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IAUC 4364: 1986l
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Circular No. 4364
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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COMET WILSON (1986l)
Improved orbital elements from MPC 11738:
Epoch 1987 May 5.0 ET
T = 1987 Apr. 20.7845 ET Peri. = 238.3011
e = 1.000323 Node = 110.9577 1950.0
q = 1.199605 AU i = 147.1224
1987 ET R.A. (1950) Decl. Delta r m1
May 1 4 54.5 -75 21.0 0.624 1.210 4.3
2 5 36.0 -73 08.1
3 6 07.4 -70 32.3 0.626 1.215 4.3
4 6 31.18 -67 43.3
5 6 49.56 -64 47.7 0.637 1.220 4.4
6 7 04.03 -61 50.1
7 7 15.68 -58 53.8 0.657 1.226 4.5
8 7 25.22 -56 00.9
9 7 33.18 -53 13.1 0.685 1.233 4.6
10 7 39.93 -50 31.5
11 7 45.73 -47 56.7 0.719 1.241 4.7
12 7 50.76 -45 29.2
13 7 55.19 -43 09.1 0.760 1.249 4.9
14 7 59.12 -40 56.5
15 8 02.64 -38 51.1 0.805 1.258 5.0
20 8 16.03 -30 04.5
25 8 25.27 -23 34.1 1.078 1.313 5.8
30 8 32.36 -18 41.3
June 4 8 38.19 -14 57.3 1.382 1.382 6.6
9 8 43.23 -12 02.5
14 8 47.74 - 9 43.5 1.686 1.462 7.3
19 8 51.90 - 7 51.3
24 8 55.81 - 6 19.5 1.976 1.551 7.9
29 8 59.53 - 5 03.8
July 4 9 03.10 - 4 00.8 2.245 1.647 8.4
9 9 06.55 - 3 08.0
14 9 09.89 - 2 23.7 2.487 1.749 8.9
19 9 13.13 - 1 46.3
24 9 16.29 - 1 14.7 2.700 1.853 9.3
Total visual magnitude estimates by G. Garradd, Tamworth,
N.S.W. (7x50 binoculars): Mar. 30.70 UT, 6.4; Apr. 2.77, 6.1.
1987 April 10 (4364) Daniel W. E. Green
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