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Summary of the brighter comets in 1993


The following table gives a summary of the comets brighter than 16 mag, which were observed by members of the German Comet Section.

The maximum brightness of comets brighter than 10.0 mag is given with an accuracy of 0.1 mag, that of fainter comets with an accuracy of 0.5 mag. The maximum coma diameter is given with an accuracy of 0.1' for comae less than 1', with an accuracy of 0.5' for comae between 1' and 5' and with an accuracy of 1' for larger comae.

old Design. new Design. Comet's Name discovered T q [AU] m_max Coma ['] FGK
1992j 47P P/Ashbrook-Jackson May 04, 1992 Jul 14, 1993 2.32 11.5 1.5 V, P
1992u 40P P/Väisälä Sep 26, 1992 Apr 29, 1993 1.78 13.5 0.6 V, P
1992x 24P P/Schaumasse Oct 01, 1992 Mar 03, 1993 1.20 8.7 6 V, P
1992y C/1992 U1 Shoemaker Oct 25, 1992 Mar 25, 1993 2.31 14.0 0.5 P
1992a1 C/1992 W1 Ohshita Nov 24, 1992 Nov 01, 1992 0.66 11.5 2.5 P
1993a C/1993 A1 Mueller Jan 02, 1993 Jan 12, 1994 1.94 8.7 5.0 V, P
1993e D/1993 F2 P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Mar 24, 1903 Mar 30, 1994 5.38 13.5 1.0 P
1993k 61P P/Shajn-Schaldach May 27, 1993 Nov 15, 1993 2.34 15.0 1.0 P
1993o 76P P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura Jul 20, 1993 Dec 25, 1993 1.58 12.5 0.5 P
1993p C/1993 Q1 Mueller Aug 16, 1993 Mar 26, 1994 0.97 9.8 3.0 V, P
2P P/Encke - Feb 09, 1994 0.33 9.5 3.5 V, P
29P P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 - Sep 12, 1989 5.76 12.5 0.8 P
31P P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 - Jan 23, 1994 2.07 11.5 1.0 P

Explanation

Andreas Kammerer


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