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    M.P.E.C. 1995-C04                                Issued 1995 Feb. 2, 14:29 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,
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              MARSDEN@CFA or WILLIAMS@CFA (.HARVARD.EDU, .SPAN or .BITNET)
    
                                        1992 KD
    
    Recovered by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring at a Delta-T of -0.16 days from
    the prediction on MPC 20826.
    
    Additional observations:
         J92K00D FC1995 02 01.51935 05 33 31.33 -02 03 45.0                      413
         J92K00D  C1995 02 01.53185 05 33 30.86 -02 03 44.2                      413
         J92K00D  C1995 02 02.46566 05 32 59.01 -02 02 34.1                      413
         J92K00D  C1995 02 02.47133 05 32 58.85 -02 02 33.6                      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers R. H. McNaught, D. I. Steel,
        D. J. Asher.  Measurer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1992 KD
    Id. R. H. McNaught (1995 observations)
    Epoch 1995 Mar. 24.0 TT = JDT 2449800.5                 Williams
    M 284.62691              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.27516403     Peri.  355.40532     -0.52730530     +0.73388434
    a   2.3410370      Node   242.17180     -0.76332068     -0.63052280
    e   0.4339354      Incl.   28.96052     -0.37321665     +0.25269502
    P   3.58           H   16.0           G   0.15
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    920527 675  0.1-  1.0+    920604 801  0.0   1.0-    920726 801  0.7+  0.6+
    920527 675  0.6+  0.1-    920605 801  0.1+  0.3+    920726 658  0.5-  0.2+
    920528 675  0.0   1.9-    920605 801  1.4+  0.4-    920726 658  0.8-  0.0
    920528 675  1.0+  1.9+    920605 801  0.0   1.1+    920726 658  0.4-  0.3+
    920529 675  1.4-  0.8-    920605 801  0.7+  0.5-    920727 658  0.0   0.3+
    920529 675  0.6+  0.7+    920605 372  0.5-  0.1-    920727 658  0.0   0.3+
    920529 675  0.5-  0.1-    920605 372  0.6-  1.0-    920727 658  0.2-  0.4+
    920529 675  0.4-  1.6+    920625 675  0.8+  0.6-    920728 658  0.7-  0.3+
    920530 675  0.7-  1.3-    920625 675  0.9+  1.8-    920728 658  0.7-  0.2+
    920530 675  0.9+  1.9+    920628 801  0.0   0.5-    920728 658  0.4-  0.1+
    920530 675  0.6+  1.5+    920628 801  0.9+  0.5+    920729 801  0.2+  0.2+
    920601 675  1.0-  0.8-    920628 675  0.5+  0.7-    920729 801  1.2-  0.6-
    920601 675  0.8+  0.5-    920628 675  0.1-  0.9-    920821 413  0.4-  0.4+
    920602 675  0.5+  0.2+    920702 801  0.8+  0.3+    920901 801  0.3+  0.6-
    920602 675  2.2-  0.1+    920702 801  0.9+  0.3+    950201 413  0.1-  0.0
    920604 801  0.1-  0.6+    920704 413  0.7+  0.6+    950201 413  0.3-  0.1-
    920604 801  2.0-  2.7-    920704 413  0.7+  0.7+    950202 413  0.3-  0.2-
    920604 801  0.4-  0.6+    920726 801  1.1+  0.3+    950202 413  0.3+  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    1992 KD                  a,e,i = 2.34, 0.43, 29                  q = 1.3252
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1995 02 02    05 33.25   -02 03.2    2.032    2.724   125.4    17.1    20.6
    1995 02 12    05 29.00   -01 44.1    2.105    2.685   115.7    19.3    20.7
    1995 02 22    05 27.65   -01 15.0    2.188    2.644   106.5    21.0    20.8
    1995 03 04    05 29.12   -00 39.9    2.275    2.602    97.8    22.2    20.9
    1995 03 14    05 33.18   -00 02.5    2.363    2.559    89.7    22.9    21.0
    1995 03 24    05 39.58   +00 34.1    2.449    2.515    82.2    23.1    21.0
    1995 04 03    05 48.07   +01 07.6    2.529    2.470    75.2    23.0    21.1
    1995 04 13    05 58.40   +01 35.9    2.602    2.423    68.6    22.7    21.1
    1995 04 23    06 10.37   +01 57.6    2.665    2.376    62.6    22.1    21.1
    
    Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1995-C04
    

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