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IAUC 3677: 1982 DB
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Circular No. 3677
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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1982 DB
The following precise positions have been reported:
1982 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Mag. Observer
Mar. 3.50489 13 38 10.94 -17 49 59.8 Gibson
4.37711 13 36 09.10 -17 40 54.9
4.43611 13 35 58.89 -17 40 22.4 16.2 Bowell
4.47014 13 35 53.11 -17 40 02.2
J. Gibson (Palomar Observatory). 1.2-m Schmidt telescope.
E. Bowell and B. A. Skiff (Lowell Obs., Anderson Mesa station.
The following orbital elements, by the undersigned, show that
the object is of Apollo type and that it passed only 0.029 AU from
the earth on Jan. 23. The object would have been well placed for
observation in late 1981, and a prediscovery ephemeris is provided.
T = 1982 Jan. 14.240 ET
Peri. = 157.653 e = 0.37560
Node = 314.067 1950.0 a = 1.52370 AU
Incl. = 1.476 n = 0.524028
q = 0.95139 AU P = 1.88 years
1982 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r Mag.
Oct. 3 1 36.45 +14 55.0 0.389 1.374 18.5
13 1 25.38 +14 56.2
23 1 08.51 +14 26.7 0.270 1.262 17.3
Nov. 2 0 47.47 +13 25.6
12 0 25.73 +12 04.5 0.200 1.152 17.1
22 0 06.52 +10 42.0
Dec. 2 23 51.67 + 9 34.3 0.156 1.055 17.0
12 23 40.59 + 8 47.8
22 23 29.71 + 8 09.1 0.108 0.984 16.6
Feb. 10 14 49.54 -20 30.4
20 14 09.10 -19 28.8 0.090 1.028 15.7
Mar. 2 13 41.87 -18 04.2
12 13 18.96 -16 13.4 0.148 1.119 16.3
22 12 59.24 -14 05.6
Apr. 1 12 43.80 -11 58.8 0.228 1.225 16.9
11 12 33.81 -10 13.3
21 12 29.14 - 8 58.6 0.350 1.338 18.2
1982 March 10 (3677) Brian G. Marsden
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