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IAUC 3732: 1982 RB; 1982e
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Circular No. 3732
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 RB
The following precise positions have been measured by R. M.
West, European Southern Observatory, from exposures taken by H.-E.
Schuster with the 1-m Schmidt telescope:
1982 UT R.A. (1950.0) Decl. Mag.
Sept.14.14360 23 04 07.68 -23 55 00.3 17
15.11285 23 05 21.60 -24 51 42.8
19.24965 23 10 28.57 -28 27 21.3
21.07917 23 12 44.00 -29 49 26.8
Orbital elements by the undersigned:
T = 1982 Aug. 5.465 ET
Peri. = 158.644 e = 0.39886
Node = 158.458 1950.0 a = 2.12100 AU
Incl. = 25.132 n = 0.319076
q = 1.27502 AU P = 3.09 years
1982/83 ET R.A. (1950.0) Decl. p r Mag.
Sept.28 23 21.01 -33 53.3 0.435 1.372 17.5
Oct. 3 23 26.91 -35 52.4
8 23 32.78 -37 12.6 0.519 1.408 18.0
13 23 38.67 -38 00.6
18 23 44.62 -38 21.9 0.613 1.448 18.5
23 23 50.68 -38 21.2
28 23 56.88 -38 02.6 0.714 1.492 18.9
Nov. 2 0 03.22 -37 29.2
7 0 09.68 -36 43.8 0.821 1.537 19.3
12 0 16.28 -35 48.4
17 0 23.02 -34 44.7 0.933 1.585 19.7
22 0 29.90 -33 34.3
27 0 36.93 -32 18.5 1.051 1.635 20.0
Dec. 2 0 44.07 -30 58.4
7 0 51.33 -29 35.0 1.173 1.685 20.3
PERIODIC COMET D'ARREST (1982e)
Total visual magnitude estimates by J. Bortle, Stormville, NY:
Aug. 22.08 UT, 12.0 (0.50-m reflector); Sept. 6.04, 11.4 (0.32-m
reflector); 11.04, 10.7; 12.04, 9.8; 18.03, 10.1; 20.02, 9.6.
1982 October 8 (3732) Brian G. Marsden
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