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    M.P.E.C. 1996-A16                                Issued 1996 Jan. 10, 19:27 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
    
                                        1992 DC
    
    Observations:
         J92D00C  C1996 01 04.73352 12 41 36.25 +05 19 06.6                      413
         J92D00C  C1996 01 04.73578 12 41 36.53 +05 19 03.5                      413
         J92D00C  C1996 01 10.71571 12 55 52.62 +02 47 25.5                      413
         J92D00C  C1996 01 10.71833 12 55 52.95 +02 47 21.1                      413
         J92D00C  C1996 01 10.72106 12 55 53.31 +02 47 16.6                      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd.
        Measurer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    960104 413  7.6+  5.6-    960110 413  6.3+  6.7-    MPC 20153
    
    Orbital elements:
    1992 DC
    Id. G. J. Garradd (1996 observations)
    Epoch 1996 Apr. 27.0 TT = JDT 2450200.5                 Williams
    M  27.32233              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25244205     Peri.  151.98205     -0.80694492     -0.59006440
    a   2.4794856      Node   351.71081     +0.50299197     -0.66369327
    e   0.4609438      Incl.   10.29531     +0.30957871     -0.45971213
    P   3.90           H   17.5           G   0.15           U   2
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    920226 675  0.3-  0.2-    920228 675  0.1-  0.9-    960104 413  0.8+  0.3+
    920226 675  0.6+  0.5+    920405 413  0.5+  0.2-    960104 413  0.1+  0.6+
    920227 675  0.2-  0.4+    920405 413  0.6-  1.0+    960110 413  0.1+  0.1+
    920227 675  0.3+  0.8+    920422 413  0.0   0.2-    960110 413  0.3-  0.3-
    920228 675  0.4-  0.9-    920422 413  0.3+  0.4-    960110 413  0.5-  0.6-
    
    Ephemeris:
    1992 DC                  a,e,i = 2.48, 0.46, 10                  q = 1.3366
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1996 01 08    12 49.49   +03 56.3    0.792    1.337    97.1    46.9    19.4
    1996 01 18    13 12.05   -00 17.8    0.748    1.339   100.4    46.3    19.3
    1996 01 28    13 31.74   -04 29.7    0.709    1.349   104.5    45.0    19.1
    1996 02 07    13 48.04   -08 35.7    0.674    1.366   109.4    42.9    19.0
    1996 02 17    14 00.26   -12 32.0    0.643    1.390   115.3    40.0    18.8
    1996 02 27    14 07.59   -16 14.2    0.618    1.421   122.4    36.0    18.7
    1996 03 08    14 09.44   -19 36.3    0.600    1.456   130.6    31.1    18.5
    1996 03 18    14 05.56   -22 29.1    0.591    1.497   139.9    25.4    18.4
    1996 03 28    13 56.56   -24 41.6    0.595    1.541   149.6    19.1    18.3
    1996 04 07    13 44.33   -26 05.5    0.615    1.589   158.6    13.3    18.2
    1996 04 17    13 31.46   -26 40.7    0.652    1.640   163.7     9.9    18.3
    1996 04 27    13 20.58   -26 37.3    0.708    1.692   161.3    11.0    18.6
    1996 05 07    13 13.42   -26 11.7    0.782    1.747   154.2    14.6    19.0
    1996 05 17    13 10.48   -25 39.3    0.873    1.802   145.8    18.4    19.4
    1996 05 27    13 11.62   -25 10.8    0.980    1.858   137.5    21.6    19.9
    1996 06 06    13 16.25   -24 52.2    1.100    1.915   129.7    24.1    20.2
    1996 06 16    13 23.69   -24 45.1    1.232    1.971   122.3    25.8    20.6
    1996 06 26    13 33.40   -24 49.5    1.374    2.028   115.3    27.0    20.9
    1996 07 06    13 44.89   -25 04.0    1.524    2.084   108.6    27.5    21.2
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1996 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1996-A16
    

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