Comet Shoemaker (1988b)
Abstract
The following positions have been reported: 1988 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1 Observer Feb. 11.31545 10 08 14.58 +34 38 21.8 17.0 Helin 11.33924 10 08 13.11 +34 38 18.7 " 13.62300 10 05 45.56 +34 32 53.8 16.5 Seki 15.29437 10 03 56.85 +34 28 37.4 Shao 15.61006 10 03 36.7 +34 27 47 16.5 Hayakawa 15.70348 10 03 28.61 +34 27 27.4 17 Seki E. Helin, J. Alu, D. Schneeberger, B. Roman, and S. Wang (Palomar). 0.46-m Schmidt telescope. T. Seki (Geisei). 0.60-m reflector. C.-Y. Shao (Oak Ridge Observatory). 1.55-m reflector. S. Hayakawa (YGCO Nagano station). 0.25-m reflector. Communicated by T. Kobayashi. The following parabolic orbital elements are from 7 observations, 1988 Jan. 23-Feb. 15: T = 1987 Mar. 20.75 ET Peri. = 124.33 Node = 324.48 1950.0 q = 5.0335 AU i = 80.54 1987/88 ET R. A. (1950) Decl. Delta r m1 Dec. 11 10 56.55 +34 59.9 5.085 5.424 16.4 21 10 52.75 +34 58.7 31 10 47.23 +35 00.8 4.862 5.482 16.3 Jan. 10 10 40.03 +35 03.4 20 10 31.31 +35 03.5 4.714 5.543 16.3 30 10 21.41 +34 57.6 Feb. 9 10 10.77 +34 43.1 4.680 5.607 16.3 19 9 59.96 +34 18.0 29 9 49.54 +33 41.8 4.783 5.674 16.4 Mar. 10 9 40.02 +32 55.2 20 9 31.78 +31 59.6 5.013 5.744 16.6
- Publication:
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International Astronomical Union Circular
- Pub Date:
- February 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988IAUC.4548....1H