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                                                  Circular No. 3950
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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     Further precise positions have been reported as follows:

   1984 UT           R.A.  (1950.0)  Decl.     Mag.   Observer

   May  27.47153   17 57 56.99   +15 23 53.9          Shoemaker
        29.37778   17 39 42.20   +11 24 20.5            "
        29.39861   17 39 31.34   +11 21 59.8            "
        29.42852   17 39 15.84   +11 18 36.0            "
   June  1.62654   17 17 30.34   + 6 14 50.4   14.0   Kosai
         1.64038   17 17 25.43   + 6 13 43.2            "
         2.23611   17 14 15.17   + 5 27 34.5          Skiff
         3.11896   17 09 53.63   + 4 23 54.5          Schwartz

C. Shoemaker and E. Shoemaker (Palomar Mountain Observatory).
H. Kosai (Tokyo Observatory, Kiso Station).  J. Watanabe assisted.
B. A. Skiff (Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station).
G. Schwartz (Oak Ridge Observatory).  Measurer: R. E. McCrosky.

     Orbital elements from 11 observations May 27-June 3:

          T = 1984 Apr. 2.946 ET
      Peri. = 334.819                    e =   0.76027
      Node  = 170.610   1950.0           a =   2.20568 AU
      Incl. =   4.626                    n =   0.300878
          q =   0.52876 AU               P =   3.28 years

     1984 ET     R.A. (1950.0) Decl.      p        r      Mag.

     May  30    17 34.71    +10 16.8    0.165    1.151    13.6
     June  4    17 05.93    + 3 26.0
           9    16 49.22    - 0 51.7    0.282    1.280    14.7
          14    16 38.82    - 3 48.4
          19    16 32.18    - 5 58.7    0.417    1.404    15.8
          24    16 28.06    - 7 40.3
          29    16 25.76    - 9 03.3    0.566    1.523    16.7
     July  4    16 24.88    -10 13.3
           9    16 25.12    -11 14.0    0.729    1.637    17.4
          14    16 26.28    -12 07.5
          19    16 28.19    -12 55.5    0.904    1.746    18.1
          24    16 30.74    -13 39.0
          29    16 33.86    -14 18.7    1.090    1.851    18.7
     Aug.  3    16 37.47    -14 55.3
           8    16 41.52    -15 29.2    1.285    1.952    19.1


1984 June 4                    (3950)              Brian G. Marsden

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