Circular No. 5548 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@CFA or GREEN@CFA (.SPAN, .BITNET or .HARVARD.EDU) 1992 LR C. S. Shoemaker reports her discovery of an asteroidal object with direct near-opposition motion, found on films taken by herself, E. M. Shoemaker, D. H. Levy, and G. J. Leonard with the 0.46- m Palomar Schmidt telescope. The following positions were measured by Leonard: 1992 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. June 3.26632 15 49 46.52 -16 20 04.5 16.6 3.30208 15 49 45.92 -16 19 34.5 5.30694 15 49 48.35 -15 50 45.4 16.8 5.34358 15 49 47.85 -15 50 12.2 16.2 6.31476 15 49 53.05 -15 35 48.8 16.5 6.34601 15 49 52.76 -15 35 19.9 16.8 8.30156 15 50 11.03 -15 05 28.9 17.0 8.34045 15 50 10.89 -15 04 51.4 16.8 Using the above positions, E. Bowell (Lowell Observatory) provides the following elements: T = 1992 July 25.354 TT Peri. = 67.594 e = 0.40568 Node = 233.374 2000.0 q = 1.08090 AU Incl. = 2.000 a = 1.81873 AU n = 0.401840 P = 2.45 years 1992 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V June 17 15 54.31 -12 38.8 0.152 1.152 152.0 24.4 15.6 22 15 59.44 -11 05.3 0.138 1.135 147.9 28.4 15.5 27 16 07.29 - 9 24.9 0.125 1.121 144.3 31.9 15.4 July 2 16 18.58 - 7 37.4 0.114 1.108 141.5 34.8 15.2 7 16 34.15 - 5 41.8 0.104 1.098 139.7 36.8 15.1 12 16 54.82 - 3 37.2 0.095 1.090 138.9 37.8 14.9 17 17 21.19 - 1 24.1 0.088 1.084 139.4 37.6 14.7 22 17 53.41 + 0 52.7 0.083 1.081 141.1 36.1 14.5 27 18 30.66 + 3 02.7 0.080 1.081 143.9 33.6 14.4 Aug. 1 19 10.82 + 4 51.0 0.080 1.083 147.2 30.5 14.3 6 19 50.83 + 6 05.7 0.083 1.088 150.7 27.1 14.3 1992 June 22 (5548) Daniel W. E. Green
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