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                                                  Circular No. 4998
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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1990 HA
     A. Mrkos, Klet Observatory, reports his discovery of a
fast-moving asteroidal object, as follows:

     1990 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.       Mag.
     Apr. 17.87708   13 09 58.10   + 6 58 55.2   13.0
          17.89132   13 10 01.46   + 6 58 08.5
          20.83073   13 20 11.59   + 4 45 31.9   14.0
          20.83785   13 20 12.68   + 4 45 16.7
          22.88102   13 25 12.54   + 3 37 33.4   14.0
          22.88889   13 25 13.53   + 3 37 17.7

     The following preliminary orbital elements, by the
undersigned, indicate that this is an Apollo-type object,
with minimum geocentric distance about 0.031 AU having occurred
around Apr. 6:

     T = 1990 Feb. 23.95 ET           Peri. = 307.14
     e = 0.6287                       Node  = 185.02    1950.0
     q = 0.8000 AU                    Incl. =   3.64
       a =  2.1544 AU      n = 0.31168      P =   3.16 years

     1990 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       V
     Apr. 19    13 14.36    + 6 02.8    0.118    1.117    12.4
          20    13 17.71    + 5 18.8
          21    13 20.63    + 4 40.1    0.136    1.135    12.7
          22    13 23.18    + 4 05.6
          23    13 25.45    + 3 34.7    0.155    1.154    13.0
          24    13 27.47    + 3 06.8
          25    13 29.30    + 2 41.3    0.174    1.172    13.3
          26    13 30.95    + 2 17.9
          27    13 32.46    + 1 56.3    0.193    1.191    13.6
          28    13 33.84    + 1 36.2
          29    13 35.13    + 1 17.5    0.213    1.210    13.8
          30    13 36.33    + 0 59.9
     May   1    13 37.45    + 0 43.3    0.233    1.229    14.1
           2    13 38.50    + 0 27.6
           3    13 39.50    + 0 12.6    0.253    1.247    14.3
           4    13 40.45    - 0 01.6
           5    13 41.36    - 0 15.3    0.274    1.266    14.5


1990 April 23                  (4998)             Daniel W. E. Green

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