Circular No. 5459 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 1992 CC1 C. S. and E. M. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy report their discovery of a fast-moving asteroidal object on Palomar 0.46-m Schmidt films. The following measurements are by T. M. King and C. S. Shoemaker: 1992 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. Feb. 9.51649 12 20 31.44 +21 04 37.6 17.7 9.54983 12 20 26.32 +21 04 30.2 25.31198 11 33 09.39 +19 28 39.8 16.8 26.30764 11 29 51.02 +19 19 30.5 Orbital elements by G. V. Williams, Center for Astrophysics: T = 1991 Aug. 24.589 TT Peri. = 22.730 e = 0.36765 Node = 350.216 2000.0 q = 0.86021 AU Incl. = 32.677 a = 1.36033 AU n = 0.621208 P = 1.59 years 1992 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V Feb. 28 11 24.21 +19 03.1 0.719 1.695 165.1 8.7 16.0 Mar. 4 11 07.68 +18 07.8 0.728 1.711 168.1 6.9 16.0 9 10 51.87 +17 03.9 0.746 1.726 165.8 8.1 16.1 14 10 37.36 +15 53.5 0.772 1.740 160.1 11.2 16.3 19 10 24.55 +14 39.4 0.806 1.754 153.5 14.7 16.6 24 10 13.64 +13 24.1 0.846 1.766 146.7 18.0 16.8 29 10 04.68 +12 09.5 0.892 1.778 140.3 21.0 17.0 Apr. 3 9 57.62 +10 56.6 0.943 1.789 134.1 23.7 17.2 8 9 52.33 + 9 46.2 0.998 1.799 128.3 25.9 17.5 NOVA CYGNI 1992 H. Mikuz, Ljubljana, Slovenia, reports the following photometry obtained by B. Dintinjana and himself using the University of Ljubljana 0.36-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (+ CCD) at the Crni Observatory: Feb. 23.208 UT, V = 4.47 +/- 0.02, B-V = +0.58 +/- 0.02, V-R = +0.48 +/- 0.03; 25.203, 4.81, +0.37, +0.72. 1992 February 27 (5459) Daniel W. E. Green
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