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    M.P.E.C. 1993-W05                                Issued 1993 Nov. 19, 13:59 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
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                                    1993 VW

Additional observations:
     J93V00W 2A1993 10 20.40903 03 17 59.70 +23 25 33.9          17.0        675
     J93V00W 2A1993 10 20.43837 03 17 58.25 +23 25 19.2                      675
     J93V00W  C1993 11 18.24534 02 34 51.41 +15 09 18.4                      657
     J93V00W  C1993 11 18.24675 02 34 51.18 +15 09 16.6                      657
     J93V00W  C1993 11 18.24797 02 34 51.05 +15 09 14.7                      657
     J93V00W  C1993 11 19.18333 02 32 58.08 +14 44 36.2          16.0 V      670
     J93V00W  C1993 11 19.19028 02 32 57.30 +14 44 25.1                      670
     J93V00W  C1993 11 19.20000 02 32 56.08 +14 44 10.4                      670

Observer details:
657 Climenhaga Observatory, Victoria.  Observers D. D. Balam, J. B. Tatum.
    0.5-m reflector + CCD.
670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.25-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
675 Palomar Mountain.  Observers E. F. Helin, K. Lawrence, J. Alu.
    Measurer J. Alu.  0.46-m Schmidt.

Orbital elements:
1993 VW
Epoch 1993 Oct. 20.0 TT = JDT 2449280.5                 Williams
M 301.41380              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.45225925     Peri.  280.77835     -0.87562269     -0.46877962
a   1.6809098      Node   231.37212     +0.48051375     -0.82109926
e   0.4782873      Incl.    8.56302     +0.04890237     -0.32564041
P   2.18           H    15.5          G   0.15
From 12 observations 1993 Oct. 20-Nov. 19.

Ephemeris:
1993 VW                  a,e,i = 1.68, 0.48, 9
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1993 11 19    02 33.33   +14 49.6    0.442    1.418   163.9    11.1    15.2
1993 11 29    02 13.54   +10 06.6    0.406    1.346   147.6    23.1    15.3
1993 12 09    01 56.84   +05 14.1    0.385    1.274   131.7    35.2    15.4
1993 12 19    01 45.71   +00 45.6    0.375    1.202   117.2    46.7    15.5
1993 12 29    01 40.93   -03 06.1    0.367    1.132   104.5    57.2    15.7
1994 01 08    01 41.72   -06 29.2    0.355    1.065    93.4    67.1    15.8
1994 01 18    01 46.69   -09 43.6    0.337    1.004    83.7    76.8    15.8
1994 01 28    01 53.79   -13 18.8    0.310    0.952    74.8    86.9    15.9

Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1993-W05

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