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    M.P.E.C. 1994-R02                                Issued 1994 Sept. 5, 15:26 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)
    
                                        1994 QC
    
    Additional observations:
         J94Q00C  C1994 08 31.81108 21 42 47.23 -05 17 01.2                      596
         J94Q00C  C1994 08 31.82058 21 42 47.03 -05 17 32.1                      596
         J94Q00C  C1994 08 31.83525 21 42 46.87 -05 18 19.1                      596
         J94Q00C  C1994 08 31.85167 21 42 46.55 -05 19 13.6                      596
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 01.60868 21 42 40.74 -05 59 43.5          17.1 V      360
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 01.61250 21 42 40.68 -05 59 55.6                      360
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 01.61632 21 42 40.61 -06 00 07.7                      360
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 02.13014 21 42 38.42 -06 27 24.2                      801
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 02.13456 21 42 38.41 -06 27 37.4                      801
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.15688 21 42 34.40 -07 20 56.9                      801
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.16600 21 42 34.24 -07 21 25.1                      801
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.69358 21 42 32.16 -07 48 25.1          17.0 V      360
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.69670 21 42 32.14 -07 48 34.7                      360
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.83778 21 42 33.87 -07 55 50.9                      587
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.84466 21 42 33.82 -07 56 12.0          17.5 V      587
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.84475 21 42 33.73 -07 56 10.8          17.6 R      589
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.85074 21 42 33.73 -07 56 31.4                      587
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.85977 21 42 33.60 -07 56 57.1          17.9 R      589
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.86613 21 42 33.58 -07 57 16.9          17.3 R      589
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.92476 21 42 32.93 -08 00 15.2          17.4 R      589
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.94406 21 42 32.73 -08 01 14.0          17.4 R      589
         J94Q00C  C1994 09 03.95767 21 42 32.60 -08 01 55.6          17.5 R      589
         J94Q00C F 1994 09 04.61163 21 42 32.03 -08 34 12.5                      413
    
    Observer details:
    360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Uppsala Southern
        Schmidt.
    587 Sormano.  Observers A. Testa, M. Cavagna, E. Galliani.  0.5-m reflector
        + CCD.
    589 Santa Lucia Stroncone.  Observers A.Vagnozzi, V.Risoldi, G.Bernabei,
        E.Gregori, F.Lombardi.  0.50-m f/2.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
    596 Colleverde di Guidonia.  Observers V.S.Casulli, S.Valentini.  0.31-m f/2.8
        Baker-Schmidt + CCD.
    801 Oak Ridge Observatory.  Observer R. E. McCrosky.  1.5-m Wyeth reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1994 QC
    Epoch 1994 Aug. 16.0 TT = JDT 2449580.5                 Williams
    M  55.69996              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.64742538     Peri.   93.90066     -0.22426880     +0.97190855
    a   1.3233546      Node   162.63078     -0.96180864     -0.20894948
    e   0.1179268      Incl.   13.83681     -0.15693198     -0.10832304
    P   1.52           H    18.5          G   0.15
    From 46 observations 1994 Aug. 28-Sept. 4.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1994 QC                  a,e,i = 1.32, 0.12, 14                  q = 1.1673
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1994 09 05    21 42.55   -08 53.7    0.286    1.283   162.0    14.0    17.1
    1994 09 10    21 43.15   -12 45.4    0.305    1.292   156.6    18.0    17.4
    1994 09 15    21 44.78   -16 03.2    0.327    1.301   151.0    22.0    17.7
    1994 09 20    21 47.44   -18 46.6    0.352    1.310   145.5    25.7    18.0
    1994 09 25    21 51.09   -20 57.5    0.381    1.319   140.4    29.0    18.3
    1994 09 30    21 55.67   -22 38.7    0.411    1.328   135.8    31.8    18.5
    1994 10 05    22 01.10   -23 53.4    0.444    1.336   131.4    34.1    18.8
    1994 10 10    22 07.30   -24 44.9    0.479    1.345   127.5    36.1    19.0
    1994 10 15    22 14.20   -25 16.4    0.516    1.354   123.8    37.8    19.2
    1994 10 20    22 21.67   -25 30.8    0.554    1.362   120.3    39.1    19.4
    1994 10 25    22 29.63   -25 30.4    0.593    1.370   117.1    40.2    19.6
    1994 10 30    22 37.98   -25 17.4    0.633    1.378   114.1    41.1    19.8
    1994 11 04    22 46.70   -24 53.2    0.674    1.386   111.2    41.8    20.0
    1994 11 09    22 55.71   -24 19.4    0.715    1.394   108.5    42.4    20.1
    1994 11 14    23 04.98   -23 37.3    0.758    1.401   105.9    42.8    20.3
    1994 11 19    23 14.45   -22 48.1    0.800    1.408   103.4    43.1    20.4
    1994 11 24    23 24.09   -21 52.7    0.843    1.415   100.9    43.2    20.6
    1994 11 29    23 33.87   -20 51.9    0.887    1.421    98.6    43.3    20.7
    1994 12 04    23 43.78   -19 46.4    0.931    1.428    96.3    43.3    20.8
    1994 12 09    23 53.81   -18 36.7    0.974    1.434    94.1    43.3    20.9
    1994 12 14    00 03.95   -17 23.7    1.018    1.439    91.9    43.1    21.0
    1994 12 19    00 14.18   -16 07.7    1.062    1.444    89.8    42.9    21.1
    1994 12 24    00 24.50   -14 49.4    1.105    1.449    87.7    42.7    21.2
    1994 12 29    00 34.90   -13 28.9    1.149    1.454    85.6    42.4    21.3
    1995 01 03    00 45.39   -12 06.8    1.192    1.458    83.6    42.1    21.3
    1995 01 08    00 55.98   -10 43.5    1.235    1.462    81.6    41.7    21.4
    1995 01 13    01 06.67   -09 19.3    1.277    1.465    79.7    41.3    21.5
    1995 01 18    01 17.45   -07 54.6    1.319    1.469    77.7    40.9    21.5
    1995 01 23    01 28.33   -06 29.6    1.361    1.471    75.8    40.4    21.6
    
    Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1994-R02
    

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