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    M.P.E.C. 1995-J02                                Issued 1995 May 8, 12:34 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.
    
                 BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
    
                                       1993 BW2
    
    Observations:
         J93B02W  C1995 05 04.03160 18 33 01.43 +08 45 04.4          20.0 V      104
         J93B02W  C1995 05 04.03785 18 33 01.47 +08 45 07.8                      104
         J93B02W  C1995 05 04.04826 18 33 01.51 +08 45 13.6                      104
         J93B02W  C1995 05 07.07535 18 32 56.50 +09 11 29.1          19.9 V      104
         J93B02W  C1995 05 07.07986 18 32 56.47 +09 11 31.6                      104
         J93B02W  C1995 05 07.08403 18 32 56.42 +09 11 33.9                      104
         J93B02W  C1995 05 07.08819 18 32 56.36 +09 11 35.5                      104
    
    Observer details:
    104 San Marcello Pistoiese.  Observers A. Boattini, L. Tesi.  0.40-m f/5
        reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees)
    950504 104 0.03- 0.01+    950507 104 0.03- 0.01+    MPC 22058
    
    Orbital elements:
    1993 BW2
    Epoch 1995 Mar. 24.0 TT = JDT 2449800.5                 Williams
    M 185.39627              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.63878584     Peri.  287.39662     +0.60252795     -0.73144802
    a   1.3352601      Node   121.18771     +0.79695661     +0.57280693
    e   0.3061374      Incl.   21.91477     -0.04266425     +0.36996759
    P   1.54           H   17.5           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    930128 675  0.2+  0.7+    930215 675  0.4+  0.4+    930320 801  1.0-  0.4-
    930128 675  0.1-  0.2-    930215 675  2.1+  1.0+    930323 801  0.9+  0.5-
    930128 675  1.4+  0.8+    930215 675  0.7-  0.6+    930323 801  0.7-  0.3-
    930129 675 (1.5-  3.2+)   930217 675 (0.9+  2.8+)   950504 104  0.8-  0.3-
    930129 675  0.1-  0.9-    930218 675  0.3+  0.3+    950504 104  0.2-  0.2-
    930129 675  0.2-  0.3-    930218 675  2.3+  2.0+    950504 104  0.4+  0.0
    930129 675  1.2-  1.3-    930218 675  1.2-  0.4+    950507 104  0.2+  0.2-
    930202 010 (2.4-  5.3+)   930218 801  1.3-  0.9-    950507 104  0.3+  0.0
    930202 010 (2.6-  3.8+)   930218 801  1.0-  1.0-    950507 104  0.1+  0.2+
    930202 010 (2.1-  3.8+)   930320 801  1.4-  0.1+    950507 104  0.3-  0.3-
    
    Ephemeris:
    1993 BW2                 a,e,i = 1.34, 0.31, 22                  q = 0.9265
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1995 05 03    18 32.96   +08 36.0    0.994    1.709   117.3    31.6    20.0
    1995 05 13    18 31.56   +09 58.8    0.902    1.693   124.5    29.5    19.7
    1995 05 23    18 25.27   +10 59.4    0.819    1.674   131.9    26.7    19.4
    1995 06 02    18 13.64   +11 21.3    0.747    1.653   139.2    23.7    19.1
    1995 06 12    17 57.02   +10 45.5    0.689    1.628   144.9    21.0    18.8
    1995 06 22    17 36.89   +08 56.5    0.649    1.601   147.1    20.2    18.6
    1995 07 02    17 15.81   +05 50.2    0.629    1.570   144.2    22.3    18.5
    1995 07 12    16 56.89   +01 40.5    0.628    1.537   137.1    26.8    18.6
    1995 07 22    16 42.48   -03 06.7    0.644    1.501   128.1    32.2    18.8
    1995 08 01    16 33.80   -08 05.9    0.673    1.463   118.7    37.5    19.0
    1995 08 11    16 31.07   -12 59.5    0.711    1.422   109.9    42.1    19.2
    1995 08 21    16 33.89   -17 38.3    0.752    1.380   101.9    45.9    19.3
    1995 08 31    16 41.79   -21 59.1    0.794    1.335    94.7    48.9    19.5
    1995 09 10    16 54.34   -26 01.3    0.833    1.289    88.4    51.4    19.6
    1995 09 20    17 11.18   -29 44.6    0.866    1.241    82.8    53.4    19.6
    1995 09 30    17 32.22   -33 08.1    0.893    1.193    77.9    55.1    19.6
    1995 10 10    17 57.43   -36 09.9    0.910    1.146    73.6    56.7    19.6
    1995 10 20    18 26.82   -38 46.1    0.917    1.100    70.0    58.3    19.6
    1995 10 30    19 00.49   -40 51.2    0.914    1.056    67.1    60.0    19.6
    1995 11 09    19 38.31   -42 17.4    0.899    1.016    64.8    61.9    19.5
    1995 11 19    20 19.91   -42 54.7    0.873    0.982    63.3    64.1    19.4
    1995 11 29    21 04.62   -42 31.3    0.837    0.954    62.5    66.5    19.4
    1995 12 09    21 51.32   -40 54.6    0.792    0.936    62.4    68.9    19.3
    
    Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1995-J02
    

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