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IAUC 3191: 1978 CA
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Circular No. 3191
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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1978 CA
The following precise position has been measured by M. L.
Kantz from an exposure by H. L. Giclas at the Lowell Observatory:
1978 UT R. A. (1950) Decl.
Mar. 8.22014 9 56 38.85 +28 05 30.7
The following improved orbital elements, by B. G. Marsden, are
from observations Feb. 8 to Mar. 8:
T = 1978 June 5.258 ET
Peri. = 102.152 e = 0.21440
Node = 160.699 1950.0 a = 1.12406 AU
Incl. = 26.070 n = 0.827027
q = 0.88306 AU P = 1.19 years
1978 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r B
Mar. 19 9 26.86 +60 59.2
21 9 19.35 +65 13.4 0.166 1.061 16.7
23 9 10.84 +68 54.9
25 9 01.0 +72 07.7 0.186 1.047 17.1
27 8 49.4 +74 55.4
29 8 35.5 +77 21.3 0.209 1.033 17.4
31 8 18.2 +79 27.8
Apr. 2 7 56.2 +81 16.8 0.232 1.019 17.7
4 7 27.6 +82 49.2
6 6 49.6 +84 04.5 0.255 1.005 17.9
8 5 59.8 +85 01.0
10 4 58.0 +85 35.7 0.278 0.992 18.1
12 3 50.3 +85 46.7
14 2 47.2 +85 36.0 0.300 0.979 18.3
16 1 56.0 +85 09.1
18 1 17.5 +84 32.0 0.321 0.967 18.5
20 0 49.2 +83 49.2
22 0 28.5 +83 03.3 0.341 0.955 18.6
24 0 13.2 +82 15.7
26 0 01.9 +81 27.2 0.359 0.943 18.7
28 23 53.5 +80 38.4
30 23 47.3 +79 49.5 0.377 0.933 18.8
May 2 23 42.9 +79 00.6
B = 19.0 + 5 log Delta + 5 log r + 0.023 (phase angle)
1978 March 13 (3191) Brian G. Marsden
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