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Planet X: MOON Swirls Visible!


In Article <3E2AF0EB.57C9F2A7@zetatalk.com> I wrote:
> I entered the RA and Dec for the Zeta given Jan 13, 2003 date
>       RA 5 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

This was a typo for the RA, which should have been RA 4, not RA 5. This
can be seen as later in that same posting I report, verbatum, what the
MPC returned when I entered the 14.7 Mag that Sarah Mac claimed was the
limiting CCD magnitude range for this equipment.

> So I entered this Mag into the form and got back nada. "No
> known minor planets, brighter than V = 14.7, were found in
> the 15.0-arcminute region around
> R.A. = 04 21 44, Decl. = +12 07 10 (J2000.0)
> on 2003 01 10.25 UT."

Applogies for the typo, and also for calling the MPC the Monor Planet
Center in another posting.