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    M.P.E.C. 1994-H03                                Issued 1994 Apr. 21, 21:27 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 ES2

Additional observations:
     J94E02S  A1994 04 14.2542  10 35 59.20 +08 54 08.2          24.4 R      568
     J94E02S  A1994 04 14.3089  10 35 59.04 +08 54 09.0                      568
     J94E02S  A1994 04 14.3575  10 35 58.94 +08 54 09.5                      568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers D. Jewitt, J. Chen.  2.2-m telescope + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1994 ES2
Epoch 1994 Mar. 29.0 TT = JDT 2449440.5                 Marsden
                         (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00318507  Arg.lat.    3.37913     -0.92804961     -0.37237289
a  45.7500028      Node   154.75433     +0.34128670     -0.85868273
e   0.0000000      Incl.    1.06087     +0.14915535     -0.35213974
P 309.45           H     8.0          G   0.15
From 7 observations 1994 Mar. 13-Apr. 14.

Ephemeris:
1994 ES2                 a,e,i = 45.75, 0.00, 1
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 04 18    10 35.83   +08 55.1   45.106   45.750   129.4     1.0    24.7
1994 04 28    10 35.48   +08 57.2   45.245   45.750   119.6     1.1    24.7
1994 05 08    10 35.25   +08 58.6   45.398   45.750   109.8     1.2    24.8
1994 05 18    10 35.15   +08 59.2   45.561   45.750   100.1     1.2    24.8
1994 05 28    10 35.19   +08 59.0   45.730   45.750    90.5     1.3    24.8
1994 06 07    10 35.36   +08 58.0   45.898   45.750    81.0     1.3    24.8
1994 06 17    10 35.66   +08 56.2   46.062   45.750    71.5     1.2    24.8
1994 06 27    10 36.09   +08 53.7   46.217   45.750    62.1     1.1    24.8

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1994-H03

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