THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 817 1994 Mar 06 15.02UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 TELEX: 9312111261 Answerback: TA G TELECOM GOLD: 10074:MIK2885 GMH at UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.STARLINK.ASTROPHYSICS STARLINK: RLSAC::GMH GMH at UK.AC.CAM.ASTRONOMY.STARLINK STARLINK: CAVAD::GMH ------------------------------------------------------------------- PERIODIC COMET KUSHIDA (1994a) Improved orbital elements (cf E810): T 1993 Dec 12.8428 TT w 214.45070 ) e 0.63934900 O 245.95970 ) 2000.0 q 1.3673570 A.U. i 4.18630 ) Source: IAUC 5935 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by G.Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 10.5 + 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. 1994 Mar 4.00 9 41.52 +3 5.1 0.684 1.653 160.6 11.9 13 3 9.00 9 41.93 +3 30.2 0.726 1.684 156.3 12.1 13 24 14.00 9 43.01 +3 53.1 0.773 1.715 152.0 12.3 15 44 19.00 9 44.75 +4 13.0 0.824 1.748 147.6 12.5 18 60 24.00 9 47.14 +4 29.2 0.879 1.781 143.4 12.7 21 70 29.00 9 50.13 +4 41.5 0.937 1.815 139.3 12.9 25 78 1994 Apr 3.00 9 53.66 +4 49.7 1.000 1.850 135.3 13.2 28 84 8.00 9 57.69 +4 53.9 1.066 1.884 131.4 13.4 32 88 13.00 10 2.16 +4 54.1 1.135 1.920 127.6 13.6 35 91 18.00 10 7.03 +4 50.4 1.208 1.955 124.0 13.8 38 94 23.00 10 12.25 +4 43.0 1.283 1.991 120.4 14.0 40 97 28.00 10 17.75 +4 32.1 1.362 2.027 116.9 14.2 43 98 COMET MUELLER (1993p) Improved orbital elements: T 1994 Mar 26.2796 TT w 261.03310 ) e 1.00027900 O 193.78890 ) 2000.0 q 0.9672730 A.U. i 105.02610 ) Source: MPC 23106 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by G.Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 6.0 + 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. 1994 Mar 4.00 0 0.94 -26 54.1 1.850 1.042 25.2 7.5 77 134 9.00 0 9.71 -28 44.0 1.789 1.013 27.2 7.3 83 133 14.00 0 19.52 -30 40.0 1.720 0.991 29.9 7.1 90 132 19.00 0 30.65 -32 43.0 1.642 0.976 33.2 7.0 98 130 24.00 0 43.53 -34 54.0 1.557 0.968 36.9 6.8 109 128 29.00 0 58.75 -37 13.3 1.467 0.968 41.0 6.7 122 126 1994 Apr 3.00 1 17.15 -39 40.8 1.372 0.977 45.3 6.6 139 123 8.00 1 39.90 -42 14.9 1.276 0.992 49.9 6.5 161 119 13.00 2 8.60 -44 50.5 1.182 1.015 54.7 6.4 188 114 18.00 2 45.22 -47 15.5 1.093 1.045 59.6 6.4 220 108 23.00 3 31.59 -49 6.4 1.015 1.080 64.6 6.4 256 99 28.00 4 27.84 -49 46.2 0.953 1.120 69.7 6.4 292 89