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    M.P.E.C. 1994-L02                                Issued 1994 June 11, 18:27 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                    1994 JS

Additional observations:
     J94J00S  A1994 06 07.3647  15 34 21.36 -19 16 34.4                      568
     J94J00S  A1994 06 07.4094  15 34 21.14 -19 16 33.8                      568
     J94J00S  A1994 06 07.4147  15 34 21.10 -19 16 33.8                      568

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

Orbital elements:
1994 JS
Epoch 1994 May 8.0 TT = JDT 2449480.5                   Marsden
                         (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00446216  Arg.lat.  180.01336     -0.55408428     +0.80249725
a  36.5403518      Node    56.33946     -0.76374298     -0.38426982
e   0.0000000      Incl.   15.42158     -0.33119069     -0.45643714
P 220.88           H     7.0          G   0.15
From 9 observations 1994 May 11-June 7.

Ephemeris:
1994 JS                  a,e,i = 36.54, 0.00, 15
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 06 07    15 34.39   -19 16.7   35.586   36.540   159.8     0.5    22.7
1994 06 17    15 33.54   -19 14.5   35.657   36.540   150.1     0.8    22.7
1994 06 27    15 32.79   -19 12.6   35.752   36.540   140.3     1.0    22.7
1994 07 07    15 32.17   -19 11.2   35.870   36.540   130.7     1.2    22.8
1994 07 17    15 31.69   -19 10.2   36.006   36.540   121.0     1.4    22.8
1994 07 27    15 31.37   -19 09.8   36.158   36.540   111.4     1.5    22.8
1994 08 06    15 31.23   -19 10.1   36.320   36.540   101.8     1.6    22.8
1994 08 16    15 31.27   -19 10.9   36.487   36.540    92.2     1.6    22.8
1994 08 26    15 31.50   -19 12.4   36.656   36.540    82.6     1.6    22.8
1994 09 05    15 31.91   -19 14.5   36.821   36.540    73.1     1.5    22.8
1994 09 15    15 32.49   -19 17.2   36.978   36.540    63.5     1.4    22.8

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1994-L02

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