Planete: Quaoar 2008, catalogue Raoul 12 avril 2007, offset groupe LNA Notes: C/A: geocentric closest approach, in arcsec P/A: Planet's position angle wrt to star at C/A, in deg vel: velocity in plane of sky, in km/sec, positive= prograde, negative= retrograde V*, R*: quite rough V and R magnitudes from 1.2m ESO Swiss telescope, **corrected to a standard velocity of 20 km/sec** Delta: Planet's range to Earth, AU long: East longitude of sub-planet point, deg, positive towards East loc. t.= UT + long: **rough** local solar time at sub-planet point, hh:mm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Selection criteria: Maximum corrected magnitudes V* and R* considered: 100.0 Maximum geocentrique closest approach considered: 0.400 arcsec List below has: 5 entries Offset applied to ephemeris (mas): -257. -179. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d m year h:m:s UT ra___dec___J2000_candidate C/A P/A vel Delta V* R* long loc. t. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 7 2008 4 45 48. 17 7 11.7708 -15 14 30.461 0.344 358.66 -18.67 42.43 19.3 19.3 -110. 21:25 26 7 2008 12 56 59. 17 6 40.6465 -15 14 51.143 0.086 355.73 -15.66 42.53 17.5 17.5 118. 20:48 15 8 2008 13 36 3. 17 5 55.6621 -15 16 37.784 0.244 160.22 -7.80 42.81 18.7 98.0 88. 19:28 10 9 2008 13 6 50. 17 5 49.9112 -15 20 44.300 0.322 217.97 6.70 43.24 12.3 12.5 70. 17:46 11 9 2008 6 37 23. 17 5 50.6544 -15 20 52.877 0.013 36.36 7.01 43.25 18.3 18.2 166. 17:43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------