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    M.P.E.C. 1994-E01                                Issued 1994 Mar. 1, 13:45 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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                                   1994 AE2

Additional observations:
     J94A02E  C1994 02 28.09209 07 39 54.99 +27 18 08.8          17.5        817
     J94A02E  C1994 02 28.11968 07 39 54.02 +27 18 13.5          17.4        817
     J94A02E  C1994 03 01.06424 07 39 26.37 +27 21 53.0          17.0        817
     J94A02E  C1994 03 01.10264 07 39 25.25 +27 22 00.9          17.2        817

Observer details:
817 Sudbury.  Observer D. di Cicco.  0.28-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    Longitude and parallax = 288.6104, 0.74018, +0.67017 (see MPC 22434).

Orbital elements:
1994 AE2
Epoch 1994 Feb. 17.0 TT = JDT 2449400.5                 Williams
M 313.71064              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23381942     Peri.  114.43392     -0.70463753     +0.69206832
a   2.6094501      Node   109.79265     -0.69627425     -0.63186201
e   0.4312840      Incl.    9.58119     -0.13670448     -0.34898688
P   4.22           H   13.0           G   0.15
From 17 observations 1994 Jan. 9-Mar. 1, mean residual 0".44.

Ephemeris:
1994 AE2                 a,e,i = 2.61, 0.43, 10                  q = 1.4840
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 02 27    07 40.50   +27 13.8    1.356    2.163   133.8    19.3    16.3
1994 03 09    07 36.95   +27 46.9    1.401    2.112   122.9    23.2    16.5
1994 03 19    07 37.53   +28 05.2    1.456    2.061   113.1    26.4    16.6
1994 03 29    07 42.15   +28 10.1    1.517    2.011   104.2    28.8    16.7
1994 04 08    07 50.44   +28 02.4    1.580    1.961    96.3    30.5    16.8
1994 04 18    08 02.00   +27 42.0    1.642    1.911    89.1    31.7    16.8
1994 04 28    08 16.38   +27 08.4    1.700    1.862    82.7    32.4    16.9
1994 05 08    08 33.12   +26 20.7    1.755    1.815    76.9    32.8    16.9
1994 05 18    08 51.88   +25 17.9    1.804    1.769    71.7    32.9    16.9
1994 05 28    09 12.29   +23 59.2    1.848    1.725    67.0    32.7    16.9
1994 06 07    09 34.07   +22 24.0    1.886    1.683    62.7    32.4    16.9
1994 06 17    09 56.98   +20 31.7    1.920    1.644    58.9    31.9    16.9
1994 06 27    10 20.82   +18 22.7    1.949    1.608    55.5    31.4    16.8
1994 07 07    10 45.42   +15 57.5    1.976    1.576    52.4    30.7    16.8
1994 07 17    11 10.68   +13 17.1    2.000    1.548    49.6    30.0    16.8

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 1994-D11)

Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1994-E01

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