Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams -- Image credits

IAUC 8116: Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN; C/2003 G2

The following International Astronomical Union Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed (see these notes on the conditions under which circulars are made available on our WWW site).

Read IAUC 8115 SEARCH Read IAUC 8117

View IAUC 8116 in .dvi or .ps format.
IAUC number 

                                                  Circular No. 8116
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Mailstop 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html  ISSN 0081-0304
Phone 617-495-7440/7244/7444 (for emergency use only)


SATELLITES OF JUPITER AND SATURN
     Further to IAUC 8089, S. S. Sheppard reports the discovery of
three new satellites of Jupiter (S/2003 J 13, 14, and 15) and one
new satellite of Saturn (S/2003 S 1), and B. Gladman (University of
British Columbia) reports the discovery of three new satellites of
Jupiter (S/2003 J 16, 17, and 18) -- all from images obtained at
Mauna Kea.  Preliminary orbital elements for each object by B. G.
Marsden appear on the MPEC references cited, as follows:  S/2003 J
13, e = 0.41, i = 141 deg, P = 738 days, 2003-G09; S/2003 J 14, e =
0.22, i = 141 deg, P = 806 days, 2003-G10; S/2003 J 15, e = 0.11, i
= 141 deg, P = 667 days, 2003-G17; S/2003 J 16, e = 0.27, i = 149
deg, P = 597 days, 2003-G18; S/2003 J 17, e = 0.19, i = 164 deg, P
= 690 days, 2003-G19; S/2003 J 18, e = 0.12, i = 146 deg, P = 608
days, 2003-G20; S/2003 S 1, e = 0.33, i = 136 deg, P = 989 days,
2003-G39.  The Jupiter satellites have absolute magnitudes in the
range H = 16.2-16.8; S/2003 S1 has H = 14.6.


COMET C/2003 G2 (LINEAR)
     L. Manguso, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, reports the LINEAR discovery of a comet with a 13" coma
visible on Apr. 9-10 (discovery observation below).  Following
posting on the NEO Confirmation Page, the object was also reported
to have cometary appearance by G. Hug (Eskridge, KS, 0.3-m
reflector; diffuse with m_1 = 16.6 on Apr. 9.4 UT and m_1 = 17.3 on
Apr. 10.4) and by A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin (Mt. John
University Observatory, 0.6-m reflector; diffuse on Apr. 11.6).

     2003 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m2
     Apr.  8.37712   14 33 50.98   - 2 22 32.0   18.2

The available astrometry, the following preliminary parabolic
orbital elements, and an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2003-G62.

     T = 2003 Apr. 29.927 TT          Peri. = 190.680
                                      Node  =  24.568   2000.0
     q = 1.55370 AU                   Incl. =  96.202

                      (C) Copyright 2003 CBAT
2003 April 11                  (8116)            Daniel W. E. Green

Read IAUC 8115 SEARCH Read IAUC 8117

View IAUC 8116 in .dvi or .ps format.

Our Web policy. Index to the CBAT/MPC/ICQ pages.

Valid HTML 4.01!