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                                                  Circular No. 5666
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Telephone 617-495-7244/7440/7444 (for emergency use only)
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PERIODIC COMET SCHAUMASSE (1992x)
     Orbital elements by S. Nakano from MPC 21236:

                    Epoch = 1993 Feb. 22.0 TT
     T = 1993 Mar.  3.9608 TT         Peri. =  57.4820
     e = 0.704849                     Node  =  81.0530  2000.0
     q = 1.202158 AU                  Incl. =  11.8458
       a =  4.073033 AU    n = 0.1199022    P =   8.220 years

1992/93     R. A. (2000) Decl.   Delta     r    Elong. Phase    m1
Dec.  4     4 12.30   +14 46.2   0.672   1.651  169.6    6.2   12.7
      9     4 05.45   +15 41.0   0.641   1.611  164.3    9.5   12.3
     14     3 58.44   +16 44.3   0.615   1.573  158.3   13.4   11.8
     19     3 51.59   +17 55.9   0.595   1.535  152.1   17.5   11.5
     24     3 45.24   +19 15.7   0.579   1.498  145.9   21.6   11.1
     29     3 39.77   +20 43.0   0.567   1.463  139.9   25.7   10.7
Jan.  3     3 35.48   +22 17.5   0.558   1.429  134.1   29.6   10.4
      8     3 32.62   +23 58.6   0.552   1.396  128.7   33.4   10.1
     13     3 31.40   +25 45.6   0.548   1.365  123.7   36.8    9.8
     18     3 31.97   +27 38.0   0.545   1.337  119.1   40.1    9.5
     23     3 34.48   +29 35.0   0.544   1.310  114.9   43.0    9.2
     28     3 39.06   +31 36.0   0.544   1.286  111.2   45.6    9.0
Feb.  2     3 45.81   +33 39.9   0.544   1.265  108.0   47.8    8.7
      7     3 54.83   +35 45.3   0.545   1.246  105.2   49.8    8.5
     12     4 06.24   +37 50.3   0.546   1.230  102.9   51.4    8.4
     17     4 20.17   +39 52.5   0.548   1.218  101.1   52.8    8.3
     22     4 36.78   +41 48.8   0.550   1.209   99.6   53.8    8.2
     27     4 56.18   +43 35.5   0.552   1.204   98.6   54.4    8.1
Mar.  4     5 18.38   +45 08.1   0.556   1.202   98.0   54.8    8.1


NOVA PUPPIS 1991
     Additional photometry (cf. IAUC 5655) by A. C. Gilmore at Mt.
John University Observatory:  Nov. 21.62, V = 12.17 +/- 0.00, U-B =
-1.12 +/- 0.05, B-V = -0.02 +/- 0.01, V-R = +0.30 +/- 0.01.


1992 December 3                (5666)            Daniel W. E. Green

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