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Old 31-07-2005, 01:40 PM
Dennis
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Location of "10th planet". Minor Planet 2003 UB313

Hi

Here are some details from SkyTools:

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2003 UB313
Minor Planet
RA: 01h39m22.1s, Dec: -05°19'45" (2000) in Cetus
Galactic lon: +152°42', Galactic lat: -65°24'
Magnitude: 18.87

Orbit Data:
Orbit Period: 557.2 years
Perihelion Distance: 37.8 AU
Aphelion Distance: 97.6 AU
Orbital elements from supplemental database, epoch 2005.6.

Current Status:
Earth Distance: 96.6 AU
Sun Distance: 96.9 AU
Elongation: 107°

Millennium Star Atlas Vol I Chart 290
Sky Atlas 2000 Chart 10
Uranometria 2000 Vol I&II Chart 218
Uranometria 2nd Ed. Chart 120
Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas B-04 C-56

Apparent Data for 2005 Aug 1 GMT+10 at Brisbane, Australia:
Apparent RA: 01h39m39.1s, Apparent Dec: -05°17'55"
Ecliptical lon: +21°00', Ecliptical lat: -14°34'
Azimuth: +044°22', Altitude: +60°43'
Zenith Distance: +29°17'
Local Sidereal Time: 00h05m
Hour Angle: -01h20m
Airmass: 1.1
Mean Extincted magnitude: 19.0

Object hailed as "10th planet"

Apparently this Trans Neptunian Object is larger than Pluto
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SkyTools is an "Observing List" centric observation planning tool and can be found at http://www.skyhound.com/skytools.html

The attached chart is an example of the charting feature in SkyTools and I have copied and pasted the "Information Panel" which is a separate function.

Cheers

Dennis
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