Subject: RE- 4442 GARCIA
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Dear Dr. Olszewski,

     That was good timing!  (4442) Garcia is in fact being announced
today (Nov. 7) on MPC 25976.  The Committee approved but suggested
that the citation should be slightly shortened:


(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St. Peterburg), but I give here our own unpublished (and very slightly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                                  
From 22 observations at 4 oppositions 1978-1988.

     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     
                                                                                
Yours sincerely,
Brian G. Marsden