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    M.P.E.C. 1994-M03                                Issued 1994 June 19, 15:57 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
              Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
              MARSDEN@CFA or WILLIAMS@CFA (.HARVARD.EDU, .SPAN or .BITNET)
    
                                        1993 PC
    
    Recovered by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring at a Delta-T of +0.01 days
    from the orbit on MPC 22700.
    
    Additional observations:
         J93P00C  C1994 06 17.51767 18 44 57.83 -47 06 10.3                      413
         J93P00C  C1994 06 17.51953 18 44 56.91 -47 06 07.4                      413
         J93P00C  C1994 06 18.43649 18 38 00.19 -46 35 41.0                      413
         J93P00C  C1994 06 18.43845 18 37 59.31 -46 35 37.4                      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd,
        D. J. Asher, D. I Steel.  Measurer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1993 PC
    Id. R. H. McNaught (1994 observations)
    Epoch 1994 Sept. 5.0 TT = JDT 2449600.5                 Williams
    M 130.66973              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.79467985     Peri.  168.09587     -0.82608146     -0.56287190
    a   1.1543599      Node   337.58137     +0.51091624     -0.72731907
    e   0.4743789      Incl.    4.15801     +0.23781089     -0.39266040
    P   1.24           H   18.5           G   0.15
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    930815 691  0.1+  0.0     930818 691  0.4+  0.3-    930914 691  0.0   0.1+
    930815 691  0.1+  0.4+    930822 691  1.2-  0.1-    930919 691  0.6-  0.1-
    930815 691  0.3-  0.2+    930822 691  1.4-  0.3-    930919 691  0.7+  0.0
    930816 691  0.0   0.2-    930822 691  0.9-  0.1+    930919 691  0.2+  0.6+
    930816 691  0.1+  0.1-    930824 413  0.7+  0.1-    940617 413  0.3+  0.2-
    930816 691  0.3+  0.0     930825 413  1.6+  0.2+    940617 413  0.2+  0.7-
    930818 691  0.2+  0.3-    930914 691  0.7-  0.1+    940618 413  0.2-  0.5+
    930818 691  0.3+  0.6-    930914 691  0.5+  0.4+    940618 413  0.2-  0.5+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1993 PC                  a,e,i = 1.15, 0.47, 4                   q = 0.6068
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1994 06 17    18 49.07   -47 22.7    0.197    1.194   152.4    23.2    16.5
    1994 06 22    18 14.88   -44 34.9    0.227    1.230   158.7    17.5    16.6
    1994 06 27    17 51.22   -41 49.7    0.261    1.265   160.4    15.7    16.9
    1994 07 02    17 35.05   -39 20.8    0.298    1.298   158.2    16.9    17.3
    1994 07 07    17 24.27   -37 11.8    0.339    1.330   154.1    19.5    17.8
    1994 07 12    17 17.46   -35 22.3    0.384    1.361   149.3    22.4    18.2
    1994 07 17    17 13.64   -33 50.2    0.431    1.390   144.5    25.2    18.5
    
    1994 07 27    17 12.37   -31 28.8    0.533    1.444   135.3    29.7    19.2
    1994 08 06    17 16.89   -29 49.2    0.644    1.493   126.9    32.9    19.8
    1994 08 16    17 25.37   -28 37.3    0.762    1.536   119.2    35.1    20.3
    1994 08 26    17 36.68   -27 43.0    0.885    1.575   112.1    36.5    20.7
    1994 09 05    17 50.04   -26 59.0    1.012    1.608   105.5    37.2    21.1
    1994 09 15    18 05.04   -26 20.0    1.141    1.636    99.1    37.4    21.4
    1994 09 25    18 21.30   -25 42.2    1.270    1.659    93.0    37.1    21.6
    
    Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1994-M03
    

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