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                                                  Circular No. 5106
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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1990 SS
     J. V. Scotti, University of Arizona, reports his discovery
using a new automatic detection system on the Spacewatch Telescope
at Kitt Peak, of a fast-moving asteroidal object:

     1990 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.        V
     Sept.25.19848    0 04 36.41   + 2 39 37.4
          25.22102    0 04 32.95   + 2 39 49.7   19.3
          25.24355    0 04 29.43   + 2 40 01.4
          26.35959    0 01 38.44   + 2 49 49.5   18.9
          26.37101    0 01 36.61   + 2 49 55.8
          26.37760    0 01 35.67   + 2 49 58.6
          27.31056   23 59 10.56   + 2 58 17.1
          27.32177   23 59 08.74   + 2 58 23.1   18.8
          27.33043   23 59 07.35   + 2 58 27.8
          27.33618   23 59 06.41   + 2 58 30.7
          28.19435   23 56 51.41   + 3 06 14.9
          28.21532   23 56 47.95   + 3 06 26.9
          28.23589   23 56 44.61   + 3 06 37.7   19.2
          28.34560   23 56 26.56   + 3 07 37.8
          28.36612   23 56 23.19   + 3 07 48.8
          28.38670   23 56 19.88   + 3 08 00.3

     Orbital elements by G. V. Williams from the above positions:

     T = 1991 Feb.  3.297 ET          Peri. = 116.177
     e = 0.51675                      Node  = 359.659   1950.0
     q = 0.87847 AU                   Incl. =  22.208
       a =  1.81784 AU     n = 0.402134     P =   2.45 years

     1990 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       V
     Sept.26     0 02.57    + 2 46.7    0.680    1.682    18.0
     Oct.  1    23 49.26    + 3 32.2
           6    23 35.16    + 4 20.3    0.628    1.611    18.1
          11    23 20.76    + 5 10.5
          16    23 06.61    + 6 02.6    0.603    1.537    18.2
          21    22 53.25    + 6 56.4
          26    22 41.12    + 7 51.8    0.600    1.462    18.4


1990 September 29              (5106)             Daniel W. E. Green

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