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IAUC 7230: Prob. NEW Sats OF URANUS
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Circular No. 7230
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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PROBABLE NEW SATELLITES OF URANUS
J. J. Kavelaars, McMaster University; B. Gladman, Observatoire de la
Cote d'Azur (OCA); M. Holman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
(CfA); J.-M. Petit, OCA; and H. Scholl, OCA, report the discovery of two
probable new satellites of Uranus in CCD images obtained with the
3.5-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope at Mauna Kea:
1999 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. R
July 18.51250 21 14 55.58 -16 39 31.9 23.4 S/1999 U 1
18.59355 21 14 54.87 -16 39 35.1
19.50227 21 14 47.10 -16 40 12.5
19.57032 21 14 46.47 -16 40 15.3
21.46464 21 14 29.75 -16 41 35.2 23.1
21.51919 21 14 29.26 -16 41 37.5
July 18.51250 21 13 38.33 -16 49 57.1 24.3 S/1999 U 2
18.59355 21 13 37.61 -16 50 00.6
19.50227 21 13 29.54 -16 50 39.5
19.57032 21 13 28.89 -16 50 42.4
21.46464 21 13 11.76 -16 52 06.7 24.3
21.51919 21 13 11.26 -16 52 09.3
Although computations show that the data can be satisfied equally well by
satellite or by centaur orbits, the absence of other slow-moving objects
nearby with apparent motions remotely resembling that of Uranus suggests
that the objects are indeed satellites. The ephemerides below are from
computations by B. G. Marsden, CfA, in which it was assumed that the
objects are near the apocenters of direct uranicentric orbits having e = 0.4:
1999 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r_U Elong. dR.A. dDecl.
July 21 21 14.57 -16 41.2 18.959 0.154 161.9 1544+ 625+
31 21 13.05 -16 48.4 18.922 0.154 171.8 1557+ 612+
Aug. 10 21 11.47 -16 55.7 18.913 0.154 178.1 1567+ 597+
20 21 09.90 -17 02.9 18.934 0.154 168.2 1573+ 581+
30 21 08.40 -17 09.6 18.984 0.154 158.2 1576+ 564+
July 21 21 13.27 -16 51.7 18.889 0.062 162.2 425+ 5-
31 21 11.71 -16 59.3 18.853 0.061 172.1 402+ 40- 20 21 08.48 -17 14.4 18.870 0.060 167.8 349+ 107- 30 21 06.94 -17 21.4 18.923 0.060 157.8 318+ 139- (C) Copyright 1999 CBAT
1999 July 27 (7230) Brian G. Marsden
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