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IAUC 3166: 1978b; 1976b; Obs OF MINOR PLANETS; Corr

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                                                  Circular No. 3166
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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COMET WILD (1978b)
     Paul Wild, Astronomical Institute, Berne University, communicates
the following precise positions of a comet discovered by him
on exposures with the 40-cm Schmidt telescope at Zimmerwald.  The
object is diffuse with a marked condensation.

     1978 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        m1
     Jan.  6.82847     5 34 38.11   +19 23 33.7  13.5-14
           6.85833     5 34 36.03   +19 23 38.0
           8.86215     5 32 29.02   +19 25 56.7


PERIODIC COMET KOPFF (1976b)
     The following precise positions were obtained by M. P. Candy
with the 33-cm astrograph at the Perth Observatory:

     1977 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.
     Oct. 31.60764     0 59 04.23   - 1 30 30.0
     Dec. 13.57257     0 53 26.98   - 0 28 31.7


OBSERVATIONS OF MINOR PLANETS
     The following precise positions of the Amor-type minor planets
1960 UA, 1977 RA and 1977 VA were measured by J. H. Bulger from
exposures by G. Schwartz, C.-Y. Shao and R. E. McCrosky with the
155-cm reflector at the Harvard College Observatory1s Agassiz Station:

     Planet    1977 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.
     1960 UA   July 11.13602    17 27 28.53   -13 22 52.2
               Aug. 21.11023    17 02 24.93   -13 07 18.9
     1977 RA   Oct. 16.20385    23 24 17.59   +15 46 39.3
     1977 VA   Nov. 12.10874     2 35 30.78   +13 33 48.6
               Nov. 18.24909     2 54 00.98   +12 49 17.2


CORRIGENDUM
     On IAUC 3158 (under comet 1977p) and on IAUC 3160 (under comet
1977o) the name of M. Wischnjewsky is spelled incorrectly.


1978 January 26                (3166)              Brian G. Marsden

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