Ephemeris for 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Ephemeris for 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann "C" and "B"

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Ephemeris for 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann "C" and "B" Anthony Ayiomamitis 04-23-2006
Posted by Anthony Ayiomamitis on April 23, 2006, 1:53 pm
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Dear Group,

I am trying to locate ephemeris data for 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann "B"
suitable for import into SkyMap Pro. I can very easily get the ephemeris
for the "C" fragment but no such luck for the "B" component.

Any leads would be appreciated.

Thanks and clear skies.

Anthony.

Posted by robin_astro on April 23, 2006, 2:30 pm
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Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:
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Hi Anthony,

I got my orbital elements from here
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?rec=900444
Not sure if they are SkyMap Pro friendly though

Robin


Posted by Anthony Ayiomamitis on April 23, 2006, 4:34 pm
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robin_astro wrote:
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Robin/Iordani,

Thank you for the links. I will contact Chris Marriott regarding
importing these data into SMP.

Clear skies!

Anthony.

Posted by Iordani on April 23, 2006, 2:57 pm
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Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:

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http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?ID=c00073_b

and ephemeris found on same site here

http://tinyurl.com/qbrld

Not sure if it's suitable for SkyMap though...

Posted by Gareth V. Williams on April 23, 2006, 6:15 pm
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: Dear Group,

: I am trying to locate ephemeris data for 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann "B"
: suitable for import into SkyMap Pro. I can very easily get the ephemeris
: for the "C" fragment but no such luck for the "B" component.

: Any leads would be appreciated.

Use the Minor Planet Center's Minor Planet Ephemeris Service
(http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html), enter 73P-B (or
73P-G or 73P-AN or whichever fragment you want) and select "SkyMap" format
for element return. You get a file of orbital elements in SkyMap format
directly.

Gareth


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