Circular No. 3966 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 617-495-7244/7440/7444 1982 RA P. M. Kilmartin, Mount John University Observatory, has measured the following precise positions of this Amor object from exposures by A. C. Gilmore with the 0.6-m reflector: 1984 UT R.A. (1950.0) Decl. Mag. July 25.60787 0 31 25.21 -42 43 22.3 16.5 25.62986 0 31 24.17 -42 43 11.7 26.61470 0 30 43.41 -42 34 42.3 16.5 26.63738 0 30 42.27 -42 34 30.1 The following orbital elements, by the undersigned, are from 35 observations at the 1982 and 1984 oppositions: T = 1984 Nov. 5.3205 ET Epoch = 1984 Oct. 27.0 ET Peri. = 53.2516 e = 0.283574 Node = 339.4572 1950.0 a = 1.574735 AU Incl. = 32.9736 n = 0.4987613 q = 1.128182 AU P = 1.976 years 1984 ET R.A. (1950.0) Decl. p r Mag. July 29 0 28.60 -42 12.3 0.518 1.380 16.4 Aug. 3 0 21.94 -41 15.1 8 0 11.74 -39 56.3 0.419 1.341 15.8 13 23 57.40 -38 04.0 18 23 38.41 -35 21.0 0.332 1.303 15.1 23 23 14.60 -31 24.7 28 22 46.53 -25 51.7 0.265 1.266 14.2 Sept. 2 22 15.76 -18 32.0 7 21 44.63 - 9 48.2 0.236 1.233 14.0 12 21 15.45 - 0 39.1 17 20 49.89 + 7 50.0 0.253 1.203 14.5 22 20 28.68 +15 00.7 27 20 11.86 +20 47.4 0.304 1.177 15.2 Oct. 2 19 58.98 +25 22.8 7 19 49.45 +29 03.8 0.370 1.156 15.8 12 19 42.68 +32 04.9 17 19 38.16 +34 37.2 0.439 1.140 16.2 22 19 35.54 +36 49.2 27 19 34.54 +38 46.9 0.503 1.131 16.5 Nov. 1 19 34.95 +40 35.1 6 19 36.59 +42 17.3 0.560 1.128 16.7 1984 August 3 (3966) Brian G. Marsden
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