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    M.P.E.C. 1994-E03                                Issued 1994 Mar. 10, 15:52 UT

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                                    1994 EK

Discovered 1994 Mar. 7 by Spacewatch.

Available observations:
     J94E00K* C1994 03 07.18837 10 52 02.93 +02 13 00.6          18.9 V      691
     J94E00K  C1994 03 07.21178 10 52 00.26 +02 13 01.9          18.9 V      691
     J94E00K  C1994 03 07.23511 10 51 57.59 +02 13 03.5          18.8 V      691
     J94E00K  C1994 03 08.35603 10 50 01.76 +02 13 56.5          18.7 V      691
     J94E00K  C1994 03 08.36398 10 50 00.87 +02 13 56.5          18.9 V      691
     J94E00K  C1994 03 08.37183 10 50 00.08 +02 13 57.6          18.8 V      691
     J94E00K  C1994 03 09.19005 10 48 43.14 +02 14 37.7          19.1 V      691
     J94E00K  C1994 03 09.19665 10 48 42.37 +02 14 38.1          19.3 V      691
     J94E00K  C1994 03 09.20382 10 48 41.74 +02 14 38.8          18.9 V      691

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers R. Jedicke, J. Scotti,
    D. Rabinowitz.  0.9-m Spacewatch Telescope.

Orbital elements:
1994 EK
Epoch 1994 Feb. 17.0 TT = JDT 2449400.5                 Marsden
M  20.54779              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34895935     Peri.   97.70565     +0.30368139     -0.95178583
a   1.9981104      Node   334.48498     +0.82965250     +0.28654775
e   0.6066919      Incl.    5.77923     +0.46845954     +0.10951764
P   2.82           H    20.0          G   0.15
From 9 observations 1994 Mar. 7-9.

Ephemeris:
1994 EK                  a,e,i = 2.00, 0.61, 6                   q = 0.7859
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 02 27    11 10.86   +02 10.5    0.249    1.237   170.0     8.0    18.0
1994 03 04    10 58.28   +02 11.2    0.292    1.283   175.6     3.4    18.2
1994 03 09    10 49.00   +02 14.7    0.339    1.329   172.7     5.5    18.7
1994 03 14    10 42.33   +02 18.9    0.389    1.376   166.8     9.5    19.3
1994 03 19    10 37.79   +02 22.2    0.443    1.421   161.0    13.2    19.8
1994 03 24    10 35.00   +02 23.7    0.500    1.467   155.5    16.3    20.2
1994 03 29    10 33.66   +02 23.0    0.561    1.512   150.4    19.0    20.6
1994 04 03    10 33.52   +02 19.8    0.625    1.556   145.5    21.3    21.0
1994 04 08    10 34.39   +02 14.0    0.693    1.600   140.9    23.2    21.3
1994 04 13    10 36.13   +02 05.3    0.764    1.643   136.6    24.8    21.6
1994 04 18    10 38.60   +01 53.8    0.837    1.686   132.4    26.1    21.9
1994 04 23    10 41.70   +01 39.7    0.914    1.728   128.3    27.2    22.2
1994 04 28    10 45.34   +01 23.0    0.993    1.769   124.5    28.0    22.5

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1994-E03

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