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    M.P.E.C. 1993-W03                                Issued 1993 Nov. 17, 15:16 UT

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                                    1993 VW

Discovered 1993 Nov. 9 by E. F. Helin and J. Alu at Palomar.  Independently
reported by Shoemaker et al.

Available observations:
     J93V00W*2A1993 11 09.33316 02 52 03.40 +18 39 52.8          16.0        675
     J93V00W 2A1993 11 09.36007 02 52 00.30 +18 39 22.8                      675
     J93V00W 2A1993 11 10.28073 02 50 20.20 +18 19 52.1                      675
     J93V00W 2A1993 11 10.30278 02 50 17.65 +18 19 25.5                      675
     J93V00W 3A1993 11 15.42483 02 40 28.45 +16 20 54.0          17.2        675
     J93V00W 3A1993 11 15.44791 02 40 25.89 +16 20 21.3                      675
     J93V00W 3A1993 11 16.32916 02 38 41.51 +15 58 28.6                      675
     J93V00W 3A1993 11 16.35734 02 38 37.31 +15 57 47.2                      675

Observer details:
675 Palomar Mountain.  0.46-m Schmidt.
    (2) Observers E. F. Helin, K. Lawrence, J. Alu.  Measurer K. Lawrence.
    (3) Observers C. S. Shoemaker, E. M. Shoemaker, D. H. Levy, T. S. Melis.
        Preliminary measures on Palomar Mountain by "Mme Guillotine".

Orbital elements:
1993 VW
Epoch 1993 Nov. 9.0 TT = JDT 2449300.5                  Williams
M 315.85950              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39585118     Peri.  283.56863     -0.89034745     -0.43370239
a   1.8370237      Node   230.91432     +0.45520609     -0.84246251
e   0.5403860      Incl.   10.27885     +0.00829649     -0.31962346
P   2.49           H    15.5          G   0.15
From 8 observations 1993 Nov. 9-16.

Ephemeris:
1993 VW                  a,e,i = 1.84, 0.54, 10
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1993 10 20    03 18.73   +23 33.9    0.765    1.712   152.8    15.4    16.9
1993 10 30    03 08.29   +21 40.8    0.658    1.638   165.5     8.7    16.3
1993 11 09    02 52.66   +18 46.9    0.571    1.562   177.8     1.4    15.4
1993 11 19    02 33.32   +14 49.5    0.508    1.483   163.9    10.6    15.6
1993 11 29    02 13.39   +10 06.3    0.467    1.403   147.6    22.2    15.6
1993 12 09    01 56.21   +05 11.6    0.444    1.322   131.5    33.9    15.8
1993 12 19    01 44.26   +00 38.5    0.432    1.240   116.8    45.1    15.9
1993 12 29    01 38.39   -03 19.2    0.423    1.160   103.8    55.4    16.0
1994 01 08    01 37.95   -06 48.1    0.412    1.082    92.4    65.2    16.1
1994 01 18    01 41.59   -10 07.2    0.392    1.010    82.4    75.0    16.1
1994 01 28    01 47.16   -13 45.2    0.363    0.945    73.1    85.3    16.2

Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1993-W03

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