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IAUC 3880: 1983t
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Circular No. 3880
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM Telephone 617-864-5758
PERIODIC COMET KOWAL-VAVROVA (1983t)
A. Mrkos, Klet Observatory, writes that the May 14 images of
this object (cf. IAUC 3871) are round, diffuse, and larger than
those of minor planets, but that there was no condensation or
tail. He has also identified the comet on a plate obtained at
Klet on May 31, when the appearance was similar:
1983 UT R.A. (1950.0) Decl. m1
May 31.87898 15 22 53.50 -14 18 48.1 16
31.89039 15 22 53.30 -14 18 44.3
These new observations confirm that the comet is a short-
period one. Further observations are urgently desired.
T = 1983 Apr. 2.699 ET
Peri. = 19.616 e = 0.58767
Node = 201.771 1950.0 a = 6.31426 AU
Incl. = 4.303 n = 0.062118
q = 2.60353 AU P = 15.87 years
1983 ET R.A. (1950.0) Decl. p r m1
May 6 15 35.12 -15 46.5 1.621 2.618 16.2
16 15 30.24 -15 09.1
26 15 25.39 -14 35.3 1.640 2.640 16.3
June 5 15 21.40 -14 08.9
15 15 18.91 -13 52.5 1.756 2.671 16.5
25 15 18.36 -13 47.5
July 5 15 19.91 -13 53.6 1.953 2.712 16.8
15 15 23.55 -14 10.0
25 15 29.19 -14 34.8 2.208 2.761 17.1
Aug. 4 15 36.62 -15 06.1
14 15 45.65 -15 41.8 2.500 2.817 17.5
24 15 56.09 -16 20.0
Sept. 3 16 07.72 -16 58.9 2.811 2.881 17.8
13 16 20.40 -17 36.8
23 16 33.95 -18 12.4 3.127 2.951 18.2
Oct. 3 16 48.23 -18 44.4
13 17 03.11 -19 11.9 3.434 3.026 18.5
23 17 18.47 -19 33.9
Nov. 2 17 34.18 -19 50.0 3.720 3.106 18.8
12 17 50.14 -19 59.6
22 18 06.24 -20 02.5 3.973 3.190 19.0
1983 October 25 (3880) Brian G. Marsden
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