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IAUC 6644: C/1997 J1
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Circular No. 6644
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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COMET C/1997 J1 (MUELLER)
Selected precise CCD positions have been reported as follows:
1997 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Observer
May 5.90589 11 12 18.78 +74 47 07.7 Tichy
5.90854 11 12 17.34 +74 47 04.0 12.5 "
5.94664 11 11 56.17 +74 46 11.1 15.1 Sarounova
5.95730 11 11 50.10 +74 45 56.2 "
6.49317 11 06 59.55 +74 33 25.8 Ito
6.49652 11 06 57.62 +74 33 21.4 "
6.49876 11 06 56.42 +74 33 17.7 13.1 Sugie
6.50293 11 06 54.13 +74 33 11.9 "
6.58257 11 06 11.43 +74 31 17.2 13.2 Ikari
6.59171 11 06 06.64 +74 31 04.1 "
6.60449 11 05 59.96 +74 30 45.6 Asami
6.60640 11 05 58.95 +74 30 42.2 13.9 "
6.92538 11 03 12.36 +74 23 01.2 13.9 Maury
6.94184 11 03 03.85 +74 22 37.0 14.0 "
M. Tichy and Z. Moravec (Klet). 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector.
L. Sarounova (Ondrejov). 0.65-m f/3.6 reflector.
K. Ito (Nishi Kobe). 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain.
A. Sugie (Dynic). 0.60-m f/5.0 reflector. Communicated by S. Nakano.
Y. Ikari (Moriyama). 0.25-m f/6.3 reflector. Communicated by Nakano.
A. Asami (Hadano). 0.28-m f/5.0 reflector. Communicated by Nakano.
A. Maury, D. Albanese and G. Hahn (Caussols-ODAS). 0.9-m Schmidt.
Parabolic orbital elements from 16 observations May 3-6:
T = 1997 May 2.178 TT Peri. = 98.244
Node = 276.957 2000.0
q = 2.30228 AU Incl. = 122.982
1997 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1
May 2 11 53.6 +76 04.0 2.153 2.302 85.4 25.9 12.8
7 11 02.6 +74 21.2 2.219 2.303 81.8 25.7 12.9
12 10 26.9 +72 08.2 2.291 2.305 78.1 25.4 12.9
17 10 02.57 +69 43.6 2.368 2.308 74.3 24.9 13.0
22 9 46.01 +67 17.8 2.447 2.313 70.4 24.3 13.1
27 9 34.66 +64 56.1 2.529 2.319 66.5 23.6 13.2
June 1 9 26.86 +62 41.0 2.612 2.327 62.6 22.8 13.3
(C) Copyright 1997 CBAT
1997 May 6 (6644) Brian G. Marsden
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