------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1393 1999 Mar 30 21.02UT 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 Further to the announcement on E1381, this unusual asteroid has been the subject of major interest for amateur astronomers. Reports received from Nick James and Denis Buczynski indicate magnitude fluctuations have been detected due to its rotation and further details will appear in 'The Astronomer'. Revised orbital elements from MPEC 1999-F36: T 1997 Aug 3.9451 TT w 96.16610 ) e 0.39388860 O 141.45263 ) 2000.0 q 0.8846209 A.U. i 22.85751 ) Source: Positions are geocentric H = 14.90 G = 0.15 Daily ephemeris by G.Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: Date R.A. (2000) Dec. R r Elong Mag. Motion h m o ' (AU) (AU) o "/hr P.A. 1999 Mar 30.00 23 37.13 +84 29.8 0.290 0.996 81.1 15.1 147 205 31.00 23 22.53 +83 36.5 0.293 0.991 80.0 15.1 143 202 1999 Apr 1.00 23 11.78 +82 43.3 0.297 0.986 79.0 15.2 140 199 2.00 23 3.59 +81 50.6 0.301 0.982 77.9 15.2 137 196 3.00 22 57.17 +80 58.6 0.305 0.977 77.0 15.3 134 195 4.00 22 52.04 +80 7.3 0.309 0.973 76.0 15.3 131 193 5.00 22 47.88 +79 16.7 0.312 0.968 75.1 15.3 128 192 6.00 22 44.46 +78 27.0 0.316 0.964 74.2 15.4 126 191 7.00 22 41.63 +77 37.9 0.320 0.959 73.4 15.4 124 190 8.00 22 39.27 +76 49.6 0.324 0.955 72.6 15.5 121 189 9.00 22 37.30 +76 2.0 0.327 0.951 71.8 15.5 120 188 10.00 22 35.67 +75 14.9 0.331 0.947 71.0 15.5 118 187 11.00 22 34.31 +74 28.5 0.334 0.943 70.3 15.6 116 186 12.00 22 33.20 +73 42.7 0.338 0.940 69.6 15.6 115 185 13.00 22 32.30 +72 57.3 0.341 0.936 69.0 15.6 113 185 14.00 22 31.59 +72 12.5 0.345 0.932 68.4 15.7 112 184 15.00 22 31.05 +71 28.1 0.348 0.929 67.8 15.7 111 183 16.00 22 30.66 +70 44.1 0.352 0.926 67.2 15.7 110 182 17.00 22 30.42 +70 0.5 0.355 0.922 66.6 15.8 109 181 18.00 22 30.29 +69 17.2 0.358 0.919 66.1 15.8 108 180 19.00 22 30.29 +68 34.3 0.362 0.916 65.6 15.8 107 180 20.00 22 30.40 +67 51.7 0.365 0.913 65.2 15.8 106 179 21.00 22 30.62 +67 9.3 0.368 0.911 64.7 15.9 106 178 22.00 22 30.93 +66 27.2 0.371 0.908 64.3 15.9 105 177 23.00 22 31.34 +65 45.3 0.374 0.906 63.9 15.9 105 176 24.00 22 31.85 +65 3.6 0.377 0.903 63.6 15.9 104 175 25.00 22 32.43 +64 22.1 0.380 0.901 63.2 15.9 104 174 26.00 22 33.11 +63 40.8 0.383 0.899 62.9 16.0 104 173 27.00 22 33.86 +62 59.7 0.386 0.897 62.6 16.0 104 173 28.00 22 34.69 +62 18.7 0.389 0.895 62.4 16.0 103 172 29.00 22 35.60 +61 37.9 0.392 0.894 62.1 16.0 103 171 30.00 22 36.58 +60 57.2 0.394 0.892 61.9 16.0 103 170 Guy M Hurst