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IAUC 3433: 1979 XB

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                                                  Circular No. 3433
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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1979 XB
     K. Russell, U.K. Schmidt Telescope Unit, provides the following
precise positions, obtained with the l.2-m Schmidt telescope at
Siding Spring:

     1979 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.
     Dec. 11.51059     4 24 04.83   -29 36 08.7
          11.55573     4 23 25.28   -29 42 08.5
          13.44144     3 46 10.73   -34 55 38.9
          13.44838     3 45 59.17   -34 57 01.4
          14.43661     3 11 23.42   -38 40 02.9
          14.44355     3 11 04.67   -38 41 45.5
          15.41910     2 16 43.39   -42 40 34.2
          15.41979     2 16 40.57   -42 40 45.1
          15.42049     2 16 37.60   -42 40 52.1
          15.42118     2 16 34.70   -42 41 03.6
          15.42187     2 16 31.63   -42 41 11.7
          15.42257     2 16 28.70   -42 41 23.0
          15.42326     2 16 25.80   -42 41 31.7
          15.42396     2 16 23.02   -42 41 41.7
          15.42465     2 16 19.77   -42 41 49.4
          15.42535     2 16 16.93   -42 42 01.8
          15.42604     2 16 13.75   -42 42 09.0
          15.42951     2 15 58.84   -42 42 59.3

     Orbital elements by the undersigned:

       T = 1980 Jan. 29.026 ET
   Peri. =  75.506                    e =   0.71330
   Node  =  85.361  1950.0            a =   2.26244 AU
   Incl. =  24.866                    n =   0.289626
       q =   0.64865 AU               P =   3.40 years

     1979 ET     R. A. (1950) Decl.     Delta     r     Mag.
     Nov. 23     5 24.81    -16 01.2    0.335   1.254   18.9
          28     5 20.76    -17 47.1
     Dec.  3     5 12.64    -20 10.3    0.198   1.138   17.6
           8     4 54.77    -24 08.4
          13     3 57.37    -33 29.5    0.070   1.022   15.6
          18    22 02.96    -37 42.8
          23    19 00.90    - 4 56.0    0.083   0.908   17.9

     Mag. = 20.0 + 5 log Delta + 5 log r + 0.023 (phase angle)


1979 December 17               (3433)              Brian G. Marsden

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