Hi Larry,

Thanks for that, but I am getting nothing after

>Albedo .089±.025

According to Guide I am running the 6th May, 2007 version.
I am using Mpcorb.dat, it is ticked in Extras.
Very strange, I don't understand this.

Best Regards

Alan

In message <46D5E5DE.6070706@...>, Woodchuk <woodl@...>
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>
> Alan
>
> Here is the INFO file from my Guide 8 using the MYCORB database.
> See 6 & 7 lines
> from the bottom of the text.
>
> Larry Wood
> ==================
>
> (3200) Phaethon mag 19.1
> Right ascension: 5h55m28.538s
> Declination: +32 09' 38.61"
> Mean position at current epoch:
> Right ascension: 5h55m58.523s
> Declination: +32 09' 41.47"
> Apparent position at current epoch:
> Right ascension: 5h55m58.492s
> Declination: +32 09' 47.52"
> Dist from home planet: 2.19162797 AU (327,862,877 km)
> Heliocentric position: lon 61.34791 lat 9.43356
> Heliocentric radius 2.02862 AU
> 94.42% illuminated
> Phase angle: 27.34 degrees
> Elongation from Sun 67.31 degrees (morning sky)
> Speed of apparent motion: 50.831"/hour at position angle 87.7
> Motion is -0.34 degrees/day in RA, 0.01 degrees/day in dec
> Preliminary designation: 1983 TB
> Discovery date: 1983 Oct 11
> Discoverer's name: IRAS
> Discovered at: Satellite
> Name cited in Minor Planet Circular 9771
> Asteroid diameter 5.2± 0.7 km
> 0.00 arcseconds angular diameter
> Albedo .089±.025
>
> Comments from the MPCORB database:
> Designation: (3200) Phaethon
> Absolute magnitude: 14.6
> Slope parameter: 0.15
> Orbital elements:
> Semimajor axis: 1.2713475
> Eccentricity: 0.8900252
> Inclination of orbit: 22.18218
> Argument of perihelion: 322.01320
> Long. ascending node: 265.39593
> Mean anomaly: 168.33240
> Mean daily motion: 0.68755539 degrees/day
> Epoch of elements: 10 Apr 2007
> Uncertainty level: 0
> 1515 observations made at 20 oppositions
> Orbital arc: 1983-2006
> Last observed: 2006 02 07
> RMS residual: 0.54
> Perturbing objects used in orbit: M-v
> Orbit computed by MPC
> Orbit based on the JPL DE403 positions and masses
> Apollo
> A potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA)
> Reference: MPO104057
> Perihelion distance 0.1398162 AU
> Aphelion distance 2.4028788 AU
> Period of orbit 1.43 years (523.6 days)
> Date of perihelion JD 2453955.67258 ( 7 Aug 2006 22:09)
>
> =============================================================

Alan Cahill (J94)
Abbeydale Observatory,
Gloucester.
UK
http://mountabbeydale.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk