------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1803 2002 Aug 31 14.35UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 HK12 Mark Kidger, Planetary Editor, has e-mailed the following ephemeris, calculated by John Fletcher for a Near Earth Object which is expected to become relatively bright during September: Date RA (2000) Dec r delta mag Elong %illu 1 Sep 2002 06h16m39.20s +47 56' 39.4" 0.990 0.055 15.7 67.7 33.4 2 Sep 2002 05h49m01.89s +47 42' 07.2" 0.994 0.057 15.5 73.1 38.1 3 Sep 2002 05h24m21.34s +47 07' 34.0" 0.998 0.060 15.3 78.1 42.5 4 Sep 2002 05h02m38.27s +46 19' 36.2" 1.003 0.063 15.2 82.7 46.7 5 Sep 2002 04h43m40.53s +45 23' 31.3" 1.007 0.066 15.2 86.9 50.6 6 Sep 2002 04h27m09.79s +44 23' 14.0" 1.012 0.070 15.1 90.9 54.2 7 Sep 2002 04h12m46.18s +43 21' 27.1" 1.016 0.074 15.1 94.5 57.5 8 Sep 2002 04h00m10.79s +42 19' 58.3" 1.021 0.078 15.1 97.9 60.6 9 Sep 2002 03h49m06.79s +41 19' 54.6" 1.026 0.081 15.1 101.1 63.4 10 Sep 2002 03h39m19.74s +40 21' 55.2" 1.031 0.086 15.1 104.0 66.0 11 Sep 2002 03h30m37.49s +39 26' 20.5" 1.036 0.090 15.1 106.8 68.4 12 Sep 2002 03h22m49.96s +38 33' 18.6" 1.042 0.094 15.2 109.5 70.6 13 Sep 2002 03h15m48.77s +37 42' 49.7" 1.047 0.098 15.2 112.0 72.7 14 Sep 2002 03h09m27.02s +36 54' 49.4" 1.053 0.103 15.2 114.4 74.6 15 Sep 2002 03h03m38.96s +36 09' 10.4" 1.058 0.107 15.3 116.7 76.4 16 Sep 2002 02h58m19.83s +35 25' 43.8" 1.064 0.111 15.3 118.9 78.1 17 Sep 2002 02h53m25.63s +34 44' 20.3" 1.070 0.116 15.3 121.0 79.6 18 Sep 2002 02h48m53.04s +34 04' 50.4" 1.075 0.121 15.4 123.1 81.1 19 Sep 2002 02h44m39.26s +33 27' 04.7" 1.081 0.125 15.4 125.1 82.5 20 Sep 2002 02h40m41.92s +32 50' 54.5" 1.087 0.130 15.4 127.0 83.8 21 Sep 2002 02h36m59.02s +32 16' 11.5" 1.094 0.135 15.5 128.9 85.0 22 Sep 2002 02h33m28.89s +31 42' 48.0" 1.100 0.139 15.5 130.7 86.1 23 Sep 2002 02h30m10.08s +31 10' 37.1" 1.106 0.144 15.5 132.5 87.2 24 Sep 2002 02h27m01.38s +30 39' 32.4" 1.112 0.149 15.6 134.3 88.2 25 Sep 2002 02h24m01.77s +30 09' 28.2" 1.119 0.154 15.6 136.0 89.1 26 Sep 2002 02h21m10.35s +29 40' 19.3" 1.125 0.159 15.7 137.7 90.0 27 Sep 2002 02h18m26.38s +29 12' 01.3" 1.132 0.164 15.7 139.4 90.8 28 Sep 2002 02h15m49.22s +28 44' 30.0" 1.138 0.169 15.7 141.0 91.6 29 Sep 2002 02h13m18.33s +28 17' 41.8" 1.145 0.174 15.8 142.6 92.4 30 Sep 2002 02h10m53.24s +27 51' 33.7" 1.152 0.179 15.8 144.2 93.0 1 Oct 2002 02h08m33.57s +27 26' 02.9" 1.159 0.185 15.8 145.8 93.7 Guy M Hurst