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    M.P.E.C. 1996-F08                                Issued 1996 Mar. 27, 14:02 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
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             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU

                                   1996 FO3

Observations:
     J96F03O*  1996 03 24.64735 14 10 11.32 -37 34 40.2          18.5 V      413
     J96F03O   1996 03 24.69943 14 10 05.29 -37 35 20.8                      413
     J96F03O  C1996 03 26.63937 14 07 03.70 -37 57 56.2                      413
     J96F03O  C1996 03 26.64306 14 07 03.26 -37 57 58.7                      413
     J96F03O  C1996 03 26.73127 14 06 52.81 -37 58 51.0                      413
     J96F03O  C1996 03 26.73479 14 06 52.39 -37 58 52.9                      413
     J96F03O  C1996 03 26.73986 14 06 51.80 -37 58 55.6                      413
     J96F03O  C1996 03 26.80922 14 06 43.90 -37 59 30.6                      413
     J96F03O  C1996 03 26.81091 14 06 43.69 -37 59 31.7                      413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers C. P. Cass, R. H. McNaught,
    G. J. Garradd, D. I. Steel.  Measurer G. J. Garradd.  1.2-m U.K. Schmidt
    telescope, 1.0-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1996 FO3
Epoch 1996 Mar. 18.0 TT = JDT 2450160.5                 Williams
M  25.57902              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.56090820     Peri.  162.31497     -0.72618254     -0.68605246
a   1.4561570      Node   334.19432     +0.61773758     -0.62263057
e   0.2974437      Incl.    5.88311     +0.30176017     -0.37638172
P   1.76           H    20.5          G   0.15
From 9 observations 1996 Mar. 24-26.

Ephemeris:
1996 FO3                 a,e,i = 1.46, 0.30, 6                   q = 1.0230
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1996 03 18    14 19.18   -35 38.0    0.158    1.103   129.9    43.8    18.4
1996 03 23    14 12.64   -37 11.3    0.168    1.120   134.1    39.7    18.4
1996 03 28    14 04.84   -38 10.8    0.179    1.138   138.5    35.5    18.5
1996 04 02    13 56.36   -38 38.5    0.190    1.157   142.8    31.5    18.6
1996 04 07    13 47.77   -38 37.7    0.204    1.177   146.8    27.8    18.6
1996 04 12    13 39.60   -38 12.0    0.218    1.197   150.3    24.5    18.7
1996 04 17    13 32.33   -37 26.1    0.235    1.218   153.0    22.0    18.8
1996 04 22    13 26.35   -36 25.3    0.254    1.239   154.7    20.3    19.0
1996 04 27    13 21.91   -35 15.3    0.275    1.261   155.1    19.7    19.2
1996 05 02    13 19.07   -34 01.2    0.298    1.283   154.3    19.9    19.4
1996 05 07    13 17.75   -32 46.9    0.324    1.305   152.5    20.9    19.7
1996 05 12    13 17.84   -31 35.5    0.352    1.327   150.0    22.4    19.9
1996 05 17    13 19.22   -30 28.8    0.383    1.350   147.1    24.0    20.2
1996 05 22    13 21.78   -29 28.5    0.417    1.372   144.0    25.7    20.5
1996 05 27    13 25.38   -28 35.4    0.453    1.394   140.7    27.4    20.7
1996 06 01    13 29.87   -27 49.8    0.491    1.415   137.4    29.0    21.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1996 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1996-F08

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