>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 11:57:06 -0700
>From: edo@as.arizona.edu (E. Olszewski)
>To: rburnham@astronomy.com
>Cc: edo@oz.as.arizona.edu, sradford@nrao.edu
>Subject: asteroid 4442 named GARCIA
>
>Dear Folks:
>
>Thanks to the generosity of Professor Tom Gehrels of the Lunar and
>Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona (he provided the
>asteroid), Simon Radford (NRAO, Tucson) and I (Steward Observatory) were
>able to propose that an asteroid be named after the late Jerry Garcia of
>the Grateful Dead. The official citation, published in Minor Planet
>Circular 25976, follows below.
>
>Brian Marsden informs me that a recent orbit solution was published
>in MPC 16219, and he sent me his own unpublished orbital solution.
>I will append that after the citation.
>
>Edward Olszewski (edo@as.arizona.edu)
>__________________________________________________________________________
>
>(4442) Garcia = 1985 RB1
>     Discovered 1985 Sept. 14 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
>     Named in memory of Jerry Garcia (1942-1995), lead guitarist for the
>``Grateful Dead''.  He was also a superb banjo player and steel pedal guitar
>player.  His recorded works embrace many styles, among them
>rock-and-roll, bluegrass and country, and experimental electronic music.
>Garcia and the Grateful Dead have also sought to preserve endangered and
>underappreciated music.  Garcia was best known for his consummate
>musicianship and for live performance and improvisations.  Those
>embracing Garcia's music have now spanned several generations, attesting to
>the quality and timelessness of his music.  Name proposed by T. Gehrels,
>following a suggestion by S. Radford.  Citation prepared by E. Olszewski and
>S. Radford.
>____________________________________________________________________________
>
>      The object's numbering and most recent orbit solution were published
>in 1990 on MPC 16219 for the osculation epoch 1990 Nov. 5 (and equinox
>B1950.0).  Updated J2000.0 values and for a current epoch are published in
>the 1995 edition of "Efemeridy Malykh Planet" (ITA, St. Peterburg), but I
>give here our own unpublished (and very slightly different) version:
>
> (4442) 1985 RB1 = 1988 BC5
>Epoch 1995 Oct. 10.0 TT = JDT 2450000.5  (M-P)          Williams, MPC 16219
>M 151.32536              (2000.0)            P               Q
>n   0.19015057     Peri.  264.62589     -0.94642778     +0.20526230
>a   2.9950515      Node   287.03770     -0.07297125     -0.88795321
>e   0.2500688      Incl.   15.11310     -0.31456263     -0.41159019
>P   5.18           H    12.4          G   0.15
>
>     The object was at opposition on Sept. 6 so is now moving over into
>the evening sky.  Here is an ephemeris for the next month:
>
>Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
>1995 10 10    22 34.83   +10 39.6    2.830    3.684   143.9     9.2    18.1
>1995 10 20    22 31.20   +09 49.4    2.927    3.692   134.3    11.1    18.3
>1995 10 30    22 29.42   +09 04.5    3.044    3.699   124.6    12.8    18.4
>1995 11 09    22 29.54   +08 27.9    3.176    3.706   115.0    14.0    18.6
>1995 11 19    22 31.43   +08 01.2    3.319    3.712   105.7    14.9    18.7
>1995 11 29    22 34.98   +07 45.3    3.470    3.717    96.8    15.3    18.8
>1995 12 09    22 40.00   +07 40.6    3.622    3.722    88.1    15.3    18.9
>____________________________________________________________________________
>

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