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IAUC 4731: 1987 SY

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                                                  Circular No. 4731
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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1987 SY
     J. Gibson reports his recovery of this object with the Palomar
1.5-m reflector + CCD, as follows:

     1988 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.
     Dec. 20.40902   10 45 46.24   +10 29 58.0
          24.52094   10 55 54.90   + 9 13 48.0

     The following orbital elements by C. M. Bardwell, Center for
Astrophysics, are from 41 observations 1987 Sept. 25-1988 Dec. 24:

                    Epoch = 1989 Feb.  3.0 ET
     T = 1989 Mar. 27.0882 ET         Peri. = 291.3073
     e = 0.586872                     Node  = 311.6027  1950.0
     q = 0.595631 AU                  Incl. =   5.5193
       a =  1.441758 AU    n = 0.5693318    P =   1.731 years

     1989 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       V
     Feb.  3    14 55.75    -23 15.3    0.247    0.997    17.0
           4    15 09.67    -24 32.9
           5    15 24.07    -25 46.5    0.244    0.976    17.2
           6    15 38.86    -26 55.2
           7    15 53.96    -27 58.0    0.244    0.955    17.3
           8    16 09.27    -28 54.3
           9    16 24.67    -29 43.3    0.247    0.934    17.5
          10    16 40.04    -30 24.9
          11    16 55.27    -30 58.8    0.253    0.914    17.7
          12    17 10.25    -31 25.2
          13    17 24.89    -31 44.4    0.263    0.893    18.0
          14    17 39.09    -31 56.9
          15    17 52.80    -32 03.1    0.275    0.872    18.2
          16    18 05.97    -32 03.7
          17    18 18.57    -31 59.3    0.290    0.852    18.4
          18    18 30.59    -31 50.6
          19    18 42.01    -31 38.2    0.308    0.831    18.6
          20    18 52.86    -31 22.7
          21    19 03.15    -31 04.5    0.327    0.811    18.8
          22    19 12.90    -30 44.2
          23    19 22.13    -30 22.0    0.348    0.792    19.0


1989 February 6                (4731)             Daniel W. E. Green

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