------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1608 2001 Feb 14 10.28UT 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 MCNAUGHT-HARTLEY revised orbital elements: T 2000 Dec 13.4713 TT w 344.75740 ) e 0.99979700 O 182.48250 ) 2000.0 q 1.1716880 A.U. i 79.97500 ) Source: MPC 42106 Positions are geocentric m = 5.0 + 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. 2001 Feb 13.00 16 55.66 +26 32.4 1.307 1.511 81.1 7.4 172 31 14.00 16 58.33 +27 31.0 1.311 1.520 81.5 7.4 171 31 15.00 17 1.00 +28 29.2 1.315 1.530 81.9 7.4 169 31 16.00 17 3.65 +29 27.0 1.320 1.539 82.3 7.5 168 31 17.00 17 6.29 +30 24.4 1.325 1.549 82.7 7.5 166 31 18.00 17 8.92 +31 21.3 1.331 1.559 83.0 7.5 165 31 19.00 17 11.53 +32 17.7 1.337 1.568 83.4 7.6 163 31 20.00 17 14.13 +33 13.5 1.343 1.578 83.7 7.6 161 30 21.00 17 16.72 +34 8.8 1.350 1.588 84.0 7.7 159 30 22.00 17 19.29 +35 3.5 1.357 1.598 84.3 7.7 157 30 23.00 17 21.85 +35 57.6 1.364 1.608 84.6 7.7 155 30 24.00 17 24.39 +36 51.0 1.372 1.618 84.9 7.8 153 30 25.00 17 26.91 +37 43.9 1.380 1.628 85.1 7.8 151 30 26.00 17 29.41 +38 36.0 1.388 1.638 85.3 7.9 149 29 27.00 17 31.90 +39 27.5 1.397 1.648 85.6 7.9 147 29 28.00 17 34.37 +40 18.3 1.406 1.659 85.8 7.9 144 29 2001 Mar 1.00 17 36.82 +41 8.4 1.415 1.669 85.9 8.0 142 29 2.00 17 39.24 +41 57.8 1.424 1.679 86.1 8.0 140 29 3.00 17 41.65 +42 46.4 1.434 1.689 86.3 8.1 138 29 4.00 17 44.03 +43 34.4 1.444 1.700 86.4 8.1 135 28 5.00 17 46.40 +44 21.6 1.454 1.710 86.6 8.1 133 28 6.00 17 48.74 +45 8.0 1.465 1.721 86.7 8.2 131 28 7.00 17 51.05 +45 53.8 1.475 1.731 86.8 8.2 128 28 8.00 17 53.35 +46 38.8 1.486 1.742 86.9 8.3 126 28 9.00 17 55.61 +47 23.1 1.497 1.752 87.0 8.3 124 28 10.00 17 57.85 +48 6.6 1.509 1.763 87.0 8.4 122 27 11.00 18 0.07 +48 49.4 1.520 1.773 87.1 8.4 119 27 12.00 18 2.26 +49 31.5 1.532 1.784 87.1 8.4 117 27 13.00 18 4.42 +50 12.9 1.544 1.795 87.2 8.5 115 27 14.00 18 6.55 +50 53.5 1.556 1.806 87.2 8.5 113 26 15.00 18 8.65 +51 33.5 1.569 1.816 87.2 8.6 110 26 16.00 18 10.72 +52 12.8 1.581 1.827 87.2 8.6 108 26 17.00 18 12.76 +52 51.3 1.594 1.838 87.2 8.7 106 26 18.00 18 14.77 +53 29.2 1.607 1.849 87.2 8.7 104 25 19.00 18 16.74 +54 6.5 1.620 1.859 87.2 8.7 102 25 20.00 18 18.68 +54 43.0 1.633 1.870 87.2 8.8 100 25 21.00 18 20.59 +55 18.9 1.646 1.881 87.2 8.8 98 24 22.00 18 22.46 +55 54.2 1.659 1.892 87.1 8.9 96 24 23.00 18 24.29 +56 28.8 1.673 1.903 87.1 8.9 94 24 Joni Pegram Guy Hurst