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    M.P.E.C. 1995-E05                                Issued 1995 Mar. 2, 17:34 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)
    
                                       1995 DA2
    
    Observations:
         J95D02A* A1995 02 24.2572  08 38 03.08 +18 32 32.5          23.0 R      568
         J95D02A  A1995 02 24.2972  08 38 02.89 +18 32 33.5                      568
         J95D02A  A1995 02 24.3359  08 38 02.69 +18 32 34.3                      568
         J95D02A  A1995 02 24.4604  08 38 02.00 +18 32 37.0                      568
         J95D02A  A1995 02 25.3718  08 37 57.30 +18 32 56.4                      568
         J95D02A  A1995 02 25.4050  08 37 57.09 +18 32 56.9                      568
         J95D02A  A1995 02 26.2409  08 37 52.84 +18 33 15.0                      568
         J95D02A  A1995 02 26.2967  08 37 52.59 +18 33 15.7                      568
    
    Observer details:
    568 Mauna Kea.  Observers J. Luu, D. Jewitt.  2.2-m University of Hawaii
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1995 DA2
    The following assumed perihelic 1:2 Neptune-resonance orbital elements
    keep the object more than 31 AU from Neptune over a 14 000-year period.
    Epoch 1995 Feb. 12.0 TT = JDT 2449760.5                 Marsden
    M   0.00000              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.00300419     Peri.    0.41449     -0.61342689     -0.78622795
    a  47.5683064      Node   127.42505     +0.72431256     -0.59769575
    e   0.3041998      Incl.    5.38427     +0.31476780     -0.15686110
    P 328.08           H     8.0          G   0.15
    From 8 observations 1995 Feb. 24-26.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1995 DA2                 a,e,i = 47.57, 0.30, 5                  q = 33.098
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1995 02 22    08 38.25   +18 31.7   32.205   33.098   154.2     0.7    23.3
    1995 03 04    08 37.41   +18 35.2   32.291   33.098   143.9     1.0    23.3
    1995 03 14    08 36.71   +18 38.1   32.403   33.098   133.8     1.2    23.3
    1995 03 24    08 36.17   +18 40.5   32.535   33.098   123.7     1.4    23.4
    1995 04 03    08 35.81   +18 42.1   32.684   33.098   113.7     1.6    23.4
    1995 04 13    08 35.64   +18 43.0   32.844   33.098   103.8     1.7    23.4
    1995 04 23    08 35.68   +18 43.2   33.012   33.098    94.1     1.7    23.4
    1995 05 03    08 35.92   +18 42.7   33.182   33.098    84.4     1.7    23.4
    1995 05 13    08 36.37   +18 41.3   33.349   33.098    74.8     1.7    23.4
    1995 05 23    08 37.00   +18 39.3   33.508   33.098    65.3     1.6    23.4
    
    Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1995-E05
    

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