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                                                  Circular No. 3413
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 MEIER (1979i)
     The following precise positions have been reported:

     1979 UT             R. A. (1950) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Sept.22.84236    13 28 43.46   +67 33 01.0   12     Manning
          23.64010    13 27 11.73   +67 14 41.7   13     Takeishi
          23.65781    13 27 10.07   +67 14 13.4            "
          25.49097    13 23 50.49   +66 33 05.1   14       "
          25.51076    13 23 48.05   +66 32 42.3            "
          26.45868    13 22 11.51   +66 11 42.3   14       "
          27.04782    13 21 13.71   +65 58 50.9   12     Schwartz
          28.82914    13 18 26.62   +65 20 38.4          Niemi
          28.84442    13 18 25.37   +65 20 18.9            "

B. Manning (Stakenbrldge).  Communicated by G. M. Hurst.
M. Takeishi (JCPM Hamatonbetsu Station).  Long. = -142o19'15", Lat. =
  +45o06'43", h = 32 m.  From Japan Astron. Circ. Nos. 214, 215.
G. Schwartz (Harvard College Observatory, Agassiz Station).  Measurer:
   C.-Y. Shao.  Short, broad tall in p.a. ~ 30o.
A. Niemi (Turku Observatory, Tuorla Station).

     The following improved parabolic orbital elements, by B. G.
Marsden, satisfy ten observations Sept. 20-28 within 1".5:

       T = 1979 Oct. 17.399 ET   Peri. = 112.608
                                 Node  = 297.200   1950.0
       q = 1.44450 AU            Incl. =  67.420

     1979 ET     R. A. (1950) Decl.     Delta     r      m1
     Oct. 14    12 59.89    +60 37.2    1.477   1.445   11.9
          19    12 54.70    +59 20.1
          24    12 49.49    +58 11.0    1.433   1.448   11.9
          29    12 44.00    +57 09.7
     Nov.  3    12 38.01    +56 16.0    1.371   1.464   11.8
           8    12 31.27    +55 29.4
          13    12 23.52    +54 49.8    1.294   1.494   11.8
          18    12 14.44    +54 16.4
          23    12 03.67    +53 48.4    1.204   1.536   11.8
          28    11 50.81    +53 23.8
     Dec.  3    11 35.46    +52 59.8    1.109   1.589   11.7

            m1 = 9.5 + 5 log Delta + 10 log r


1979 October 12                (3413)              Brian G. Marsden

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