Circular No. 2233 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 NOVA AQUILAE 1970 Dr. M. Huruhata, Director of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, cables that M. Honda has discovered another nova, as follows: 1970 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. mpv Apr. 14.787 19 22.2 + 4 12 8 On Apr. 15.676 UT H. Kosai (Tokyo) estimated mpv = 7. On Apr. 16.4 L. Jacchia and J. Ashbrook (Mass.) independently made mv near 7.5. OBJECT KOWAL Dr. K. Aksnes, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, communicates the following precise positions reported to him by Mrs. E. F. Helin, Division of Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology, of the minor planet mentioned on IAUC 2220. He finds that the orbit is of the Hungaria type, with a = 1.96 AU, e = 0.04, i = 23o. 1970 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Jan. 31.26818 8 02 42.0 +19 47 59 Feb. 1.34098 8 00 53.5 +19 33 38 Mar. 8.17883 7 28 38.8 +12 30 21 9.20431 7 28 34.2 +12 20 11 COMET KOHOUTEK (1969b) The following precise positions have been reported: 1970 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Observer Jan. 31.82951 19 54 42.36 +45 54 15.4 Seki 31.83889 19 54 43.59 +45 54 31.4 " Feb. 1.87014 19 57 21.45 +46 25 37.3 " 4.84688 20 05 48.54 +48 03 24.2 " Mar. 7.76666 22 49 25.59 +66 15 24.3 Mrkos 9.86104 23 09 32.32 +67 09 50.1 " 10.78347 23 18 51.76 +67 31 21.1 " T. Seki (Kochi Observatory). 22-cm f/5 camera. A. Mrkos (Klet Observatory). 40-cm f/2.6 Maksutov telescope. 1970 April 16 (2233) Brian G. Marsden
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