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IAUC 3396: 1979c
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Circular No. 3396
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 BRADFIELD (1979c)
The following precise positions have been obtained by A. Niemi
at the Tuorla Station of the Turku Observatory:
1979 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1
Aug. 18.91405 7 11 58.42 +47 24 47.0 ~ 11
18.95883 7 11 49.13 +47 26 45.0
19.91682 7 08 18.28 +48 09 37.6 ~ 11
19.94390 7 08 11.62 +48 10 54.3
The following improved parabolic orbital elements,by the undersigned,
are based on 13 observations June 25 to Aug. 19:
T = 1979 July 23.2626 ET Peri. = 47.6530
Node = 163.5207 1950.0
q = 0.413208 AU Incl. = 136.2323
1979 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r m1
Sept. 4 5 01.25 +62 42.4 0.562 1.081 13.1
6 4 18.48 +64 27.1
8 3 24.35 +65 22.0 0.494 1.154 13.1
10 2 21.86 +64 51.5
12 1 19.16 +62 29.0 0.447 1.227 13.1
14 0 24.62 +58 15.5
16 23 41.60 +52 37.7 0.431 1.298 13.3
18 23 09.10 +46 13.1
20 22 44.75 +39 36.7 0.451 1.368 13.6
22 22 26.33 +33 14.9
24 22 12.20 +27 23.9 0.505 1.437 14.1
26 22 01.19 +22 10.8
28 21 52.50 +17 36.7 0.584 1.505 14.6
30 21 45.57 +13 39.1
Oct. 2 21 39.99 +10 14.0 0.681 1.572 15.1
4 21 35.47 + 7 17.1
6 21 31.81 + 4 44.3 0.788 1.638 15.6
8 21 28.84 + 2 31.7
10 21 26.43 + 0 36.4 0.904 1.703 16.1
12 21 24.50 - 1 04.5
14 21 22.97 - 2 33.0 1.025 1.768 16.5
m1 = 14.0 + 5 log Delta + 10 log r
1979 August 29 (3396) Brian G. Marsden
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