------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1702 2001 Oct 25 14.37UT 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.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) Revised orbital elements by Brian G. Marsden of the Central Bureau have been issued on M.P.E.C. 2001-U43: T 2002 Jan 22.6747 TT w 276.76872 ) e 1.00029210 O 237.89642 ) 2000.0 q 0.5553830 A.U. i 72.54944 ) Source: MEPC 2001-U43 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by Hurst using EPH.EXE by Nick James: m = 6.5 + 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 Oct 25.00 4 46.03 +50 28.8 1.016 1.811 128.5 9.1 41 245 26.00 4 44.39 +50 21.4 0.990 1.796 129.6 9.0 45 245 27.00 4 42.62 +50 13.1 0.965 1.781 130.7 8.9 49 244 28.00 4 40.71 +50 4.0 0.940 1.765 131.8 8.8 53 243 29.00 4 38.64 +49 53.7 0.915 1.750 133.0 8.7 58 242 30.00 4 36.43 +49 42.3 0.890 1.735 134.2 8.6 63 242 31.00 4 34.05 +49 29.7 0.866 1.720 135.4 8.5 68 241 2001 Nov 1.00 4 31.50 +49 15.7 0.841 1.704 136.6 8.4 74 240 2.00 4 28.77 +49 0.1 0.817 1.689 137.8 8.3 80 239 3.00 4 25.86 +48 42.8 0.793 1.674 139.1 8.2 87 239 4.00 4 22.76 +48 23.7 0.769 1.658 140.4 8.1 94 238 5.00 4 19.46 +48 2.5 0.745 1.643 141.7 8.0 102 237 6.00 4 15.94 +47 39.0 0.722 1.627 143.1 7.9 110 236 7.00 4 12.21 +47 12.9 0.699 1.612 144.5 7.8 119 235 8.00 4 8.25 +46 44.1 0.676 1.596 146.0 7.7 129 234 9.00 4 4.06 +46 12.1 0.653 1.581 147.4 7.6 139 233 10.00 3 59.63 +45 36.6 0.631 1.565 148.9 7.4 151 232 11.00 3 54.96 +44 57.3 0.609 1.550 150.5 7.3 164 231 12.00 3 50.03 +44 13.7 0.588 1.534 152.0 7.2 177 230 13.00 3 44.84 +43 25.4 0.567 1.518 153.6 7.1 192 229 14.00 3 39.39 +42 31.8 0.546 1.502 155.2 7.0 208 228 15.00 3 33.68 +41 32.4 0.526 1.487 156.7 6.8 226 226 16.00 3 27.71 +40 26.5 0.506 1.471 158.2 6.7 245 225 17.00 3 21.48 +39 13.7 0.487 1.455 159.6 6.6 265 224 18.00 3 14.99 +37 53.0 0.468 1.439 160.9 6.4 287 223 19.00 3 8.25 +36 23.9 0.450 1.423 161.8 6.3 311 222 20.00 3 1.27 +34 45.7 0.433 1.407 162.4 6.2 337 220 21.00 2 54.06 +32 57.5 0.417 1.391 162.5 6.0 364 219 22.00 2 46.63 +30 58.8 0.402 1.375 162.0 5.9 392 218 23.00 2 39.01 +28 49.0 0.387 1.359 160.9 5.8 422 217 24.00 2 31.20 +26 27.5 0.374 1.343 159.1 5.6 452 216 25.00 2 23.23 +23 54.3 0.362 1.327 156.8 5.5 483 215 26.00 2 15.13 +21 9.3 0.351 1.311 153.9 5.4 512 214 27.00 2 6.92 +18 13.0 0.341 1.295 150.6 5.3 540 213 28.00 1 58.63 +15 6.1 0.333 1.279 147.0 5.2 565 212 29.00 1 50.28 +11 49.9 0.326 1.262 143.0 5.1 587 212 30.00 1 41.90 +8 26.0 0.321 1.246 138.8 5.0 603 211 NEW TA CHART SERVICE Details were given in the September issue of TA and at our AGM of the category 4 circulars which will cover issue of future FINDERS format charts together with sequences notes. The first, CSN 101, was issued earlier today. GOLD subscribers will automatically receive these circulars. Guy M Hurst