------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1381 1999 Feb 12 19.32UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1999 CV3 M. Blythe, F. Shelly and M. Bezpalko, Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico report the discovery of a bright fast-moving asteroid with the 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector and CCD. Selected positions: C1998 12 23.36233 09 50 44.84 -06 12 23.9 17.5 704 C1998 12 23.37282 09 50 45.41 -06 12 24.3 704 C1998 12 23.38352 09 50 46.08 -06 12 25.1 18.0 704 C1998 12 23.39425 09 50 46.67 -06 12 25.7 18.0 704 C1998 12 23.40487 09 50 47.34 -06 12 25.9 17.9 704 C1999 02 10.31428 10 12 35.43 +14 22 38.1 18.5 704 C1999 02 11.84501 10 12 06.70 +16 29 58.0 11.8 R 151 C1999 02 11.84885 10 12 06.60 +16 30 18.1 12.0 R 151 C1999 02 11.85043 10 12 06.57 +16 30 26.3 12.0 R 151 C1999 02 11.85434 10 12 06.46 +16 30 46.9 12.1 R 151 151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur. Observer M. Griesser. 0.25-m f/8.0 reflector + CCD. Orbital elements: 1999 CV3 Epoch 1999 Jan. 22.0 TT = JDT 2451200.5 Williams M 299.65908 (2000.0) P Q n 0.55886384 Peri. 96.15901 -0.48698721 +0.83918744 a 1.4597059 Node 141.45286 -0.87236119 -0.48091850 e 0.3939433 Incl. 22.86056 +0.04277152 -0.25393273 P 1.76 H 15.6 G 0.15 U 6 Ephemeris: Date RA (2000) DEC Earth Sun Elong Mag 1999 02 11 10 12.38 +15 18.7 0.283 1.267 171.3 13.9 1999 02 16 10 10.24 +23 03.6 0.252 1.237 169.0 13.7 1999 02 21 10 06.98 +32 24.1 0.231 1.206 158.3 13.7 1999 02 26 10 02.46 +42 53.8 0.218 1.176 145.3 13.9 1999 03 03 09 56.32 +53 43.2 0.214 1.146 131.9 14.1 1999 03 08 09 47.63 +63 58.0 0.219 1.116 119.2 14.4 1999 03 13 09 33.8 +73 00.9 0.230 1.087 107.9 14.8 1999 03 18 09 05.3 +80 37.9 0.245 1.059 98.3 15.1 1999 03 23 07 12 +86 33.3 0.263 1.032 90.2 15.4 1999 03 28 00 29 +86 13.6 0.282 1.006 83.5 15.7 1999 04 02 23 03.5 +81 50.8 0.301 0.982 77.9 15.9 1999 04 07 22 41.6 +77 38.1 0.320 0.960 73.4 16.1 1999 04 12 22 33.2 +73 42.9 0.338 0.940 69.6 16.3 1999 04 17 22 30.4 +70 00.7 0.355 0.922 66.6 16.5 1999 04 22 22 30.90 +66 27.4 0.371 0.908 64.3 16.6 M.P.E.C. 1999-C25 SCIENCE IN THE ATTIC The producer of 'Science in the Attic' has e-mailed to advise that the first episode of the programme, featuring the editor, is to be repeated on Radio 4 on Monday, Feb 15 at 15.30UT. Neil George mentioned that the episode, recorded by Anna Grayson, had evidently high ratings when it was broadcast last year, hence the repeat. Guy M Hurst