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    M.P.E.C. 1994-O03                                Issued 1994 July 26, 17:16 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 CB

Additional observations:
     J94C00B  C1994 07 25.62800 23 26 43.76 -53 52 52.1                      413
     J94C00B  C1994 07 25.83158 23 21 37.00 -53 13 46.3                      413
     J94C00B  C1994 07 25.83330 23 21 34.46 -53 13 25.6                      413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd.
    Measurer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1994 CB
Epoch 1994 Sept. 5.0 TT = JDT 2449600.5                 Williams
M  82.83048              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.80005271     Peri.  288.37183     -0.47678475     +0.84639051
a   1.1491860      Node   310.76641     -0.64068585     -0.51942214
e   0.1450745      Incl.   18.25730     -0.60182884     -0.11757441
P   1.23           H   21.0           G   0.15
From 46 observations 1994 Feb. 3-July 25, mean residual 0".64.

Ephemeris:
1994 CB                  a,e,i = 1.15, 0.15, 18                  q = 0.9825
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 07 17    02 52.15   -63 56.7    0.095    1.040   102.0    72.9    18.5
1994 07 22    00 59.31   -61 40.4    0.074    1.050   115.6    60.8    17.6
1994 07 27    22 55.22   -49 02.4    0.060    1.061   137.7    40.1    16.6
1994 08 01    21 31.54   -25 47.0    0.058    1.071   166.6    12.7    15.7
1994 08 06    20 44.44   -04 24.7    0.070    1.083   166.8    12.4    16.1
1994 08 11    20 17.53   +08 53.0    0.091    1.094   150.9    26.8    17.2
1994 08 16    20 01.66   +16 27.8    0.117    1.106   140.9    35.2    18.0
1994 08 21    19 52.28   +20 53.5    0.144    1.117   134.4    40.3    18.6
1994 08 26    19 47.04   +23 33.4    0.173    1.129   129.7    43.5    19.1
1994 08 31    19 44.69   +25 10.2    0.203    1.141   126.1    45.6    19.6

1994 09 05    19 44.54   +26 07.2    0.233    1.153   123.3    47.0    19.9
1994 09 15    19 49.24   +26 52.2    0.293    1.175   118.8    48.6    20.5
1994 09 25    19 58.86   +26 48.9    0.354    1.197   115.2    49.3    21.0
1994 10 05    20 12.17   +26 23.1    0.415    1.218   112.1    49.6    21.4
1994 10 15    20 28.57   +25 49.5    0.475    1.237   109.2    49.6    21.7
1994 10 25    20 47.49   +25 16.9    0.535    1.255   106.4    49.5    22.0

Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1994-O03

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