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Circular No. 5441
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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MARSDEN or GREEN@CFA.BITNET MARSDEN or GREEN@CFAPS2.SPAN
1992 BC
E. Helin reports the discovery of a fast-moving asteroidal
object by K. Lawrence and herself on exposures obtained with the
assistance also of P. Rose and C. Brewer with the 0.46-m Palomar
Schmidt telescope. The following measurements are by Rose:
1992 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag.
Jan. 29.38924 9 21 43.85 +28 36 03.5 16.5
30.36823 9 24 18.74 +30 46 42.1
30.50072 9 24 37.60 +31 04 56.4
31.38299 9 27 15.77 +33 10 36.9 16.5
31.50139 9 27 35.03 +33 27 43.1
Preliminary orbital elements by B. G. Marsden:
T = 1992 Mar. 31.717 TT Peri. = 76.604
e = 0.36223 Node = 123.603 2000.0
q = 0.92114 AU Incl. = 14.759
a = 1.44433 AU n = 0.567814 P = 1.74 years
1992 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta, r Elong. Phase V
Jan. 29 9 20.78 +27 46.3 0.140 1.122 167.1 11.3 15.7
30 9 23.32 +29 56.6 0.135 1.117 165.4 12.8 15.7
31 9 26.12 +32 15.2 0.131 1.111 163.4 14.6 15.6
Feb. 1 9 29.24 +34 42.1 0.127 1.106 161.1 16.8 15.6
2 9 32.73 +37 17.2 0.123 1.101 158.5 19.1 15.6
3 9 36.67 +40 00.2 0.120 1.096 155.7 21.7 15.6
4 9 41.15 +42 50.6 0.117 1.091 152.7 24.5 15.7
5 9 46.28 +45 47.7 0.114 1.086 149.5 27.4 15.7
6 9 52.22 +48 50.5 0.112 1.081 146.2 30.5 15.7
7 9 59.15 +51 57.5 0.110 1.076 142.8 33.7 15.8
8 10 07.34 +55 07.2 0.109 1.071 139.3 36.9 15.8
9 10 17.12 +58 17.4 0.108 1.066 135.7 40.3 15.9
10 10 28.95 +61 26.0 0.107 1.061 132.1 43.6 16.0
11 10 43.46 +64 30.0 0.107 1.057 128.5 47.0 16.0
12 11 01.48 +67 26.1 0.107 1.052 124.9 50.3 16.1
13 11 24.1 +70 10.3 0.107 1.047 121.4 53.6 16.2
1992 January 31 (5441) Daniel W. E. Green
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