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IAUC 3623: 1981g
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Circular No. 3623
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 GONZALEZ (1981g)
The following precise positions have been obtained by A. C.
Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin at Mount John University Observatory:
1981 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m2
Aug. 3.51420 0 06 53.34 -77 12 24.2 16
3.53596 0 06 50.63 -77 13 12.6
The following parabolic orbital elements have been derived by
the undersigned from the observations on June 29, July 24 and
Aug. 3:
T = 1981 Mar. 25.504 ET Peri. = 181.502
Node = 143.245 1950.0
q = 2.33149 AU Incl. = 107.130
1981 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r m1
Aug. 4 0 05.9 -77 30.3 2.156 2.750 15.1
6 0 01.1 -78 42.2
8 23 54.9 -79 51.2 2.204 2.773 15.1
10 23 46.8 -80 56.9
12 23 36.5 -81 59.1 2.257 2.797 15.2
14 23 23.0 -82 57.0
16 23 05.5 -83 50.7 2.314 2.821 15.3
18 22 42.7 -84 38.7
20 22 13 -85 19.9 2.375 2.845 15.4
22 21 35 -85 52.6
24 20 50 -86 14.9 2.439 2.870 15.5
26 19 59 -86 25.2
28 19 09 -86 23.5 2.506 2.895 15.6
30 18 24 -86 11.6
Sept. 1 17 47 -85 52.1 2.575 2.920 15.7
3 17 18 -85 27.8
5 16 56 -85 00.6 2.646 2.946 15.8
7 16 39.2 -84 32.0
9 16 26.3 -84 03.0 2.718 2.972 15.9
11 16 16.5 -83 34.2
13 16 08.9 -83 05.9 2.792 2.999 16.0
23 15 51.7 -80 59.6
Oct. 3 15 51.3 -79 22.9 3.159 3.134 16.5
1981 August 6 (3623) Brian G. Marsden
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