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IAUC 3086: 1976k
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Circular No. 3086
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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COMET LOVAS (1976k)
The following precise position was obtained by J. H. Bulger
and C.-Y. Shao at the Harvard Observatory's Agassiz Station:
1977 UT R. A. (1950) Decl.
Jan. 20.04241 7 04 30.46 +71 41 29.2
The following improved elements, by B. G. Marsden, satisfy 26
observations 1976 Nov. 22 to 1977 Mar. 14 with a mean residual of
1".71. Perturbations by Mercury to Pluto were taken into account.
Epoch = 1976 July 1.0 ET
T = 1976 July 5.9415 ET Peri. = 118.7503
e = 1.004418 Node = 285.3330 1950.0
q = 5.856959 AU Incl. = 86.6351
1977/78 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r m2
Aug. 5 7 32.94 +43 56.3 7.322 6.486 19.9
15 7 38.86 +43 16.9
25 7 44.14 +42 41.4 7.219 6.547 20.0
Sept. 4 7 48.69 +42 09.7
14 7 52.40 +41 42.0 7.042 6.610 19.9
24 7 55.14 +41 18.1
Oct. 4 7 56.80 +40 57.8 6.811 6.675 19.9
14 7 57.25 +40 41.0
24 7 56.39 +40 26.9 6.555 6.742 19.9
Nov. 3 7 54.15 +40 14.8
13 7 50.48 +40 03.5 6.311 6.811 19.8
23 7 45.40 +39 5l~5
Dec. 3 7 39.04 +39 37.3 6.125 6.881 19.8
13 7 31.59 +39 19.0
23 7 23.36 +38 55.3 6.038 6.954 19.8
Jan. 2 7 14.73 +38 25.3
12 7 06.14 +37 48.5 6.081 7.028 19.9
22 6 58.00 +37 05.6
Feb. 1 6 50.66 +36 17.7 6.260 7.104 20.0
11 6 44.41 +35 26.2
21 6 39.42 +34 32.8 6.557 7.181 20.1
Mar. 3 6 35.76 +33 38.8
13 6 33.41 +32 45.5 6.935 7.260 20.3
m2 = 7.5 + 5 log Delta + 10 log r
1977 July 1 (3086) Brian G. Marsden
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