------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1135 1996 Oct 19 13.37UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET 126P/IRAS This comet was recovered by Robert McNaught on 1996 Aug 8 and details were reported in TA Vol 33 No 389 p109 [1996] where it was initially designated as P/1996 P1 (IRAS). It has now been numbered as a periodic comet as shown above. Updated elements by Brian Marsden: T 1996 Oct 29.9953 TT w 356.88713 ) e 0.69658980 O 357.70068 ) 2000.0 q 1.7026870 A.U. i 45.96157 ) Source: MPC 27690 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by Guy Hurst using EPH.EXE by Nick James: m = 8.5 + 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 Oct 19.00 21 37.11 -25 44.7 1.065 1.707 111.8 11.0 117 357 20.00 21 36.98 -24 58.0 1.073 1.706 111.1 11.0 116 358 21.00 21 36.91 -24 11.7 1.081 1.706 110.4 11.0 115 359 22.00 21 36.88 -23 25.8 1.089 1.705 109.7 11.0 114 360 23.00 21 36.90 -22 40.4 1.097 1.704 109.0 11.0 113 1 24.00 21 36.96 -21 55.3 1.106 1.704 108.3 11.0 112 2 25.00 21 37.08 -21 10.8 1.115 1.704 107.6 11.1 111 2 26.00 21 37.23 -20 26.7 1.124 1.703 106.9 11.1 110 3 27.00 21 37.43 -19 43.0 1.133 1.703 106.2 11.1 109 4 28.00 21 37.66 -18 59.8 1.142 1.703 105.5 11.1 108 5 29.00 21 37.94 -18 17.1 1.152 1.703 104.8 11.1 107 6 30.00 21 38.25 -17 34.8 1.161 1.703 104.2 11.1 106 6 31.00 21 38.60 -16 53.0 1.171 1.703 103.5 11.2 105 7 1996 Nov 1.00 21 38.99 -16 11.7 1.181 1.703 102.8 11.2 104 8 2.00 21 39.41 -15 30.9 1.191 1.703 102.1 11.2 103 9 3.00 21 39.87 -14 50.5 1.202 1.703 101.4 11.2 102 10 4.00 21 40.36 -14 10.6 1.212 1.704 100.8 11.2 101 10 5.00 21 40.88 -13 31.2 1.223 1.704 100.1 11.3 100 11 6.00 21 41.43 -12 52.2 1.234 1.704 99.4 11.3 99 12 7.00 21 42.01 -12 13.7 1.244 1.705 98.8 11.3 98 13 8.00 21 42.62 -11 35.6 1.255 1.706 98.1 11.3 97 14 9.00 21 43.26 -10 58.0 1.267 1.706 97.5 11.3 97 14 10.00 21 43.93 -10 20.8 1.278 1.707 96.8 11.4 96 15 11.00 21 44.63 -9 44.1 1.289 1.708 96.2 11.4 95 16 12.00 21 45.35 -9 7.8 1.301 1.709 95.5 11.4 94 17 13.00 21 46.10 -8 31.9 1.312 1.710 94.9 11.4 94 18 14.00 21 46.87 -7 56.5 1.324 1.711 94.3 11.4 93 18 15.00 21 47.67 -7 21.4 1.336 1.712 93.6 11.5 92 19 16.00 21 48.49 -6 46.7 1.347 1.713 93.0 11.5 92 20 17.00 21 49.33 -6 12.5 1.359 1.714 92.4 11.5 91 20 18.00 21 50.19 -5 38.6 1.371 1.715 91.8 11.5 90 21 19.00 21 51.08 -5 5.1 1.383 1.717 91.2 11.6 90 22 20.00 21 51.99 -4 32.0 1.396 1.718 90.6 11.6 89 23 21.00 21 52.92 -3 59.3 1.408 1.720 90.0 11.6 89 23 22.00 21 53.87 -3 26.9 1.420 1.721 89.4 11.6 88 24 23.00 21 54.83 -2 54.8 1.432 1.723 88.8 11.6 88 25 Guy M Hurst