Circular No. 4960 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) TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM EASYLINK 62794505 MARSDEN or GREEN@CFA.BITNET MARSDEN or GREEN@CFAPS2.SPAN 1989 WM Improved orbital elements from MPC 15897: T = 1990 Jan. 18.3665 ET Peri. = 72.4451 e = 0.519249 Node = 48.2613 1950.0 q = 1.312346 AU Incl. = 2.5518 a = 2.729781 AU n = 0.2185306 P = 4.510 years 1990 ET R.A. (1950) Decl. Delta r V Feb. 18 9 23.63 +24 57.1 0.375 1.353 14.6 28 9 30.34 +23 29.2 Mar. 10 9 38.63 +21 43.4 0.468 1.419 15.5 20 9 48.66 +19 46.6 30 10 00.24 +17 43.8 0.615 1.509 16.4 Apr. 9 10 13.16 +15 37.9 19 10 27.04 +13 31.2 0.812 1.616 17.3 29 10 41.60 +11 24.5 May 9 10 56.68 + 9 18.4 1.054 1.733 18.0 COMET McKENZIE-RUSSELL (1989f1) Improved orbital elements from MPC 15857: T = 1989 Nov. 7.700 ET Peri. = 191.759 Node = 293.213 1950.0 q = 1.97583 AU Incl. = 160.333 1990 ET R.A. (1950) Decl. Delta r m1 Feb. 18 2 25.48 - 1 28.7 2.550 2.329 15.2 28 2 22.71 - 1 11.9 Mar. 10 2 22.11 - 0 53.7 3.042 2.460 15.8 20 2 23.00 - 0 35.9 30 2 24.92 - 0 20.2 3.435 2.603 16.3 NOVA IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD 1990 A. C. Gilmore, Mount John University Observatory, communicates additional photoelectric photometry, obtained by P. M. Kilmartin with the 0.61-m Cassegrain reflector: Feb. 1.47 UT, V = 14.96 +/- 0.04, U-B = -1.00 +/- 0.07, B-V = -0.29 +/- 0.06, V-R = +0.52 +/- 0.06. 1990 February 7 (4960) Gareth V. Williams
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