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IAUC 2901: 1976 AA (FMO HELIN)

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                                                  Circular No. 2901
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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1976 AA (FAST-MOVING OBJECT HELIN)
     The following precise positions have been reported:

     1976 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.       Mag.   Observer
     Jan.  7.33750     6 54 55.83   +15 10 18.2          Helin
           7.36806     6 54 45.60   +15 14 11.3            "
           8.13889     6 50 34.84   +16 57 38.6            "
           8.33750     6 49 23.45   +17 24 45.9            "
           8.49792     6 48 25.59   +17 46 26.5            "
           9.18542     6 44 32.43   +19 21 12.3            "
           9.33750     6 43 35.04   +19 42 20.6            "
           9.48264     6 42 39.84   +20 02 21.2            "
          10.70556     6 35 10.12   +22 53 54.8   14     Urata
          10.70868     6 35 08.84   +22 54 22.0            "

E. Helin (Palomar Mountain Observatory).  Measurer: S. J. Bus.
T. Urata (Nihondaira Observatory).  Communicated by K. Osawa.

     The following orbital elements, by B. G. Marsden, show that,
like 1975 YA, this object has an orbit smaller than that of the
earth; the aphelion distance is 1.15 AU.  J. G. Williams, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, reports very similar results.

       T = 1976 May 20.09 ET
   Peri. = 147.67                     e =   0.1848
   Node  = 108.07    1950.0           a =   0.9675 AU
   Incl. =  19.38                     n =   1.036
       q =   0.7888 AU                P =   0.95 year

     1976 ET     R. A. (1950) Decl.     Delta     r     Mag.
     Jan. 13     6 20.09    +28 18.1
          15     6 05.81    +32 54.4    0.126   1.100   14.2
          17     5 50.64    +37 17.2
          19     5 34.72    +41 20.1    0.131   1.092   14.5
          21     5 18.23    +44 59.2
          23     5 01.40    +48 12.5    0.141   1.083   14.9
          25     4 44.47    +51 00.2
          27     4 27.70    +53 23.6    0.154   1.074   15.3
          29     4 11.32    +55 25.0

     Mag. = 18.0 + 5 log Delta + 5 log r + 0.023 (phase angle)


1976 January 13                (2901)              Brian G. Marsden

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