From: Luther Huffman, Jr. lutherh@infinet.com
Subject: Events of astral significance
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 11:58:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19960226165817.RVCmWC5BTEgzQqL7UOGO4ilmQ-yHr9JJoD3IqvJzQag@z> (raw)
On Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:31:39 -0500, Nigel Roles wrote:
>I note that comet Hyakutake will pass Bootes around 23rd March. What
>does this signify for the future of Plan 9?
A patch to astro(7). I'll post a new comet.c patch Real Soon Now that
includes orbital elements for both C/1996 B2 (Hyakutaki) and C/1995 O1
(Hale-Bopp). Hale-Bopp will brighten at the beginning of 1997 and
should put on a spectacular show (supposedly the best in 50 years, but
I'm not holding my breath. I've still got a Comet Kohoutek poster).
I've already patched comet.c on my system but I'm not happy. The
problem is that I'm sure the orbital elements I have are incorrect and
I have to find a *correct* eccentricity value.
Also note that astro doesn't give positions, just the time a comet
rises and sets so don't get your expectations up. =:-(
To get daily positions and other goodies, try
http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/whats_visible.html
Luther
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1996-02-26 16:58 Luther [this message]
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1996-02-26 20:32 Luther
1996-02-26 18:35 Rob
1996-02-26 15:31 Nigel
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