Circular No. 3014 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Cable Address: SATELLITES, NEWYORK Telex: 921428 Telephone: (617) 864-5758 1976 WA (OBJECT SCHUSTER) R. M. West, European Southern Observatory, telexes the following measurements from plates taken by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla: 1976 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Nov. 19.08125 2 02 41.23 -40 53 14.2 19.12280 2 02 43.06 -40 51 49.6 21.13325 2 04 22.17 -39 44 41.9 21.14157 2 04 22.56 -39 44 25.8 22.11115 2 05 09.89 -39 12 40.5 22.11947 2 05 10.24 -39 12 24.9 23.05994 2 05 55.96 -38 41 59.9 23.06825 2 05 56.32 -38 41 44.1 24.09865 2 06 45.63 -38 08 46.7 24.10696 2 06 45.97 -38 08 31.2 The following orbital elements, by the undersigned, show that this is yet another Apollo-type object; it passed 0.14 AU from the earth on Oct. 3 and seems to be unusually bright intrinsically: T = 1976 Aug. 30.09 ET Peri. = 139.88 e = 0.5757 Node = 172.82 1950.0 a = 1.9252 AU Incl. = 23.36 n = 0.36898 q = 0.8168 AU P = 2.67 years 1976/77 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r Mag. Dec. 3 2 13.92 -33 39.0 8 2 18.07 -31 17.3 0.798 1.497 14.2 13 2 22.40 -29 01.5 18 2 26.93 -26 51.1 0.932 1.581 14.7 23 2 31.70 -24 45.6 28 2 36.72 -22 44.8 1.075 1.662 15.0 Jan. 2 2 41.98 -20 48.9 7 2 47.47 -18 57.5 1.224 1.742 15.4 12 2 53.17 -17 10.7 17 2 59.09 -15 28.2 1.381 1.818 15.7 22 3 05.21 -13 50.0 27 3 11.52 -12 16.1 1.543 1.892 16.0 Mag. = 13.0 + 5 log Delta + 5 log r + 0.023 (phase angle) 1976 December 7 (3014) Brian G. Marsden
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