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IAUC 5538: 1992 LC; N Pup 1991

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                                                  Circular No. 5538
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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1992 LC
     A fast-moving asteroidal object has been discovered by C. S.
Shoemaker, E. M. Shoemaker, D. H. Levy, and G. J. Leonard with the
0.46-m Schmidt telescope at Palomar:

     1992 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
     June  4.19306   12 34 18.18   + 1 04 01.8   16.0
           4.22205   12 34 26.56   + 1 01 21.3
           5.20260   12 39 21.63   - 0 23 39.9   16.0
           5.23246   12 39 30.13   - 0 26 12.5
           6.18871   12 44 06.10   - 1 44 56.0
           6.21684   12 44 13.74   - 1 47 11.2

     Orbital elements by B. G. Marsden, Center for Astrophysics:

     T = 1992 Mar. 12.078 TT          Peri. =  64.927
     e = 0.33192                      Node  =  69.397   2000.0
     q = 0.73320 AU                   Incl. =   9.415
       a =  1.09748 AU     n = 0.857253     P =   1.15 years

1992 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong. Phase      V
June  7    12 47.86    - 2 48.3    0.207    1.120  115.5   54.9     15.3
     12    13 08.58    - 8 26.6    0.239    1.146  117.6   51.7     15.6
     17    13 26.15    -12 48.1    0.274    1.171  118.4   49.7     15.9
     22    13 41.58    -16 13.5    0.311    1.196  118.3   48.4     16.2
     27    13 55.58    -18 57.7    0.351    1.220  117.6   47.6     16.5
July  2    14 08.64    -21 11.7    0.392    1.242  116.5   47.1     16.7
      7    14 21.07    -23 03.0    0.435    1.264  115.0   46.8     17.0
     12    14 33.10    -24 36.7    0.479    1.284  113.4   46.6     17.2
     17    14 44.87    -25 56.8    0.524    1.304  111.6   46.5     17.4


NOVA PUPPIS 1991
     A. C. Gilmore reports the following additional photometry (cf.
IAUC 5527) obtained with the 0.6-m Boller & Chivens Cassegrain
telescope at Mt. John University Observatory (+/- 0.01):  May 30.37
UT, V = 11.37, B-V = -0.01, U-B = -0.92, V-R = +1.14, V-I = +0.87.


1992 June 10                   (5538)            Daniel W. E. Green

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