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    M.P.E.C. 1996-E05                                Issued 1996 Mar. 1, 21:24 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 RR2
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1993-T01
    
    Observations:
         J93R02R  C1996 02 16.35600 10 13 43.32 +09 42 05.2          21.6 R      693
         J93R02R  C1996 02 16.36399 10 13 42.83 +09 42 08.5                      693
         J93R02R  C1996 02 16.36969 10 13 42.61 +09 42 10.0                      693
         J93R02R  C1996 02 28.27148 10 04 02.94 +10 54 51.5          20.8 V      709
         J93R02R  C1996 02 28.27789 10 04 02.69 +10 54 54.5          20.6 V      709
         J93R02R  C1996 02 28.30014 10 04 01.58 +10 55 02.9          20.2 V      709
         J93R02R  C1996 02 28.32233 10 04 00.52 +10 55 10.2          20.4 V      709
    
    Observer details:
    693 Catalina Station.  Observer S. M. Larson.  Measurer C. W. Hergenrother.
        1.5-m f/3 reflector.
    709 Cloudcroft.  Observer W. Offutt.  0.6-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees)
    960216 693 0.04- 0.01+    960228 709 0.04- 0.01+    MPC 23247
    
    Orbital elements:
    1993 RR2
    Id. C. W. Hergenrother (1996 observations)
    Epoch 1996 Apr. 27.0 TT = JDT 2450200.5                 Marsden
    M 230.01746              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.22737512     Peri.  161.94132     +0.73351812     +0.67454318
    a   2.6585250      Node   155.02430     -0.64538725     +0.72970894
    e   0.4901091      Incl.   11.38132     -0.21313485     +0.11187659
    P   4.33           H   15.5           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    930910 413  0.2-  0.3+    931012 801  0.8-  0.1-    931026 413  0.0   0.4+
    930910 413  0.1+  1.1+    931012 801  0.8-  0.1-    931027 413  0.1-  0.6+
    930914 675  1.4-  0.0     931013 675  0.6+  0.8-    931027 413  0.0   0.7+
    930914 675  0.8+  0.4-    931013 675  0.2+  0.8-    960216 693  0.0   0.4+
    930916 675  0.3+  0.2+    931014 801  0.4-  0.5-    960216 693  1.4-  0.8+
    930916 675  1.2+  0.2+    931014 801  0.5-  1.4+    960216 693  0.5-  0.2+
    930918 675 (3.0-  1.0-)   931015 675  0.8+  0.4-    960228 709  0.2-  0.7-
    930922 675  0.6-  0.5-    931015 675  0.4+  0.1-    960228 709  0.7+  0.0
    931006 670  0.1-  0.2+    931019 675  0.2+  0.4-    960228 709  0.5+  0.4+
    931006 670  0.5-  1.6+    931019 675  0.3-  0.9-    960228 709  1.0+  0.4-
    931006 670  0.0   0.7-    931021 675  0.0   0.7-
    931006 670  1.0+  0.8-    931026 413  0.0   0.7+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1993 RR2                 a,e,i = 2.66, 0.49, 11                  q = 1.3556
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1996 02 27    10 05.07   +10 47.2    2.860    3.843   171.7     2.1    21.0
    1996 03 08    09 57.26   +11 46.1    2.881    3.827   159.6     5.2    21.1
    1996 03 18    09 50.37   +12 39.2    2.932    3.811   147.7     8.0    21.3
    1996 03 28    09 44.88   +13 23.6    3.009    3.794   136.3    10.5    21.5
    1996 04 07    09 41.12   +13 57.9    3.106    3.775   125.4    12.5    21.6
    1996 04 17    09 39.21   +14 21.7    3.220    3.756   115.0    14.0    21.7
    1996 04 27    09 39.19   +14 34.9    3.344    3.736   105.2    15.1    21.8
    1996 05 07    09 40.94   +14 38.2    3.473    3.715    95.9    15.7    21.9
    1996 05 17    09 44.32   +14 32.4    3.604    3.693    87.0    15.9    22.0
    1996 05 27    09 49.15   +14 18.1    3.733    3.669    78.6    15.7    22.0
    1996 06 06    09 55.24   +13 56.1    3.856    3.645    70.5    15.2    22.1
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1996 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1996-E05
    

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