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IAUC 3284: 1978n; 1978m; 1978 SB
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Circular No. 3284
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 FUJIKAWA (1978n)
Y. Kozai, Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, telexes that
Shigehisa Fujikawa, Onohara, Kagawa, has discovered a cometlike object
as shown below. The object has been confirmed by E. Everhart,
Chamberlin Observatory, University of Denver.
1978 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1 Observer
Oct. 9.81250 10 23.8 + 5 24 11 Fukikawa
10.46528 10 23.0 + 6 02 11 Everhart
S. Fujikawa (Onohara). Object diffuse without condensation.
E. Everhart (Denver). Object diffuse with slight condensation.
COMET SEARGENT (1978m)
D. Herald, Kambah, near Canberra, provides the following additional
precise positions:
1978 UT R. A. (1950) Decl.
Oct. 6.73611 11 49 49.09 -45 15 27.9
6.74389 11 49 48.29 -45 16 17.3
The following improved parabolic orbital elements, by the
undersigned, are from seven observations Oct. 2 to 6:
T = 1978 Sept. 14.859 ET Peri. = 207.787
Node = 41.049 1950.0
q = 0.37050 AU Incl. = 67.899
1978 SB
The following positions have been reported:
1978 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Observer
Oct. 6.28264 0 04.3 -14 25 Helin
7.27750 0 01 30.0 -14 08 22 Bowell
E. Helin (Palomar Mountain Observatory). 46-cm Schmidt telescope.
E. Bowell (Lowell Observatory). 107-cm reflector. Semiaccurate
position. UBV photometry on Oct. 7.269 UT gave mean values V =
13.95 +/- 0.02, B-V = +0.76 +/- 0.03, U-B = +0.41 +/- 0.04.
1978 October 10 (3284) Brian G. Marsden
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