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    M.P.E.C. 1994-R03                                Issued 1994 Sept. 6, 13:19 UT

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                                    1994 RC

Discovered 1994 Sept. 1 by E. Helin and J. Alu at Palomar.

Available observations:
     J94R00C*2A1994 09 01.36198 23 29 16.87 -06 22 53.8          16.0        675
     J94R00C 2A1994 09 01.38490 23 29 13.52 -06 22 26.7                      675
     J94R00C 2A1994 09 02.29861 23 27 22.87 -06 05 11.7                      675
     J94R00C 2A1994 09 02.32257 23 27 19.54 -06 04 46.4                      675
     J94R00C 2A1994 09 03.33056 23 25 23.30 -05 47 11.0                      675
     J94R00C 2A1994 09 03.36042 23 25 19.58 -05 46 40.9                      675
     J94R00C 2A1994 09 05.48073 23 21 37.02 -05 13 52.1          16          675

Observer details:
675 Palomar Mountain.  Observers E. Helin, K. Lawrence and J. Alu.
    Measurer K. Lawrence.  0.46-m Schmidt.

Orbital elements:
1994 RC
Epoch 1994 Aug. 16.0 TT = JDT 2449580.5                 Marsden
M  12.83169              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29899241     Peri.  284.37393     +0.01012256     +0.99975961
a   2.2149433      Node   346.16210     -0.88325120     -0.00017878
e   0.5916250      Incl.    4.66419     -0.46879084     +0.02192457
P   3.30           H    17.5          G   0.15
From 7 observations 1994 Sept. 1-5.

Ephemeris:
1994 RC                  a,e,i = 2.21, 0.59, 5                   q = 0.9045
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 09 05    23 22.44   -05 20.5    0.220    1.227   172.9     5.8    15.1
1994 09 15    23 10.07   -03 33.8    0.305    1.310   174.9     4.0    15.9
1994 09 25    23 04.22   -02 33.7    0.402    1.394   164.1    11.4    16.9
1994 10 05    23 02.93   -01 51.1    0.513    1.479   154.3    17.1    17.8
1994 10 15    23 05.22   -01 12.1    0.637    1.563   145.2    21.3    18.5
1994 10 25    23 10.30   -00 30.2    0.775    1.647   136.8    24.4    19.2
1994 11 04    23 17.54   +00 17.0    0.925    1.729   128.8    26.6    19.7
1994 11 14    23 26.49   +01 10.8    1.087    1.809   121.2    27.9    20.2
1994 11 24    23 36.76   +02 11.0    1.258    1.888   113.9    28.6    20.6
1994 12 04    23 48.04   +03 16.9    1.438    1.965   106.8    28.7    21.0

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1994-R03

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