------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1453 1999 Oct 08 06.25UT 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 C/1999 S3 (LINEAR) Orbital elements for the comet announced on E1448: T 1999 Nov 9.0446 TT w 44.13940 ) e 0.89811400 O 11.86500 ) 2000.0 q 1.8944130 A.U. i 70.53580 ) Source: MPC1999-T25 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by Guy Hurst using EPH.EXE by Nick James: m = 10.0 + 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. 1999 Oct 4.00 0 34.46 +53 15.0 1.134 1.942 130.8 13.2 157 304 5.00 0 28.61 +53 49.4 1.134 1.939 130.6 13.1 156 303 6.00 0 22.60 +54 22.1 1.134 1.937 130.3 13.1 155 301 7.00 0 16.44 +54 53.1 1.134 1.934 129.9 13.1 154 299 8.00 0 10.15 +55 22.2 1.135 1.932 129.5 13.1 153 298 9.00 0 3.75 +55 49.4 1.137 1.930 129.1 13.1 151 296 10.00 23 57.24 +56 14.8 1.139 1.927 128.6 13.1 150 294 11.00 23 50.64 +56 38.1 1.141 1.925 128.1 13.1 148 292 12.00 23 43.97 +56 59.5 1.144 1.923 127.6 13.1 146 291 13.00 23 37.25 +57 18.8 1.148 1.921 127.0 13.1 144 289 14.00 23 30.50 +57 36.2 1.152 1.919 126.4 13.1 142 287 15.00 23 23.74 +57 51.5 1.156 1.917 125.7 13.1 140 285 16.00 23 16.98 +58 5.0 1.160 1.916 125.0 13.1 137 283 17.00 23 10.25 +58 16.5 1.166 1.914 124.4 13.2 135 281 18.00 23 3.57 +58 26.1 1.171 1.912 123.6 13.2 133 280 19.00 22 56.95 +58 33.9 1.177 1.911 122.9 13.2 130 278 20.00 22 50.42 +58 39.9 1.183 1.909 122.2 13.2 127 276 21.00 22 43.98 +58 44.3 1.189 1.908 121.4 13.2 125 274 22.00 22 37.66 +58 47.1 1.196 1.906 120.6 13.2 122 272 23.00 22 31.47 +58 48.4 1.203 1.905 119.8 13.2 119 271 24.00 22 25.42 +58 48.3 1.211 1.904 119.0 13.2 116 269 25.00 22 19.52 +58 46.8 1.218 1.903 118.2 13.2 113 267 26.00 22 13.78 +58 44.1 1.226 1.902 117.4 13.2 111 266 27.00 22 8.21 +58 40.3 1.235 1.901 116.6 13.2 108 264 28.00 22 2.81 +58 35.4 1.243 1.900 115.8 13.3 105 263 29.00 21 57.58 +58 29.6 1.252 1.899 115.0 13.3 102 261 30.00 21 52.54 +58 22.9 1.261 1.898 114.2 13.3 99 260 31.00 21 47.69 +58 15.5 1.270 1.897 113.4 13.3 96 258 1999 Nov 1.00 21 43.01 +58 7.3 1.280 1.897 112.6 13.3 93 257 2.00 21 38.53 +57 58.6 1.289 1.896 111.8 13.3 90 256 3.00 21 34.22 +57 49.3 1.299 1.896 110.9 13.3 88 254 4.00 21 30.09 +57 39.6 1.309 1.895 110.1 13.4 85 253 5.00 21 26.15 +57 29.6 1.319 1.895 109.4 13.4 82 252 6.00 21 22.37 +57 19.2 1.330 1.895 108.6 13.4 79 251 7.00 21 18.77 +57 8.6 1.340 1.895 107.8 13.4 77 250 8.00 21 15.34 +56 57.8 1.351 1.894 107.0 13.4 74 248 9.00 21 12.06 +56 46.9 1.361 1.894 106.2 13.4 71 247 10.00 21 8.95 +56 35.9 1.372 1.894 105.5 13.5 69 246 11.00 21 5.98 +56 24.9 1.383 1.895 104.7 13.5 66 245 12.00 21 3.17 +56 13.9 1.394 1.895 104.0 13.5 64 244 13.00 21 0.50 +56 3.0 1.405 1.895 103.3 13.5 61 244 Guy M Hurst