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IAUC 5291: 1991q; 1991 JW
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Circular No. 5291
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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MARSDEN or GREEN@CFA.BITNET MARSDEN or GREEN@CFAPS2.SPAN
COMET LEVY (1991q)
David H. Levy, Tucson, AZ, reports his discovery of a comet
with a 0.41-m f/5 reflector, as given below. The object is somewhat
condensed with a 3' coma and no evidence of tail.
1991 UT R.A. (1950) Decl. m1
June 14.448 1 42.2 +13 32 8
14.465 1 42.4 +13 34
1991 JW
No observations of this object have been reported since May 18.
The following orbital elements are from MPC 18442:
T = 1991 Sept.16.8352 ET Peri. = 301.8854
e = 0.118272 Node = 53.5166 1950.0
q = 0.915105 AU Incl. = 8.7054
a = 1.037853 AU n = 0.9321808 P = 1.057 years
1991 ET R.A. (1950) Decl. Delta r V
June 13 11 26.80 -16 26.8 0.166 1.051 18.3
18 11 22.66 -19 41.6
23 11 19.27 -22 48.6 0.176 1.031 18.6
28 11 16.26 -25 48.1
July 3 11 13.31 -28 40.1 0.184 1.011 18.9
8 11 10.14 -31 24.4
13 11 06.52 -34 00.9 0.189 0.991 19.1
18 11 02.12 -36 28.8
23 10 56.59 -38 46.0 0.190 0.972 19.4
28 10 49.62 -40 49.4
Aug. 2 10 41.01 -42 35.1 0.187 0.955 19.6
7 10 30.66 -43 58.8
12 10 18.65 -44 55.8 0.183 0.941 19.8
17 10 05.17 -45 20.5
22 9 50.70 -45 06.6 0.176 0.929 19.9
27 9 36.05 -44 09.0
Sept. 1 9 22.23 -42 25.2 0.168 0.920 20.1
1991 June 14 (5291) Daniel W. E. Green
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