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                                                  Circular No. 5264
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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1991 JR
     J. V. Scotti, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, reports the
following discovery of a fast-moving asteroidal object with the
Spacewatch telescope on Kitt Peak:

     1991 UT             R.A. (1950) Decl.        V
     May   8.44749   16 08 02.19   + 5 56 34.0
           8.46907   16 08 04.59   + 5 54 58.0   19.5
          10.19735   16 12 29.51   + 3 36 53.5
          10.20622   16 12 30.74   + 3 36 08.2   19.4
          10.21670   16 12 32.16   + 3 35 13.2
          11.22728   16 15 15.93   + 2 02 58.2
          11.23161   16 15 16.54   + 2 02 34.1   18.9
          11.24196   16 15 17.96   + 2 01 33.8
          11.40483   16 15 39.54   + 1 45 48.5
          11.40925   16 15 40.08   + 1 45 23.1   18.7
          11.42017   16 15 41.62   + 1 44 18.5
          12.28885   16 18 19.18   + 0 15 46.5   19.2
          12.29347   16 18 19.89   + 0 15 17.4
          12.30373   16 18 21.35   + 0 14 11.4

     Orbital elements by B. G. Marsden, Center for Astrophysics, from
the above observations:

     T = 1991 June 15.960 ET          Peri. = 206.871
     e = 0.26159                      Node  =  59.572   1950.0
     q = 1.03915 AU                   Incl. =  10.154
       a =  1.40728 AU     n = 0.590384     P =   1.67 years

     1991 ET      R.A. (1950) Decl.     Delta      r       V
     May  12    16 17.41    + 0 47.1    0.077    1.081    18.7
          13    16 20.48    - 1 01.3
          14    16 23.80    - 3 00.7    0.071    1.077    18.4
          15    16 27.39    - 5 12.1
          16    16 31.31    - 7 36.5    0.065    1.072    18.1
          17    16 35.61    -10 14.8
          18    16 40.33    -13 07.7    0.059    1.068    17.9
          19    16 45.55    -16 15.9
          20    16 51.36    -19 39.3    0.055    1.064    17.7


1991 May 13                    (5264)             Daniel W. E. Green

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