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    M.P.E.C. 1993-W06                                Issued 1993 Nov. 20, 19:03 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.
    
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                                        1993 VA
    
    Additional observations:
         J93V00A FA1993 11 09.64907 01 38 04.20 -77 56 48.0                      413
         J93V00A FA1993 11 09.72858 01 37 43.56 -78 06 06.6                      413
         J93V00A p 1993 11 14.46505 00 02 00.62 -87 50 56.2                      413
         J93V00A   1993 11 14.52083 23 56 03.96 -87 57 09.7                      323
         J93V00A   1993 11 14.68958 23 29 53.28 -88 14 44.3                      323
         J93V00A  C1993 11 19.50345 14 26 31.02 -80 50 49.4                      413
         J93V00A  C1993 11 19.50546 14 26 30.52 -80 50 33.5                      413
         J93V00A  C1993 11 19.50748 14 26 30.08 -80 50 17.6                      413
         J93V00A  C1993 11 20.41503 14 21 56.54 -78 51 59.1                      413
         J93V00A  C1993 11 20.41677 14 21 56.36 -78 51 45.4                      413
    
    Observer details:
    323 Perth Observatory, Bickley.  Observers M. P. Candy, G. Lowe, T. Smith.
        0.3-m astrograph.
    413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd.
        Uppsala Southern Schmidt, 1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1993 VA
    Epoch 1993 Nov. 9.0 TT = JDT 2449300.5                  Williams
    M 330.49583              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.61392578     Peri.  336.09972     -0.33978363     -0.93585357
    a   1.3710674      Node   133.61469     +0.88235380     -0.35158011
    e   0.3998501      Incl.    7.41287     +0.32557465     -0.02386449
    P   1.61           H    17.0          G   0.15
    From 12 observations 1993 Nov. 7-20.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1993 VA                  a,e,i = 1.37, 0.40, 7
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1993 11 19    14 30.0    -81 57.5    0.135    0.935    62.9   109.7    16.7
    1993 11 24    14 14.8    -71 08.2    0.140    0.910    52.8   120.1    17.4
    1993 11 29    14 13.55   -60 49.4    0.150    0.887    45.1   128.0    18.1
    1993 12 04    14 16.17   -51 32.8    0.165    0.867    40.6   132.3    18.7
    1993 12 09    14 21.04   -43 36.2    0.184    0.850    39.3   132.8    19.0
    1993 12 14    14 27.58   -37 03.4    0.207    0.838    40.5   130.3    18.9
    1993 12 19    14 35.45   -31 47.7    0.234    0.828    43.1   125.8    18.8
    1993 12 24    14 44.46   -27 37.9    0.263    0.824    46.2   120.4    18.6
    1993 12 29    14 54.42   -24 22.3    0.294    0.823    49.5   114.8    18.4
    1994 01 03    15 05.17   -21 49.8    0.326    0.827    52.6   109.1    18.3
    1994 01 08    15 16.49   -19 50.7    0.358    0.835    55.6   103.7    18.2
    1994 01 13    15 28.15   -18 16.7    0.389    0.847    58.4    98.6    18.1
    1994 01 18    15 39.98   -17 01.4    0.418    0.863    61.1    93.8    18.1
    
    Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1993-W06
    

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