THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 267 1989 Feb 28 19.53UT.
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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1989 DA
J. Mueller reports that J. Phinney discovered a fast-moving
asteroidal object on an exposure by P. Moniot and C. Brewer on
Feb.27 with the Oschin 1.2-m Schmidt telescope in the course of
Palomar Sky Survey II. She has measured the following positions
from that and a follow-up exposure on Feb. 28:
1989 UT R.A. (1950) Decl. Mag.
Feb. 27.19444 8 26 44.36 +47 01 32.7 17
27.25000 8 27 59.28 +46 49 31.2
28.17708 8 48 47.91 +43 18 07.1
28.18750 8 49 00.90 +43 15 47.1
The following orbital elements, by B. G. Marsden, Center for
Astrophysics, are necessarily very uncertain, but the ephemeris may
help observers locate the object:
T = 1989 Feb. 8.32 ET Peri. = 144.56
e = 0.6429 Node = 348.02 1950.0
q = 1.0013 AU Incl. = 7.58
a = 2.8036 AU n = 0.20995 P = 4.69 years
1989 ET R.A. (1950) Decl. Delta r V
Feb. 27 8 22.01 +47 42.9 0.064 1.034 16.1
28 8 44.92 +43 59.6
Mar. 1 9 05.23 +39 58.9 0.063 1.041 15.9
2 9 23.06 +35 48.8
3 9 38.67 +31 36.9 0.065 1.048 15.8
4 9 52.32 +27 30.0
5 10 04.26 +23 33.2 0.069 1.057 15.7
6 10 14.73 +19 50.2
7 10 23.96 +16 22.9 0.076 1.066 15.7
8 10 32.12 +13 12.2
9 10 39.36 +10 18.1 0.083 1.075 15.8
10 10 45.82 + 7 39.9
11 10 51.61 + 5 16.8 0.092 1.085 16.0
IAUC 4744
DX ANDROMEDAE
Further to the reports of a possible outburst in 1988 December,
mentioned in E252, Patrick Schmeer (MAG70250) e-mails that
observations by Japanese amateur astronomers do NOT confirm this.
Makoto Iida reports the following negative estimates:
1988 Dec 2.458UT [14.0 (Kato)
12.504UT [14.0 (Iida)
13.508UT [14.0 (Iida)
14.519UT [14.0 (Iida)
Guy M Hurst