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Planet X: MOON Swirls Visible!


In Article: <3c09ad3.0301182054.1f95756d@posting.google.com> Sarah Mac wrote:
> There have been 69 separate reported observations of
> (51693)2001 KS14 since 2001, the latest was on January 8,
> two days prior to Havas' images. They don't need any
> current data on the object that you call a "moon".  Maybe
> if Pierre, J William Dell and Havas had "done their
> homework" they wouldn't be looking like fools right now
> (and you as well).

I entered the RA and Dec for the Zeta given Jan 13, 2003 date
     RA 4 21 44 Dec 12 07 10
 into the MPChecker form
     http://scully.harvard.edu/~cgi/CheckMP
for time of day the Jan 10, 2003 images were taken, 6:54 UTC time
     2003 01 10.25

And the Minor Planet Checker form states, as Useful Tips ...

  Date
  The date to be entered is the UT date of your observation (given to 0.1
  or 0.01 of a day). The default is now. The date should be within two
  years of the present. If you have an older suspect you wish to check,
  please contact the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (for novae
  and supernovae) or the Minor Planet Center (for minor planets).

  Absolute Position
  The J2000.0 right ascension should be entered in one of the following
  forms: HH MM; HH MM.d; HH MM.dd; HH MM SS; HH MM SS.d; or HH MM SS.dd.
  HH represents the hours, MM the minutes, SS the seconds and d/dd any
  decimal part of the minutes or seconds. Leading zeroes are to be given
  when any quantity is less than 10.


  The J2000.0 declination should be entered in one of the following forms:
  sDD MM; sDD MM.d; sDD MM.dd; sDD MM SS; or sDD MM SS.d. s represents the
  sign (`+' or `-', must be given), DD the degrees, MM the minutes, SS the
  seconds and d/dd any decimal part of the minutes or seconds. Leading
  zeroes are to be given when any quantity is less than 10.

  Some examples of valid input follow.
  If the position you wish to search around is 7h13.7m, -14°2', you would
  enter `07 13.7' and `-14 02' in the relevant boxes
  If the position is 14h3m8s, +1°48'.3, you would enter `14 03 08' and
  `+01 48.3'.