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MPEC 1996-Q04 : 1996 PC1

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M.P.E.C. 1996-Q04                                Issued 1996 Aug. 22, 13:20 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU

                                   1996 PC1

                           Revision to MPEC 1996-Q02

Observations:
     J96P01C  C1996 08 17.51172 22 10 57.95 -17 27 25.1                      422
     J96P01C  C1996 08 17.54460 22 10 45.83 -17 20 08.9                      422
     J96P01C  C1996 08 17.55383 22 10 42.41 -17 18 05.2                      422
     J96P01C  C1996 08 17.55991 22 10 40.13 -17 16 45.1                      422
     J96P01C  C1996 08 17.57174 22 10 35.73 -17 14 06.8                      422
     J96P01C  C1996 08 17.57304 22 10 35.28 -17 13 49.6                      422
     J96P01C  C1996 08 17.63599 22 10 13.04 -17 01 07.7          16.5 V      900
     J96P01C  C1996 08 17.64971 22 10 07.86 -16 58 03.5          16.4 V      900
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.12595 22 07 24.50 -15 08 29.0          16.8 R      816
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.12704 22 07 24.10 -15 08 13.3          17.0 R      816
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.12810 22 07 23.72 -15 07 59.1          16.8 R      816
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.12902 22 07 23.30 -15 07 46.5          16.9 R      816
     J96P01C tC1996 08 18.61510 22 04 27.55 -13 10 24.1          16.3 V      360
     J96P01C tC1996 08 18.61719 22 04 26.73 -13 09 53.5                      360
     J96P01C tC1996 08 18.61979 22 04 25.70 -13 09 14.6                      360
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.62174 22 04 24.69 -13 08 46.8          16.2 V      900
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.62815 22 04 22.12 -13 07 12.1          16.3 V      900
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.93369 22 02 31.06 -11 50 46.5          16.2 V      104
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.93484 22 02 30.60 -11 50 30.4                      104
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.93588 22 02 30.08 -11 50 13.8                      104
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.93819 22 02 29.15 -11 49 35.7                      104
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.93924 22 02 28.69 -11 49 20.6                      104
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.97218 22 02 15.48 -11 41 03.5          16.9 V      046
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.97563 22 02 14.11 -11 40 10.9                      046
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.97639 22 02 13.81 -11 39 59.0                      046
     J96P01C  C1996 08 18.97711 22 02 13.53 -11 39 48.2                      046
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.03152 22 01 52.01 -11 25 53.5                      557
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.03289 22 01 51.43 -11 25 32.5                      557
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.03426 22 01 50.92 -11 25 11.5                      557
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.46190 21 59 10.48 -09 33 02.9          17.1 V      566
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.47034 21 59 06.96 -09 30 48.2          17.2 V      566
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.47880 21 59 03.48 -09 28 32.5          17.0 V      566
     J96P01C tC1996 08 19.68021 21 57 46.10 -08 34 45.9          16.1 V      360
     J96P01C tC1996 08 19.68368 21 57 44.66 -08 33 49.7                      360
     J96P01C tC1996 08 19.68715 21 57 43.20 -08 32 53.2                      360
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.92154 21 56 14.71 -07 29 05.7          16.6 V      046
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.92229 21 56 14.41 -07 28 53.6                      046
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.92331 21 56 13.99 -07 28 37.0                      046
     J96P01C  C1996 08 19.92404 21 56 13.68 -07 28 24.6                      046
     J96P01C  C1996 08 21.89889 21 42 39.41 +02 13 31.1                      557
     J96P01C  C1996 08 21.90049 21 42 38.69 +02 14 00.7                      557
     J96P01C  C1996 08 21.90164 21 42 38.15 +02 14 22.4                      557
     J96P01C  C1996 08 21.90269 21 42 37.67 +02 14 41.5                      557

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector
    + CCD.
104 San Marcello Pistoiese.  Observers A. Boattini, L. Tesi.  0.40-m f/5
    reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.25-m f/4.1 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
566 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. J. Lawrence
    for the NEAT team.  1.0-m f/2.2 GEODSS telescope + CCD.
816 Rand Observatory.  Observer G. R. Viscome.  0.37-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1996 PC1
Epoch 1996 Aug. 5.0 TT = JDT 2450300.5                  Williams
M 337.76178              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39946025     Peri.   45.67746     +0.94061104     -0.24632297
a   1.8259421      Node   326.45228     +0.02120419     +0.72942636
e   0.4472091      Incl.   25.00717     +0.33882333     +0.63817097
P   2.47           H   21.0           G   0.15
From 68 observations 1996 Aug. 11-21.

Ephemeris:
1996 PC1                 a,e,i = 1.83, 0.45, 25                  q = 1.0094
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1996 08 15    22 24.15   -25 37.0    0.123    1.131   164.4    14.0    17.5
1996 08 17    22 13.79   -19 18.5    0.110    1.122   171.2     7.9    17.0
1996 08 19    22 02.09   -11 32.9    0.101    1.113   177.8     2.0    16.5
1996 08 21    21 48.99   -02 19.0    0.093    1.104   169.7     9.4    16.7
1996 08 23    21 34.47   +08 03.7    0.089    1.095   158.7    19.6    16.9
1996 08 25    21 18.51   +18 51.2    0.089    1.087   147.2    30.3    17.2
1996 08 27    21 01.16   +29 08.1    0.092    1.079   136.1    40.5    17.6
1996 08 29    20 42.55   +38 11.1    0.099    1.071   126.2    49.6    18.0
1996 08 31    20 22.84   +45 41.3    0.108    1.064   117.8    57.1    18.4
1996 09 02    20 02.28   +51 40.6    0.119    1.057   110.9    63.1    18.7
1996 09 04    19 41.21   +56 21.3    0.131    1.051   105.4    67.7    19.1
1996 09 06    19 19.99   +59 58.2    0.144    1.045   100.9    71.4    19.4
1996 09 08    18 58.97   +62 45.0    0.157    1.039    97.2    74.1    19.7
1996 09 10    18 38.49   +64 53.2    0.172    1.034    94.3    76.2    19.9
1996 09 12    18 18.83   +66 31.6    0.186    1.029    91.8    77.8    20.1
1996 09 14    18 00.17   +67 47.4    0.200    1.025    89.8    78.9    20.3
1996 09 16    17 42.64   +68 45.7    0.215    1.021    88.2    79.7    20.5
1996 09 18    17 26.26   +69 30.7    0.229    1.018    86.8    80.2    20.6
1996 09 20    17 11.0    +70 05.5    0.244    1.015    85.7    80.5    20.8
1996 09 22    16 56.9    +70 32.4    0.258    1.013    84.8    80.6    20.9
1996 09 24    16 43.8    +70 53.0    0.272    1.011    84.0    80.5    21.0
1996 09 26    16 31.7    +71 08.7    0.286    1.010    83.4    80.3    21.1
1996 09 28    16 20.5    +71 20.5    0.300    1.010    82.9    80.0    21.2
1996 09 30    16 10.1    +71 29.1    0.313    1.009    82.5    79.6    21.3
1996 10 02    16 00.5    +71 35.2    0.326    1.010    82.2    79.1    21.3
1996 10 04    15 51.6    +71 39.4    0.339    1.011    82.0    78.6    21.4

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1996 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1996-Q04

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