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                                                  Circular No. 4294
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 617-495-7244/7440/7444


COMET WILSON (1986l)
     The following orbital elements, taken from MPC 11429, yield
for the 'original' and 'future' (barycentric)  1/a  the values
+0.000030 and +0.000756 (+/- 0.000025) AU-Q, respectively,
suggesting that the comet is a 'new' one from the Oort Cloud.

                    Epoch = 1987 May 5.0 ET
         T = 1987 Apr. 20.7819 ET    W = 238.2977
         e =   1.000366              O = 110.9576   1950.0
         q =   1.199660 AU           i = 147.1223

     1987 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       m1
     Feb. 14    20 23.37    -19 31.3    2.450    1.566     8.4
          19    20 26.67    -20 29.5
          24    20 30.07    -21 33.7    2.249    1.476     8.0
     Mar.  1    20 33.59    -22 45.4
           6    20 37.26    -24 06.9    2.014    1.394     7.5
          11    20 41.13    -25 40.9
          16    20 45.28    -27 31.0    1.750    1.323     6.9
          21    20 49.86    -29 42.2
          26    20 55.06    -32 21.7    1.462    1.266     6.3
          31    21 01.24    -35 39.7
     Apr.  5    21 09.04    -39 51.0    1.164    1.225     5.7
          10    21 19.78    -45 17.1
          15    21 36.50    -52 27.6    0.881    1.203     5.0

          16    21 41.15    -54 09.1
          17    21 46.46    -55 56.3    0.831    1.201     4.9
          18    21 52.60    -57 49.3
          19    21 59.79    -59 48.0    0.783    1.200     4.8
          20    22 08.34    -61 52.3
          21    22 18.66    -64 01.7    0.740    1.200     4.6
          22    22 31.35    -66 15.2
          23    22 47.27    -68 31.3    0.703    1.200     4.5
          24    23 07.7     -70 47.3
          25    23 34.3     -72 58.9    0.671    1.201     4.4
          26     0 09.5     -74 58.9
          27     0 55.7     -76 36.4    0.647    1.204     4.4
          28     1 53.5     -77 36.9
          29     2 58.4     -77 46.1    0.631    1.207     4.3
          30     4 01.4     -76 58.5
     May   1     4 54.6     -75 21.3    0.624    1.210     4.3


1987 January 5                 (4294)              Brian G. Marsden

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