Circular No. 6440

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION

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COMET C/1995 O1 (HALE-BOPP)

Ephemeris from orbital elements on MPC 27287:

1996 TT α_{2000} δ_{2000} Δ r ϵ β m_{1}
July 26 18^{h}18.^{m}90 − 9^{o}26.^{′}3 2.743 3.648 148.^{o}5 8.^{o}4 5.8
Aug. 5 18 05.51 − 8 32.3 2.733 3.538 136.4 11.4 5.7
15 17 53.78 − 7 43.5 2.751 3.426 124.4 14.1 5.5
25 17 44.20 − 7 00.5 2.789 3.314 112.8 16.3 5.4
Sept. 4 17 37.04 − 6 23.0 2.839 3.200 101.7 18.0 5.3
14 17 32.32 − 5 50.0 2.895 3.085  91.2 19.0 5.2
24 17 29.99 − 5 20.1 2.950 2.969  81.3 19.5 5.1
Oct. 4 17 29.88 − 4 51.3 2.997 2.852  72.0 19.5 4.9
14 17 31.80 − 4 21.7 3.032 2.733  63.3 19.0 4.8
24 17 35.58 − 3 49.2 3.051 2.613  55.1 18.2 4.6
Nov. 3 17 41.02 − 3 11.4 3.050 2.491  47.6 17.1 4.4
13 17 48.01 − 2 26.0 3.027 2.369  40.8 15.8 4.2
23 17 56.42 − 1 30.5 2.981 2.245  35.0 14.6 3.9
Dec. 3 18 06.19 − 0 22.0 2.909 2.120  30.5 13.7 3.6

COMET C/1996 E1 (NEAT)

Ephemeris from orbital elements on MPC 27428:

1996 TT α_{2000} δ_{2000} Δ r ϵ β m_{1}
July 26 7^{h}59.^{m}70 +60^{o}06.^{′}4 1.953 1.359 40.^{o}9 29.^{o}3 10.8
31 8 06.47 +62 10.2 1.885 1.360 44.4 31.5 10.7
Aug. 5 8 14.71 +64 27.3 1.812 1.365 48.2 33.6 10.6
10 8 25.15 +67 00.0 1.735 1.373 52.3 35.7 10.6
15 8 39.06 +69 50.5 1.655 1.386 56.6 37.6 10.5
20 8 59.0 +73 00.1 1.574 1.402 61.2 39.2 10.5
25 9 30.9 +76 26.9 1.493 1.422 66.0 40.5 10.4
30 10 29.9 +79 57.4 1.414 1.446 71.0 41.3 10.4
Sept. 4 12 32.7 +82 32.2 1.341 1.472 76.1 41.7 10.3
9 15 29.6 +81 44.0 1.277 1.501 81.2 41.5 10.3
14 17 20.6 +77 12.8 1.224 1.533 86.3 40.9 10.3
19 18 14.5 +70 51.3 1.187 1.567 90.9 39.9 10.3
24 18 44.81 +63 36.1 1.169 1.604 94.9 38.5 10.4
29 19 04.67 +55 57.0 1.171 1.642 97.9 37.2 10.5
Oct. 4 19 19.25 +48 17.6 1.196 1.683 99.7 35.9 10.6

1996 July 26  \begin{matrix}c \\ ◯ \end{matrix} Copyright 1996 CBAT  Daniel W. E. Green