552 151.5 8.3 212 211 18.00 9 55.82 +8 50.7 0.613 1.557 150.1 8.4 205 211 19.00 9 53.08 +7 41.2 0.624 1.562 148.7 8.4 198 210 20.00 9 50.50 +6 33.8 0.634 1.568 147.3 8.5 191 209 Guy M Hurst