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    M.P.E.C. 1995-K02                                Issued 1995 May 21, 02:28 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
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                                   1995 HM5

Observations:
     J95H05M* C1995 04 26.03216 12 20 14.67 -02 13 00.8          23.1 R      807
     J95H05M  C1995 04 26.08712 12 20 14.40 -02 12 59.9                      807
     J95H05M  C1995 04 26.22696 12 20 13.76 -02 12 55.1                      807
     J95H05M  C1995 04 29.08141 12 20 00.89 -02 11 26.2                      807
     J95H05M  C1995 04 29.12764 12 20 00.64 -02 11 24.7                      807
     J95H05M  C1995 04 29.13859 12 20 00.58 -02 11 24.5                      807
     J95H05M  C1995 04 30.07257 12 19 56.48 -02 10 55.8                      807
     J95H05M  C1995 04 30.15451 12 19 56.12 -02 10 53.3                      807

Observer details:
807 Cerro Tololo.  Observer J. X. Luu.  1.5-m reflector.

Orbital elements:
1995 HM5
The following assumed perihelic 2:3 Neptune-resonance orbital elements
keep the object more than 16 AU from Neptune over a 14 000-year period.
Epoch 1995 Apr. 13.0 TT = JDT 2449820.5                 Marsden
M 359.94905              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00396509     Peri.  359.70820     -0.99375312     +0.11119136
a  39.5337170      Node   186.69838     -0.10222512     -0.94126197
e   0.1775045      Incl.    4.69656     -0.04477451     -0.31884540
P 248.57           H     8.5          G   0.15
From 8 observations 1995 Apr. 26-30.

Ephemeris:
1995 HM5                 a,e,i = 39.53, 0.18, 5                  q = 32.516
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1995 05 13    12 19.10   -02 05.1   31.814   32.516   133.4     1.3    23.8
1995 05 23    12 18.62   -02 01.6   31.945   32.516   123.6     1.5    23.8
1995 06 02    12 18.30   -01 59.2   32.092   32.516   113.9     1.6    23.8
1995 06 12    12 18.15   -01 58.0   32.251   32.516   104.3     1.7    23.8
1995 06 22    12 18.18   -01 57.9   32.416   32.516    94.7     1.8    23.8
1995 07 02    12 18.39   -01 58.9   32.585   32.516    85.3     1.8    23.8
1995 07 12    12 18.79   -02 01.2   32.750   32.516    75.8     1.7    23.9

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1995-K02

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