Circular No. 3721 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM Telephone 617-864-5758 COMET AUSTIN (1982g) Further astrometric observations, all by A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin at Mt. John University Observatory, extending to Aug. 2 and the following improved parabolic orbital elements are taken from the Aug. 4 batch of MPCs: T = 1982 Aug. 24.7215 ET Peri. = 33.8144 Node = 325.5651 1950.0 q = 0.647791 AU Incl. = 84.4970 1982 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r m1 Aug. 7 7 06.84 + 2 14.9 0.342 0.748 4.4 8 7 20.58 + 6 13.1 9 7 35.31 +10 21.7 0.327 0.728 4.2 10 7 51.00 +14 34.7 11 8 07.52 +18 45.2 0.325 0.710 4.1 12 8 24.70 +22 45.9 13 8 42.35 +26 30.3 0.338 0.694 4.1 14 9 00.19 +29 53.3 15 9 17.96 +32 52.2 0.363 0.680 4.1 16 9 35.37 +35 25.8 17 9 52.19 +37 34.9 0.398 0.668 4.3 18 10 08.20 +39 21.3 19 10 23.26 +40 47.2 0.442 0.659 4.4 20 10 37.27 +41 55.5 21 10 50.19 +42 48.8 0.491 0.653 4.6 22 11 02.00 +43 29.5 23 11 12.74 +43 59.7 0.545 0.649 4.8 24 11 22.46 +44 21.4 25 11 31.23 +44 36.0 0.601 0.648 5.0 26 11 39.13 +44 44.8 27 11 46.21 +44 49.0 0.658 0.650 5.2 28 11 52.57 +44 49.4 29 11 58.27 +44 46.6 0.717 0.654 5.4 30 12 03.39 +44 41.2 31 12 07.97 +44 33.8 0.776 0.661 5.7 Sept. 1 12 12.09 +44 24.6 2 12 15.78 +44 14.1 0.834 0.671 5.9 3 12 19.11 +44 02.4 4 12 22.10 +43 49.8 0.892 0.684 6.1 m1 estimate by Gilmore (0.05 refractor): Aug. 2.77 UT, 5.5. 1982 August 5 (3721) Brian G. Marsden
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