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Circular No. 3966
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 RA
P. M. Kilmartin, Mount John University Observatory, has
measured the following precise positions of this Amor object from
exposures by A. C. Gilmore with the 0.6-m reflector:
1984 UT R.A. (1950.0) Decl. Mag.
July 25.60787 0 31 25.21 -42 43 22.3 16.5
25.62986 0 31 24.17 -42 43 11.7
26.61470 0 30 43.41 -42 34 42.3 16.5
26.63738 0 30 42.27 -42 34 30.1
The following orbital elements, by the undersigned, are from
35 observations at the 1982 and 1984 oppositions:
T = 1984 Nov. 5.3205 ET Epoch = 1984 Oct. 27.0 ET
Peri. = 53.2516 e = 0.283574
Node = 339.4572 1950.0 a = 1.574735 AU
Incl. = 32.9736 n = 0.4987613
q = 1.128182 AU P = 1.976 years
1984 ET R.A. (1950.0) Decl. p r Mag.
July 29 0 28.60 -42 12.3 0.518 1.380 16.4
Aug. 3 0 21.94 -41 15.1
8 0 11.74 -39 56.3 0.419 1.341 15.8
13 23 57.40 -38 04.0
18 23 38.41 -35 21.0 0.332 1.303 15.1
23 23 14.60 -31 24.7
28 22 46.53 -25 51.7 0.265 1.266 14.2
Sept. 2 22 15.76 -18 32.0
7 21 44.63 - 9 48.2 0.236 1.233 14.0
12 21 15.45 - 0 39.1
17 20 49.89 + 7 50.0 0.253 1.203 14.5
22 20 28.68 +15 00.7
27 20 11.86 +20 47.4 0.304 1.177 15.2
Oct. 2 19 58.98 +25 22.8
7 19 49.45 +29 03.8 0.370 1.156 15.8
12 19 42.68 +32 04.9
17 19 38.16 +34 37.2 0.439 1.140 16.2
22 19 35.54 +36 49.2
27 19 34.54 +38 46.9 0.503 1.131 16.5
Nov. 1 19 34.95 +40 35.1
6 19 36.59 +42 17.3 0.560 1.128 16.7
1984 August 3 (3966) Brian G. Marsden
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