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                                                  Circular No. 4707
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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1988 VP4
     Precise positions measured by C. Shoemaker from exposures by
E. Shoemaker, D. Levy and herself with the University of Arizona's
0.46-m Schmidt telescope at Mt. Bigelow (Catalina Station):

     1988 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.
     Dec. 14.23750   23 29 18.93   +15 34 23.3
          14.26180   23 29 19.53   +15 34 01.2

     Orbital elements from the above and the observations on MPC 13985:

                    Epoch = 1989 Feb.  3.0 ET
     T = 1989 Feb. 20.0508 ET         Peri. = 215.5219
     e = 0.652812                     Node  = 282.1362  1950.0
     q = 0.785769 AU                  Incl. =  11.6594
       a =  2.263238 AU    n = 0.2894734    P =   3.405 years

     1989 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r        V
     Jan. 14     0 04.60    + 8 52.7    0.566    0.967    16.6
          19     0 13.29    + 7 37.8
          24     0 22.36    + 6 09.1    0.506    0.890    16.5
          29     0 31.55    + 4 19.9
     Feb.  3     0 40.53    + 2 01.6    0.436    0.829    16.6
           8     0 48.88    - 0 56.2
          13     0 56.05    - 4 46.2    0.360    0.793    16.9
          18     1 01.35    - 9 42.1
          23     1 03.96    -15 55.1    0.292    0.787    17.6
          28     1 02.93    -23 28.3
     Mar.  5     0 57.15    -32 09.2    0.245    0.811    17.8
          10     0 45.20    -41 25.1
          15     0 25.14    -50 29.8    0.229    0.862    16.6
          20    23 54.22    -58 36.6
          25    23 08.88    -65 10.3    0.237    0.933    15.6
          30    22 05.93    -69 46.9
     Apr.  4    20 47.2     -72 10.4    0.258    1.018    15.1
           9    19 24.7     -72 19.5
          14    18 13.3     -70 38.7    0.287    1.111    15.0
          19    17 18.70    -67 45.5
          24    16 38.67    -64 11.1    0.322    1.207    15.0
          29    16 09.32    -60 15.9
     May   4    15 47.57    -56 13.6    0.370    1.306    15.1


1989 January 8                 (4707)              Brian G. Marsden

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