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    M.P.E.C. 1994-Q01                                Issued 1994 Aug. 17, 17:31 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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              MARSDEN@CFA or WILLIAMS@CFA (.HARVARD.EDU, .SPAN or .BITNET)
    
                                        1988 GB
    
    Recovered by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring at a Delta-T of +0.13 days
    from the prediction on MPC 14621.
    
    Additional observations:
         J88G00B  C1994 07 25.77882 01 59 43.63 +01 45 00.6                      413
         J88G00B  C1994 07 25.78370 01 59 43.89 +01 45 02.1                      413
         J88G00B  C1994 08 15.77188 02 07 21.24 +03 48 36.9                      413
         J88G00B  C1994 08 15.78522 02 07 21.23 +03 48 40.6                      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:
    1988 GB
    Id. R. H. McNaught (1994 observations)
    Epoch 1994 Sept. 5.0 TT = JDT 2449600.5                 Williams
    M  88.69752              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.35516567     Peri.  222.38980     -0.44799396     +0.88551717
    a   1.9747649      Node    21.89524     -0.70588537     -0.26582376
    e   0.3328507      Incl.   19.27992     -0.54865951     -0.38104733
    P   2.78           H   16.5           G   0.15
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    880319 675  0.2+  0.8+    880510 675  0.1-  0.9-    880614 474  0.7+  1.9+
    880319 675  1.2+  0.2+    880513 675  1.2+  0.7+    880714 474  0.9-  0.9-
    880412 675  1.0-  1.4-    880519 688  1.7-  0.8-    880714 474  1.2+  2.1-
    880412 675  0.3+  0.9-    880519 688  1.8-  0.7-    940725 413  0.9-  1.1+
    880414 675  0.2+  0.3-    880521 474  1.6-  1.5+    940725 413  0.2+  0.5+
    880418 801  1.6+  0.3+    880521 474  1.1-  1.3+    940815 413  0.2-  0.2-
    880418 675  1.2+  1.2+    880605 474  1.0+  0.9-    940815 413  0.2-  0.4-
    880509 675  0.3-  0.1-    880605 474  2.0+  0.1+
    880509 568  1.8-  0.3-    880614 474  0.9+  1.9+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1988 GB                  a,e,i = 1.97, 0.33, 19                  q = 1.3175
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1994 08 16    02 07.36   +03 49.6    1.495    2.093   111.7    26.7    20.2
    1994 08 26    02 05.78   +04 31.7    1.421    2.130   121.4    23.9    20.0
    1994 09 05    02 00.44   +05 03.2    1.357    2.166   132.1    20.2    19.8
    1994 09 15    01 51.31   +05 24.7    1.308    2.201   143.8    15.6    19.7
    1994 09 25    01 38.90   +05 37.5    1.279    2.235   156.4    10.3    19.4
    1994 10 05    01 24.28   +05 43.8    1.276    2.267   169.6     4.6    19.2
    1994 10 15    01 09.04   +05 47.2    1.302    2.298   176.3     1.6    19.1
    1994 10 25    00 54.94   +05 52.2    1.358    2.328   163.5     7.0    19.5
    1994 11 04    00 43.33   +06 02.8    1.440    2.357   150.9    11.8    19.9
    1994 11 14    00 35.02   +06 22.2    1.547    2.384   139.0    15.8    20.2
    1994 11 24    00 30.23   +06 51.8    1.672    2.410   128.0    18.8    20.5
    1994 12 04    00 28.77   +07 31.7    1.812    2.434   117.8    21.0    20.8
    1994 12 14    00 30.30   +08 21.7    1.962    2.457   108.4    22.3    21.0
    
                           (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 1994-P10)
    
    Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1994-Q01
    

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