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    M.P.E.C. 1994-A02                                Issued 1994 Jan. 5, 22:53 UT

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                                    1993 KH

This object has been recovered following inferior conjunction at Victoria
and by Spacewatch.

Additional observations:
     J93K00H  C1993 12 21.50249 09 51 37.67 +46 10 49.2                      658
     J93K00H  C1993 12 21.50573 09 51 37.35 +46 10 55.3                      658
     J93K00H  C1993 12 21.50932 09 51 37.01 +46 11 02.6                      658
     J93K00H  C1994 01 05.32604 09 15 45.33 +53 23 47.3          19.0 V      691
     J93K00H  C1994 01 05.32943 09 15 44.60 +53 23 51.8                      691
     J93K00H  C1994 01 05.33433 09 15 43.57 +53 23 58.7                      691

Observer details:
658 Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria.  Observer D. D. Balam.
    1.82-m Plaskett reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  0.91-m Spacewatch
    telescope + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1993 KH
Epoch 1994 Feb. 17.0 TT = JDT 2449400.5                 Williams
M 118.89028              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.71917370     Peri.  293.59286     +0.96005946     +0.21372491
a   1.2338059      Node    54.54176     -0.09569708     +0.85728392
e   0.3111393      Incl.   12.80834     -0.26292184     +0.46838653
P   1.37           H   19.0           G   0.15
From 23 observations 1993 May 24-1994 Jan. 5, mean residual 0".69.

Ephemeris:
1993 KH                  a,e,i = 1.23, 0.31, 13                  q = 0.8499
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1993 12 29    09 37.03   +50 11.0    0.406    1.304   135.2    32.1    19.0
1994 01 03    09 23.20   +52 28.4    0.416    1.326   139.0    29.1    19.0
1994 01 08    09 06.49   +54 19.1    0.429    1.347   141.8    26.8    19.0
1994 01 13    08 47.80   +55 36.9    0.446    1.368   143.5    25.3    19.1
1994 01 18    08 28.52   +56 19.1    0.466    1.388   143.9    24.7    19.2
1994 01 23    08 10.13   +56 27.2    0.490    1.407   143.0    24.9    19.3
1994 01 28    07 53.87   +56 05.9    0.518    1.425   141.1    25.7    19.5
1994 02 02    07 40.48   +55 21.7    0.549    1.443   138.5    26.9    19.7
1994 02 07    07 30.24   +54 20.9    0.583    1.460   135.4    28.3    19.9
1994 02 12    07 23.10   +53 09.1    0.620    1.476   132.1    29.8    20.1
1994 02 17    07 18.82   +51 50.9    0.660    1.491   128.6    31.2    20.3
1994 02 22    07 17.03   +50 29.5    0.701    1.506   125.0    32.5    20.5
1994 02 27    07 17.33   +49 07.1    0.745    1.519   121.5    33.8    20.7
1994 03 04    07 19.36   +47 45.1    0.791    1.532   118.1    34.8    20.9
1994 03 09    07 22.82   +46 24.1    0.838    1.544   114.7    35.8    21.0

Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1994-A02

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