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    M.P.E.C. 1994-B06                                Issued 1994 Jan. 24, 20:45 UT
    
         The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
             minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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              MARSDEN@CFA or WILLIAMS@CFA (.HARVARD.EDU, .SPAN or .BITNET)
    
                                       1991 NR2
    
    Recovered at Siding Spring, confirming a possible 1982 precovery observation
    located by R. H. McNaught.
    
    Additional observations:
         J91N02R  A1982 05 01.53596 14 38 51.00 -43 47 00.7                      413
         J91N02R FC1994 01 22.68958 10 05 04.37 -03 46 37.6                      413
         J91N02R FC1994 01 22.69841 10 05 03.98 -03 46 37.5                      413
         J91N02R  C1994 01 23.65685 10 04 23.17 -03 47 23.4                      413
         J91N02R  C1994 01 23.66110 10 04 22.95 -03 47 23.6                      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd,
        D. J. Asher, D. I. Steel.  Measurers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd,
        D. J. Asher.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.  1982 observation measured by
        R. H. McNaught from a U.K. Schmidt plate.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1991 NR2
    Id. R. H. McNaught (1982, 1994 observations)
    Epoch 1994 Feb. 17.0 TT = JDT 2449400.5                 Williams
    M 212.91482              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.22705844     Peri.   27.80995     +0.68569123     +0.67020803
    a   2.6609964      Node   287.08649     -0.71074381     +0.53228778
    e   0.4043671      Incl.   17.28354     -0.15706935     +0.51719524
    P   4.34           H   14.0           G   0.15
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    820501 413  0.0   0.3+    911004 801  0.0   0.1-    911011 801  0.1+  0.3+
    910712 675  0.2-  0.1+    911005 801  0.3+  0.1+    911105 801  0.3+  0.0
    910712 675  0.2+  0.3-    911005 801  0.2+  0.0     911105 801  0.1+  0.1+
    910809 675  0.2+  1.9-    911007 801  0.0   0.2+    940122 413  0.7-  0.9-
    910809 675  0.4-  0.8-    911008 801  0.2+  0.2+    940122 413  0.8-  0.4-
    910912 675  0.4+  0.2-    911009 801  0.1-  0.5+    940123 413  0.4-  1.4-
    910912 675  0.4+  0.4-    911010 801  0.1+  0.2+    940123 413  0.9-  1.4-
    911004 801  0.1+  0.1-    911011 801  0.0   0.4+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1991 NR2                 a,e,i = 2.66, 0.40, 17                  q = 1.5850
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1994 01 18    10 08.21   -03 41.1    2.871    3.680   140.1     9.9    19.8
    1994 01 28    10 01.14   -03 49.2    2.781    3.670   150.4     7.6    19.6
    1994 02 07    09 52.87   -03 43.4    2.719    3.659   159.4     5.4    19.4
    1994 02 17    09 43.97   -03 24.5    2.687    3.647   163.9     4.3    19.3
    1994 02 27    09 35.16   -02 55.1    2.686    3.634   160.3     5.3    19.4
    1994 03 09    09 27.13   -02 18.3    2.715    3.620   151.7     7.5    19.5
    1994 03 19    09 20.47   -01 38.3    2.771    3.606   141.7     9.9    19.6
    1994 03 29    09 15.59   -00 59.0    2.851    3.590   131.4    12.0    19.8
    1994 04 08    09 12.68   -00 23.5    2.949    3.574   121.3    13.8    19.9
    1994 04 18    09 11.80   +00 05.7    3.061    3.556   111.7    15.2    20.0
    1994 04 28    09 12.87   +00 27.0    3.181    3.538   102.5    16.1    20.1
    1994 05 08    09 15.71   +00 39.5    3.306    3.519    93.8    16.6    20.2
    1994 05 18    09 20.15   +00 42.8    3.431    3.499    85.4    16.7    20.3
    
    Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1994-B06
    

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