------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1527 2000 May 29 09.49UT 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/2000 K1 = 1999 LW24 = 1999 NF13 (LINEAR) The comet referred to on E1524 and E1525 has been linked to asteroidal objects and M.Griesser at Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur has submitted measures for 1999 May 18 enabling revised orbital elements to be calculated by Brian Marsden: T 1999 Dec 14.8301 TT w 15.81713 ) e 1.00217280 O 260.19445 ) 2000.0 q 6.2759160 A.U. i 116.78259 ) Source: MPEC 2000-K29 Positions are geocentric m = 4.0 + 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. 2000 May 1.00 16 56.28 +6 9.2 5.554 6.347 138.8 15.8 35 311 6.00 16 52.59 +6 55.1 5.524 6.352 142.3 15.7 36 309 11.00 16 48.70 +7 39.6 5.503 6.358 145.1 15.7 37 307 16.00 16 44.66 +8 22.3 5.490 6.363 147.2 15.7 37 304 21.00 16 40.50 +9 3.0 5.485 6.369 148.4 15.7 37 302 26.00 16 36.27 +9 41.3 5.488 6.375 148.6 15.7 37 301 31.00 16 32.00 +10 17.0 5.500 6.381 147.8 15.8 36 299 2000 June 5.00 16 27.74 +10 50.0 5.521 6.387 146.0 15.8 35 297 10.00 16 23.54 +11 19.9 5.549 6.394 143.5 15.8 34 295 15.00 16 19.43 +11 46.9 5.585 6.401 140.4 15.8 32 293 20.00 16 15.46 +12 10.8 5.629 6.407 136.8 15.8 31 291 25.00 16 11.65 +12 31.6 5.679 6.414 132.9 15.8 29 290 30.00 16 8.05 +12 49.6 5.736 6.421 128.8 15.9 27 288 2000 July 5.00 16 4.67 +13 4.6 5.798 6.429 124.5 15.9 25 286 10.00 16 1.54 +13 17.0 5.865 6.436 120.1 15.9 23 284 15.00 15 58.68 +13 26.8 5.937 6.444 115.7 16.0 20 282 20.00 15 56.10 +13 34.4 6.013 6.452 111.3 16.0 18 280 25.00 15 53.81 +13 39.8 6.091 6.460 106.9 16.0 16 278 30.00 15 51.81 +13 43.4 6.172 6.468 102.5 16.1 14 276 2000 Aug 4.00 15 50.10 +13 45.4 6.255 6.476 98.1 16.1 11 273 9.00 15 48.69 +13 45.9 6.339 6.485 93.7 16.1 9 270 14.00 15 47.56 +13 45.3 6.424 6.493 89.4 16.2 7 266 19.00 15 46.72 +13 43.7 6.508 6.502 85.2 16.2 5 259 24.00 15 46.14 +13 41.4 6.591 6.511 81.0 16.2 3 248 29.00 15 45.83 +13 38.5 6.674 6.520 76.9 16.3 2 221 2000 Sept 3.00 15 45.78 +13 35.3 6.754 6.530 72.9 16.3 2 165 8.00 15 45.96 +13 32.0 6.833 6.539 69.0 16.3 3 128 13.00 15 46.37 +13 28.6 6.908 6.549 65.1 16.4 4 114 18.00 15 46.99 +13 25.5 6.980 6.559 61.4 16.4 5 106 23.00 15 47.81 +13 22.7 7.049 6.569 57.8 16.4 7 101 28.00 15 48.82 +13 20.3 7.114 6.579 54.3 16.4 8 97 2000 Oct 3.00 15 50.00 +13 18.6 7.174 6.589 50.9 16.5 9 94 8.00 15 51.35 +13 17.7 7.230 6.599 47.7 16.5 10 91 13.00 15 52.83 +13 17.8 7.280 6.610 44.8 16.5 11 89 18.00 15 54.45 +13 18.8 7.326 6.621 42.1 16.5 12 86 23.00 15 56.19 +13 21.0 7.367 6.631 39.7 16.6 13 84 28.00 15 58.03 +13 24.4 7.402 6.643 37.6 16.6 14 82 Guy M Hurst