------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1838 2002 Dec 27 21.00UT 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/2002 V1 (NEAT) The ephemeris for this comet, given in TA Vol 39 No 464 p202 (2002) is extended below but based on the latest revised orbital elements which appeared on MPEC 2002-Y36: Ephemeris for C/2002 NEATV1 T 2003 Feb 18.3000 TT w 152.15170 ) e 1.00000000 O 64.08410 ) 2000.0 q 0.0993240 A.U. i 81.81790 ) Source: MPEC 2002-Y36 Positions are geocentric m = 11.5 + 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. 2002 Dec 27.00 1 27.80 +13 46.4 0.797 1.466 110.3 12.7 198 262 28.00 1 22.47 +13 35.3 0.798 1.446 108.0 12.6 195 262 29.00 1 17.21 +13 24.1 0.800 1.426 105.8 12.6 192 262 30.00 1 12.05 +13 12.8 0.802 1.407 103.5 12.5 189 261 31.00 1 6.97 +13 1.5 0.805 1.387 101.3 12.4 186 261 2003 Jan 1.00 1 1.99 +12 50.3 0.807 1.367 99.1 12.4 183 261 2.00 0 57.10 +12 39.0 0.810 1.347 96.9 12.3 180 261 3.00 0 52.31 +12 27.8 0.813 1.327 94.7 12.3 176 261 4.00 0 47.61 +12 16.7 0.817 1.306 92.6 12.2 173 261 5.00 0 43.00 +12 5.7 0.821 1.286 90.4 12.2 170 261 6.00 0 38.49 +11 54.8 0.825 1.265 88.3 12.1 166 261 7.00 0 34.08 +11 44.0 0.829 1.244 86.3 12.0 163 261 8.00 0 29.75 +11 33.3 0.833 1.223 84.2 12.0 160 260 9.00 0 25.51 +11 22.8 0.838 1.202 82.2 11.9 157 260 10.00 0 21.35 +11 12.4 0.842 1.181 80.2 11.8 154 260 11.00 0 17.28 +11 2.1 0.847 1.159 78.2 11.8 151 260 12.00 0 13.28 +10 51.9 0.852 1.137 76.2 11.7 148 260 13.00 0 9.36 +10 41.8 0.856 1.116 74.3 11.6 145 260 14.00 0 5.51 +10 31.8 0.861 1.093 72.4 11.6 143 260 15.00 0 1.73 +10 21.9 0.866 1.071 70.5 11.5 141 260 16.00 23 58.01 +10 12.1 0.871 1.049 68.6 11.4 139 260 17.00 23 54.34 +10 2.3 0.876 1.026 66.7 11.3 137 260 18.00 23 50.72 +9 52.5 0.880 1.003 64.8 11.2 135 260 19.00 23 47.15 +9 42.7 0.885 0.980 63.0 11.1 134 259 20.00 23 43.62 +9 32.9 0.890 0.956 61.1 11.1 132 259 21.00 23 40.12 +9 23.0 0.894 0.933 59.3 11.0 131 259 22.00 23 36.66 +9 13.0 0.899 0.909 57.5 10.9 130 259 23.00 23 33.21 +9 2.8 0.903 0.885 55.7 10.7 130 259 24.00 23 29.78 +8 52.4 0.908 0.860 53.9 10.6 130 258 25.00 23 26.36 +8 41.7 0.912 0.835 52.1 10.5 130 258 26.00 23 22.94 +8 30.7 0.916 0.810 50.3 10.4 130 258 27.00 23 19.51 +8 19.3 0.920 0.785 48.5 10.3 131 257 28.00 23 16.07 +8 7.4 0.923 0.759 46.7 10.1 132 257 29.00 23 12.60 +7 55.0 0.927 0.733 44.9 10.0 133 256 30.00 23 9.11 +7 41.9 0.930 0.706 43.1 9.8 135 256 31.00 23 5.57 +7 27.9 0.934 0.679 41.3 9.7 137 255 Guy M Hurst