[AZ-Observing] New amateur comet C/2002 Y1 (JUELS-HOLVORCEM)
- From: Brian Skiff <Brian.Skiff@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 16:10:26 -0700 (MST)
IAUC 8039 reports the discovery of a new comet by Charles Juels and
Paulo Holvorcem. Not only has a name already been assigned, but a
preliminary orbit based on just a one-day arc is published:
T = 2003 Apr. 10.532 TT Peri. = 131.057
Node = 166.893 2000.0
q = 0.67088 AU Incl. = 106.303
2002/03 R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1
27 13 21.32 +16 17.1 1.842 1.985 83.4 29.5 15.3
Jan. 1 13 31.02 +18 17.1 1.698 1.915 86.8 30.8 15.0
6 13 41.85 +20 43.0 1.558 1.844 90.1 32.2 14.6
I would expect thtese elements to change considerably---the ones here are
really only intended for finding in the coming week or two. The implication
however is that this is still coming in toward the Sun and could brighten
considerably. Additional details can be found at:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K02/K02Y50.html
\Brian
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