Re: [guide-user] 'Hyperbolic' comets off?

Denis Aug 23, 2011

I agree, something is wrong.
This should never be above 1.

Denis

On 22/08/2011 7:15 PM, johnonj wrote:
> Hi,
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> Maybe I have done something silly, but I cannot get Comet Garradd C/2009 P1 to be in its correct position. It shown in Hydra (near the Head of Hydra) on the 13 Aug 2011 version, instead of Sagitta where it is now.
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> I have downloaded new elements. My home planet is Earth. The date is set to 23rd Aug 2011 at 0 UT. J2000.0 coordinates.
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> By the way, its eccentricity is shown as 1.0010110. Another comet with ecc> 1: LINEAR C/2010 S1 shows as its position in Cen instead as Cas.
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> Other smaller ecc comets are shown ok. Perhaps this is the reason?
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> John
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