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IAUC 6460: C/1996 Q1

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                                                  Circular No. 6460
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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COMET C/1996 Q1 (TABUR)
     The following precise CCD positions have been reported:

     1996 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Aug. 22.78288    4 49 26.02   - 8 20 44.9   13.3   Ikari
          22.79688    4 49 27.35   - 8 20 26.6   13.3     "
          23.08900    4 49 55.86   - 8 14 08.1          Tichy
          23.09336    4 49 56.25   - 8 14 02.5            "

Y. Ikari (Moriyama).  0.25-m f/6.3 reflector.  Communicated by S. Nakano.
M. Tichy and Z. Moravec (Klet).  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector.  Measurer Tichy.

     The parabolic orbital elements below are from 15 observations
Aug. 21-23.  The ephemeris uncertainty is at least 2 deg by the end
of September.

     T = 1996 Nov.  1.076 TT          Peri. =  61.299
                                      Node  =  27.864   2000.0
     q = 0.78087 AU                   Incl. =  77.469

1996 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong. Phase      m1
Aug. 15     4 37.49    -10 48.5    1.444    1.595   78.8   38.5     10.8
     20     4 45.01    - 9 17.9    1.318    1.527   80.7   40.9     10.4
     25     4 53.10    - 7 30.8    1.191    1.458   82.5   43.4     10.0
     30     5 02.02    - 5 20.6    1.063    1.389   84.1   46.3      9.6
Sept. 4     5 12.23    - 2 37.1    0.936    1.321   85.5   49.5      9.1
      9     5 24.44    + 0 55.7    0.811    1.254   86.5   53.3      8.5
     14     5 39.93    + 5 43.1    0.689    1.188   86.9   57.7      7.9
     19     6 01.14    +12 25.4    0.575    1.124   86.2   63.1      7.3
     24     6 33.02    +21 57.3    0.476    1.061   83.6   69.9      6.6
     29     7 26.27    +34 45.2    0.406    1.002   78.4   78.2      6.1
Oct.  4     9 00.10    +47 53.9    0.381    0.948   71.0   86.6      5.7
      9    11 13.23    +53 41.3    0.412    0.898   64.0   91.7      5.6
     14    13 02.51    +50 43.5    0.487    0.855   59.0   91.8      5.8
     19    14 05.08    +45 04.8    0.589    0.821   55.5   88.3      6.0
     24    14 40.09    +39 46.3    0.704    0.797   52.6   82.8      6.2
     29    15 01.19    +35 15.7    0.824    0.783   50.0   76.3      6.5
Nov.  3    15 14.91    +31 25.3    0.944    0.782   47.5   69.4      6.8
      8    15 24.47    +28 04.7    1.060    0.792   45.3   62.7      7.1
     13    15 31.54    +25 06.5    1.170    0.814   43.3   56.5      7.4

                      (C) Copyright 1996 CBAT
1996 August 23                 (6460)              Brian G. Marsden

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