THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 169 1988 June 12 17.38UT.
Telecom Gold 72:MAG60138
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16, Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone:(0256)471074.Int:+44256471074
Telex:265871(MONREF G) Quote"72:MAG60138 ATT G.HURST"in FIRST line.
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(3152) JONES = 1983LF
Asteroid (3152) has been named after the amateur astronomer Albert
Jones in New Zealand with the following citation published on
MPC 13175:
"Discovered 1983 June 7 by A.C.Gilmore and P.M.Kilmartin at the
Mount John Observatory.
Named in honour of Albert Francis Arthur Lofley Jones, New Zealand
amateur astronomer renowned for the quantity and precision of his
visual magnitude estimates of variable stars. His record of some
300,000 variable star observations over nearly 50 years is
unrivalled worldwide. He is also a noted observer of comets and the
discoverer of Comet 1946VI. He was an independent discoverer of
SN 1987A in the LMC."
PERIODIC COMET BRORSEN-METCALF
Don Miles has mentioned that a correspondent has pointed out that
this comet might be bright around perihelion in 1989.
Elements from ICQ Handbook:
T =1989 Sept 27.5527 ET
Peri= 129.6335)
Node= 310.872 ) 1950.0
Incl= 19.3335)
q = 0.478624 AU
e = 0.971978
a = 17.080294
The following predictions are uncertain as the comet has not yet
been recovered. Computations by Hurst yield the following for next
year:
1989 ET RA(1950) DEC(1950) Earth Sun Elong m1
Aug 2 00h56.8m +25 01.1 0.570 1.289 105.9 9.1
12 02 16.0 +40 31.0 0.437 1.122 93.1 7.8
22 05 12.2 +52 49.7 0.401 0.950 70.3 6.7
Sept 1 08 11.8 +45 41.0 0.481 0.780 49.1 6.1
11 09 34.9 +33 01.4 0.645 0.620 36.9 5.5
21 10 21.2 +21 55.7 0.863 0.504 30.6 5.1
Oct 1 10 59.8 +11 45.3 1.105 0.485 26.6 5.4
11 11 36.6 +02 42.1 1.332 0.577 24.1 6.7
ERRATUM
Circulars 167 and 168 should be dated June and not May.
Guy M Hurst