15 May
2010
15 May
'10
11:16 a.m.
Comet 81P/Wild plots to a 3.5 degrees west right ascension slew from iota Virgo. The last ICQ recent brightness report is 5-11 at 9.8. mags, 4 arcminute head size. It had a small tail on May 5. 10PM position is: J2000 RA: 14h02m53.25s DE:-04d59'54.0" Date RA: 14h03m25.76s DE:-05d02'52.5" 81P/Wild is the subject of today's (May 15) EPOD. http://epod.usra.edu/ - Kurt