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                                                  Circular No. 4699
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Telephone 617-495-7244/7440/7444 (for emergency use only)
TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM     EASYLINK 62794505
MARSDEN or GREEN@CFA.BITNET    MARSDEN or GREEN@CFAPS2.SPAN


COMET YANAKA (1988r)
     Precise position measured by B. Roman from a film taken by E.
Helin, R. Helin, R. Crockett and himself with the 0.46-m Palomar Schmidt:

     1989 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.        m1
     Jan.  3.48872   16 11 41.91   - 2 55 11.3    9.5

     Parabolic orbital elements from eight observations Jan. 1-3:

     T = 1988 Dec. 11.76 ET           Peri. =  88.41
                                      Node  = 315.46    1950.0
     q = 0.4301 AU                    Incl. =  70.35

     1989 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       m1
     Jan.  2    16 19.70    - 1 25.2    0.547    0.682     9.5
           4    16 08.82    - 3 28.4
           6    15 56.95    - 5 52.6    0.481    0.755     9.7
           8    15 43.84    - 8 39.0
          10    15 29.17    -11 48.6    0.424    0.829     9.8
          12    15 12.54    -15 21.5
          14    14 53.51    -19 15.9    0.378    0.903     9.9
          16    14 31.62    -23 26.9
          18    14 06.41    -27 45.7    0.349    0.977    10.1
          20    13 37.62    -31 59.0
          22    13 05.35    -35 50.3    0.341    1.050    10.4
          24    12 30.27    -39 03.3
          26    11 53.69    -41 26.3    0.356    1.123    10.8
          28    11 17.37    -42 55.2
          30    10 43.05    -43 33.9    0.392    1.195    11.2
     Feb.  1    10 11.96    -43 31.8
           3     9 44.70    -43 00.0    0.445    1.265    11.8


COMET YANAKA (1989a)
     Precise positions measured by B. Roman from films taken by E.
Helin, R. Helin, R. Crockett and himself with the 0.46-m Palomar Schmidt:

     1989 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.        m1
     Jan.  3.45747   13 48 27.41   + 9 53 16.7   10.5
           3.48281   13 48 30.21   + 9 53 45.3


1989 January 4                 (4699)              Brian G. Marsden

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