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IAUC 6391: C/1996 B2
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Circular No. 6391
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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COMET C/1996 B2 (HYAKUTAKE)
Improved orbital elements from MPC 27080 include consideration
of nongravitational parameters A1 = +1.97 +/- 0.14, A2 = -0.22 +/- 0.12:
Epoch = 1996 Apr. 27.0 TT
T = 1996 May 1.3965 TT Peri. = 130.1996
e = 0.999635 Node = 188.0438 2000.0
q = 0.230103 AU Incl. = 124.9147
1996 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1
May 2 2 25.85 +20 51.3 1.206 0.231 6.2 27.9 -0.5
3 2 24.27 +19 08.9 1.221 0.237 5.4 23.6 -0.3
4 2 23.06 +17 25.0 1.231 0.248 5.6 23.3 -0.1
5 2 22.24 +15 41.2 1.238 0.263 6.6 26.1 0.2
6 2 21.78 +13 58.7 1.242 0.281 8.0 30.1 0.5
7 2 21.66 +12 18.4 1.244 0.302 9.7 34.4 0.8
8 2 21.84 +10 40.6 1.243 0.324 11.5 38.4 1.1
9 2 22.27 + 9 05.2 1.241 0.348 13.3 41.9 1.4
10 2 22.92 + 7 32.2 1.238 0.372 15.1 45.0 1.7
11 2 23.77 + 6 01.3 1.234 0.397 16.9 47.6 1.9
12 2 24.79 + 4 32.5 1.230 0.422 18.6 49.8 2.2
13 2 25.97 + 3 05.3 1.224 0.447 20.3 51.8 2.4
14 2 27.28 + 1 39.7 1.219 0.473 22.0 53.4 2.7
15 2 28.71 + 0 15.4 1.213 0.498 23.7 54.8 2.9
16 2 30.25 - 1 07.9 1.207 0.523 25.4 55.9 3.1
17 2 31.90 - 2 30.1 1.201 0.548 27.0 56.9 3.3
18 2 33.65 - 3 51.6 1.195 0.573 28.6 57.7 3.5
19 2 35.49 - 5 12.5 1.188 0.598 30.2 58.3 3.6
20 2 37.42 - 6 32.8 1.182 0.623 31.8 58.9 3.8
21 2 39.43 - 7 52.7 1.176 0.647 33.3 59.3 4.0
22 2 41.52 - 9 12.3 1.170 0.671 34.9 59.6 4.1
23 2 43.69 -10 31.6 1.164 0.695 36.4 59.8 4.3
24 2 45.94 -11 50.8 1.159 0.719 37.9 60.0 4.4
25 2 48.27 -13 09.8 1.153 0.742 39.4 60.0 4.5
26 2 50.67 -14 28.7 1.148 0.766 40.9 60.0 4.6
27 2 53.15 -15 47.6 1.143 0.789 42.4 60.0 4.8
28 2 55.70 -17 06.5 1.139 0.812 43.8 59.9 4.9
29 2 58.33 -18 25.3 1.134 0.835 45.3 59.7 5.0
30 3 01.03 -19 44.2 1.130 0.857 46.7 59.5 5.1
31 3 03.82 -21 03.1 1.127 0.880 48.2 59.2 5.2
June 1 3 06.68 -22 22.0 1.123 0.902 49.6 58.9 5.3
(C) Copyright 1996 CBAT
1996 May 2 (6391) Brian G. Marsden
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