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    M.P.E.C. 1994-L03                                Issued 1994 June 11, 18:51 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 JV

Additional observations:
     J94J00V  A1994 06 07.3117  13 40 07.28 -10 25 51.7                      568
     J94J00V  A1994 06 07.3171  13 40 07.26 -10 25 51.6                      568
     J94J00V  A1994 06 07.3536  13 40 07.14 -10 25 51.2                      568
     J94J00V  A1994 06 07.3585  13 40 07.13 -10 25 51.3                      568

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

Orbital elements:
1994 JV
Epoch 1994 May 8.0 TT = JDT 2449480.5                   Marsden
                         (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00470929  Arg.lat.  179.96583     -0.88208365     +0.44777844
a  35.2505326      Node    28.13774     -0.43229280     -0.64590000
e   0.0000000      Incl.   18.08119     -0.18722011     -0.61831032
P 209.29           H     7.0          G   0.15
From 11 observations 1994 May 13-June 7.

Ephemeris:
1994 JV                  a,e,i = 35.25, 0.00, 18
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 06 07    13 40.14   -10 25.9   34.578   35.251   130.9     1.2    22.6
1994 06 17    13 39.66   -10 24.1   34.714   35.251   121.2     1.4    22.6
1994 06 27    13 39.34   -10 23.2   34.864   35.251   111.6     1.5    22.6
1994 07 07    13 39.18   -10 23.3   35.025   35.251   102.0     1.6    22.7
1994 07 17    13 39.20   -10 24.3   35.192   35.251    92.5     1.7    22.7
1994 07 27    13 39.40   -10 26.3   35.360   35.251    83.0     1.6    22.7
1994 08 06    13 39.76   -10 29.3   35.525   35.251    73.5     1.6    22.7
1994 08 16    13 40.30   -10 33.3   35.681   35.251    64.1     1.5    22.7

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1994-L03

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