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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1039      1996 Jan 30 20.48UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
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COMET C/1996 B1 (SZCZEPANSKI)
Parabolic orbital elements by Brian Marsden for the comet announced
on E1038 based on 20 observations Jan. 29-30:

     T = 1996 Feb.  5.227 TT          Peri. = 149.523
                                      Node  = 345.921   2000.0
     q = 1.45851 AU                   Incl. =  51.803

1996 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong. Phase m1
Jan. 30    13 59.43    +53 24.5    0.778    1.461  111.4   38.9 8.6
Feb.  1    13 52.00    +52 58.7    0.756    1.460  113.3   38.3 8.5
      3    13 43.89    +52 29.3    0.734    1.459  115.4   37.6 8.5
      5    13 35.08    +51 55.4    0.712    1.459  117.5   36.8 8.4
      7    13 25.59    +51 16.1    0.691    1.459  119.9   35.9 8.3
      9    13 15.45    +50 30.3    0.670    1.459  122.3   34.8 8.3
     11    13 04.68    +49 37.1    0.651    1.461  125.0   33.6 8.2
     13    12 53.35    +48 35.4    0.633    1.463  127.7   32.3 8.2
     15    12 41.55    +47 24.0    0.616    1.465  130.7   30.7 8.1
     17    12 29.38    +46 02.2    0.600    1.468  133.7   29.1 8.1
     19    12 16.97    +44 29.0    0.586    1.472  136.9   27.3 8.0
     21    12 04.45    +42 44.1    0.573    1.476  140.2   25.4 8.0
     23    11 51.97    +40 47.4    0.563    1.480  143.5   23.4 8.0
     25    11 39.67    +38 39.2    0.555    1.485  146.9   21.4 7.9
     27    11 27.68    +36 20.5    0.549    1.491  150.1   19.3 7.9
IAUC 6298 (extract)

Guy M Hurst