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IAUC 2219: 1969i
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Circular No. 2219
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
Western Union: RAPID SATELLITE CAMBMASS
COMET BENNETT (1969i)
The following elements, by the undersigned, are based on 68
observations December 30 to February 12, none of them giving a
residual larger than 2". The departure from parabolic motion seems
to be significant. The ephemeris could be in error by several
minutes of arc in late March and early April
T = 1970 Mar. 20.0394 ET Peri. = 354.1647
e = 0.996000 Node = 223.9486 1950.0
q = 0.537496 AU Incl. = 90.0323
1970 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r Mag.
Feb. 28 22 35.39 -47 05.3
Mar. 5 22 24.90 -42 54.1 1.007 0.640 3.1
10 22 15.00 -36 56.4
11 22 13.22 -35 27.8 0.883 0.577 2.3
12 22 11.54 -33 52.5
13 22 09.98 -32 10.2 0.843 0.562 2.1
14 22 08.56 -30 20.4
15 22 07.29 -28 22.9 0.806 0.550 1.9
16 22 06.19 -26 17.5
17 22 05.29 -24 03.8 0.772 0.542 1.8
18 22 04.59 -21 42.1
19 22 04.10 -19 12.4 0.742 0.538 1.7
20 22 03.86 -16 35.0
21 22 03.85 -13 50.4 0.718 0.538 1.6
22 22 04.10 -10 59.4
23 22 04.61 - 8 02.9 0.700 0.542 1.6
24 22 05.38 - 5 01.8
25 22 06.41 - 1 57.5 0.691 0.550 1.6
26 22 07.71 + 1 08.7
27 22 09.27 + 4 15.4 0.689 0.561 1.7
28 22 11.09 + 7 21.2
29 22 13.15 +10 24.7 0.696 0.577 1.8
30 22 15.45 +13 24.9
31 22 17.98 +16 20.4 0.711 0.595 2.0
Apr. 1 22 20.73 +19 10.5
2 22 23.70 +21 54.4 0.732 0.615 2.2
3 22 26.85 +24 31.6
4 22 30.20 +27 01.7 0.760 0.639 2.5
1970 February 27 (2219) Brian G. Marsden
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