Re: [Utah-astronomy] Parallax experiment with (3833) Calingasta
Patrick wrote:
JPL shows that on 26 August it will be 0.378 AU from Earth.
That is similar to the distance of Mars at its closest August 2003 opposition - 55,758,006 km (0.372719 AU) - when Pete Lawrence and others were trying their diurnal parallax measurements. Looks like 3833 will be close enough to Earth to try a diurnal parallax measurement with an expected result around 7-8 arcsecs. What are you showing for its topocentric sidereal coords and SLC local horizon coords at transit on the morning of August 26? Thanks. - Clear Skies - Kurt
Hi Kurt, You should be able to find the data at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html . Where it asks for an observatory code you can use mine, 718. Cheers, patrick On 31 Jul 2010, at 21:34, Canopus56 wrote:
Patrick wrote:
JPL shows that on 26 August it will be 0.378 AU from Earth.
That is similar to the distance of Mars at its closest August 2003 opposition - 55,758,006 km (0.372719 AU) - when Pete Lawrence and others were trying their diurnal parallax measurements. Looks like 3833 will be close enough to Earth to try a diurnal parallax measurement with an expected result around 7-8 arcsecs.
What are you showing for its topocentric sidereal coords and SLC local horizon coords at transit on the morning of August 26?
Thanks.
- Clear Skies - Kurt
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