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    M.P.E.C. 1993-W08                                Issued 1993 Nov. 23, 19:25 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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              MARSDEN@CFA or WILLIAMS@CFA (.HARVARD.EDU, .SPAN or .BITNET)
    
                                        1991 WA
    
    Recovered by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.
    
    Additional observations:
         J91W00A TA1993 11 21.50322 04 18 59.63 -15 42 02.3                      413
         J91W00A TA1993 11 21.50919 04 18 55.92 -15 40 54.3                      413
         J91W00A  C1993 11 22.62022 04 07 57.18 -12 11 42.0                      413
         J91W00A  C1993 11 22.62238 04 07 55.90 -12 11 17.2                      413
         J91W00A  C1993 11 22.62470 04 07 54.59 -12 10 52.1                      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers M. J. Drinkwater, R. H. McNaught,
        P. Wood.  Measurer R. H. McNaught.  U.K. Schmidt, 1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1991 WA
    Id. R. H. McNaught (1993 observations)
    Epoch 1994 Feb. 17.0 TT = JDT 2449400.5                 Williams
    M  75.96178              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.49844055     Peri.  241.75238     +0.43649757     +0.68234842
    a   1.5754107      Node    66.76515     -0.42087283     +0.73092359
    e   0.6424099      Incl.   39.65494     -0.79519553     -0.01230195
    P   1.98           H   17.5           G   0.15
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    911129 413 (0.7-  9.7+)   911204 413  0.5+  2.0-    920102 801  0.2+  0.9+
    911129 413 (0.7+  8.0-)   911205 801  0.5+  0.1+    920102 801  0.7-  0.2-
    911201 413  1.2-  1.9+    911220 413  0.2-  0.4-    931121 413  0.9-  1.4+
    911201 413  1.2-  2.1+    911220 413  0.0   0.3+    931121 413  0.1-  0.7+
    911201 413 (1.0+  3.3+)   911220 413  1.3-  0.4-    931122 413  0.9+  1.5-
    911202 413  0.3+  1.3+    911220 413  0.2-  0.7-    931122 413  0.5+  0.5-
    911202 413  0.3+  1.2-    911220 413  0.0   0.1-    931122 413  1.0+  1.1-
    911204 413  0.0   1.7-    911220 413  0.1-  0.0
    911204 413  0.2+  0.7+    911220 413  0.5+  0.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1991 WA                  a,e,i = 1.58, 0.64, 40
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1993 11 19    04 47.36   -23 56.8    0.201    1.136   133.4    39.2    15.9
    1993 11 21    04 24.27   -17 19.9    0.207    1.158   141.6    32.0    15.8
    1993 11 23    04 04.45   -11 02.7    0.219    1.179   148.5    25.9    15.7
    1993 11 25    03 47.56   -05 20.3    0.234    1.201   153.7    21.4    15.8
    1993 11 27    03 33.24   -00 19.1    0.252    1.222   156.6    18.7    15.9
    1993 11 29    03 21.12   +04 00.7    0.274    1.244   157.4    17.7    16.1
    1993 12 01    03 10.85   +07 42.5    0.298    1.265   156.5    18.1    16.3
    1993 12 03    03 02.17   +10 51.2    0.323    1.285   154.6    19.2    16.6
    1993 12 05    02 54.83   +13 31.9    0.351    1.306   152.2    20.6    16.8
    1993 12 07    02 48.62   +15 49.3    0.379    1.326   149.5    22.1    17.1
    1993 12 09    02 43.40   +17 47.4    0.409    1.346   146.8    23.6    17.3
    1993 12 11    02 39.02   +19 29.6    0.440    1.366   144.2    24.9    17.5
    1993 12 13    02 35.37   +20 58.5    0.472    1.386   141.7    26.1    17.8
    1993 12 15    02 32.37   +22 16.5    0.505    1.406   139.2    27.2    18.0
    1993 12 17    02 29.93   +23 25.5    0.538    1.425   136.9    28.2    18.2
    1993 12 19    02 27.99   +24 26.7    0.572    1.444   134.6    29.0    18.4
    
    1993 12 29    02 24.00   +28 14.3    0.749    1.537   124.5    31.8    19.2
    1994 01 08    02 26.60   +30 45.3    0.934    1.625   115.8    33.0    19.8
    1994 01 18    02 33.48   +32 38.2    1.126    1.707   107.9    33.3    20.3
    1994 01 28    02 43.33   +34 10.5    1.320    1.786   100.6    32.8    20.7
    
    Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1993-W08
    

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