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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1840      2002 Dec 31 15.16UT
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
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COMET C/2002 X5 (KUDO-FUJIKAWA)
Further to the notes on TA E-Circular 1834, revised orbital
elements are now available for this comet from information on MPEC
2002-Y64. 

T  2003 Jan  29.0046 TT      w 187.56130 )
e  1.00000000                O 119.06760 ) 2000.0
q  0.1900820 A.U.            i  94.15110 )
Source: MPEC 2002-Y64    Positions are geocentric

The following ephemeris by Guy Hurst using EPH.EXE by Nick James
replaces that on E-Circular 1834:

m =  7.0 + 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.
2002 Dec 
  30.00  17 54.78  +31  4.1   0.984   0.910   55.1   6.6   299  129
  31.00  18  1.98  +29 48.2   0.982   0.887   53.7   6.4   301  130
2003 Jan 
   1.00  18  9.04  +28 30.3   0.980   0.864   52.2   6.3   303  131
   2.00  18 15.95  +27 10.5   0.980   0.841   50.8   6.2   304  131
   3.00  18 22.70  +25 48.9   0.980   0.818   49.2   6.1   305  132
   4.00  18 29.30  +24 25.7   0.981   0.794   47.7   6.0   306  133
   5.00  18 35.74  +23  0.9   0.983   0.770   46.1   5.8   306  134
   6.00  18 42.02  +21 34.8   0.985   0.746   44.5   5.7   306  135
   7.00  18 48.15  +20  7.5   0.989   0.722   42.9   5.6   306  136
   8.00  18 54.13  +18 38.9   0.993   0.697   41.3   5.4   306  137
   9.00  18 59.96  +17  9.3   0.998   0.672   39.6   5.3   306  137
  10.00  19  5.64  +15 38.6   1.004   0.647   37.9   5.1   305  138
  11.00  19 11.19  +14  6.9   1.011   0.621   36.3   5.0   305  139
  12.00  19 16.59  +12 34.3   1.018   0.595   34.5   4.8   304  140
  13.00  19 21.87  +11  0.6   1.027   0.569   32.8   4.6   304  141
  14.00  19 27.02   +9 25.9   1.036   0.543   31.0   4.4   304  142
  15.00  19 32.05   +7 50.0   1.045   0.516   29.3   4.2   304  143
  16.00  19 36.96   +6 12.8   1.055   0.489   27.4   4.0   305  143
  17.00  19 41.78   +4 34.2   1.066   0.461   25.6   3.8   306  144
  18.00  19 46.50   +2 53.8   1.078   0.434   23.7   3.5   308  145
  19.00  19 51.14   +1 11.3   1.089   0.406   21.8   3.3   311  146
  20.00  19 55.71   -0 33.6   1.102   0.378   19.9   3.0   315  147
  21.00  20  0.23   -2 21.5   1.114   0.350   17.9   2.7   321  148
  22.00  20  4.72   -4 13.0   1.126   0.323   15.8   2.3   329  149
  23.00  20  9.21   -6  8.7   1.139   0.295   13.7   2.0   339  150

Guy M Hurst