Zodiacal Enquiery

Dear Sir!

In order to continue my zodiacal research,
I'd be grateful to learn the following data:

1) When is it that Pluto enters Leo Minor?

2) When did the Moon enter Canis Minor?

I am of course aware of most of the cases
when the 28 IAU constellations become zodiacal,
from Moon in Auriga to Venus in Pegasus,

but I was unable to determine with absolute
precision when do Leo Minor or Canis Minor
become zodiacal, suposedly due to Moon or Pluto.

The program I used was SKYGLOBE. I needed a month
to determine the 26 zodiacal constellations. Then
I checked with Skychart.

In earnest,

Klaudio Zic

http://ra.95mb.com/28

iau28 at yahoo.co.uk

Klandio Zic asked:

In order to continue my zodiacal research,
I'd be grateful to learn the following data:

1) When is it that Pluto enters Leo Minor?

It doesn't. It gets close to the southern IAU border of Leo Minor but
doesn't quite cross into it (it did this border approach last in the
late 1950's, and will do so again around 2205 to 2207).

2) When did the Moon enter Canis Minor?

Again, it gets close but I believe it doesn't quite do this at present,
as the moon's orbital inclination is only about 5 degrees and the
northern border of Canis Minor is just a bit farther south of the
ecliptic than this. Clear skies to you.
--
David W. Knisely
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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