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IAUC 4899: 1989 VA
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Circular No. 4899
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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1989 VA
Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy report their
discovery with the 0.46-m Palomar Schmidt telescope of a fast-moving
asteroidal object. They provide the following positions:
1989 UT R.A. (1950) Decl. Mag.
Nov. 2.42586 4 05 17.66 +27 18 53.7 15.5
3.44184 3 55 06.61 +25 17 57.5
4.44861 3 45 00.78 +23 11 31.9
5.26822 3 36 52.88 +21 24 23.9
5.45677 3 34 56.91 +20 59 15.4
Orbital elements from the above observations by B. G. Marsden,
Center for Astrophysics:
T = 1989 July 21.359 ET Peri. = 2.809
e = 0.59195 Node = 224.952 1950.0
q = 0.29747 AU Incl. = 28.416
a = 0.72901 AU n = 1.583435 P = 0.62 year
1989 ET R.A. (1950) Decl. Delta r V
Nov. 6 3 29.61 +19 46.4 0.170 1.158 14.0
7 3 19.80 +17 28.8
8 3 10.18 +15 08.8 0.169 1.159 13.8
9 3 00.79 +12 47.7
10 2 51.66 +10 27.0 0.171 1.160 13.9
11 2 42.83 + 8 08.1
12 2 34.31 + 5 52.1 0.175 1.161 14.2
13 2 26.14 + 3 40.2
14 2 18.33 + 1 33.3 0.182 1.160 14.4
15 2 10.88 - 0 28.0
16 2 03.80 - 2 23.2 0.190 1.160 14.7
17 1 57.08 - 4 12.0
18 1 50.72 - 5 54.3 0.200 1.158 15.0
19 1 44.72 - 7 30.1
20 1 39.06 - 8 59.5 0.212 1.156 15.2
21 1 33.74 -10 22.8
22 1 28.74 -11 40.1 0.225 1.154 15.4
23 1 24.04 -12 51.8
24 1 19.64 -13 58.3 0.239 1.151 15.7
1989 November 7 (4899) Daniel W. E. Green
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