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    M.P.E.C. 1996-G03                                Issued 1996 Apr.  9, 19:22 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

                                    1996 EO

                           Revision to MPEC 1996-F02

Observations:
     J96E00O  C1996 03 19.08973 11 47 07.11 -01 27 33.9          17.1 R      817
     J96E00O  C1996 03 19.42072 11 45 51.88 -01 34 16.6          18.2 R      566
     J96E00O  C1996 03 19.44101 11 45 47.19 -01 34 41.6          18.0 R      566
     J96E00O  C1996 03 19.46212 11 45 42.21 -01 35 07.8          18.1 R      566
     J96E00O  C1996 03 19.46307 11 45 42.06 -01 35 09.0          18.2 R      608
     J96E00O  C1996 03 19.48337 11 45 37.31 -01 35 33.8                      608
     J96E00O  C1996 03 20.40186 11 42 15.14 -01 54 09.1          17.7 R      608
     J96E00O  C1996 03 20.43101 11 42 08.51 -01 54 44.1          17.6 R      608
     J96E00O  C1996 03 20.94977 11 40 16.94 -02 05 04.7                      587
     J96E00O  C1996 03 20.95694 11 40 15.32 -02 05 14.1                      587
     J96E00O  C1996 03 21.42299 11 38 36.56 -02 14 07.3                      608
     J96E00O  C1996 03 21.44435 11 38 31.91 -02 14 31.9                      608
     J96E00O  C1996 03 21.90833 11 36 55.74 -02 23 29.7                      557
     J96E00O  C1996 03 21.91520 11 36 54.23 -02 23 37.5                      557
     J96E00O  C1996 03 27.41056 11 19 54.52 -03 56 43.8                      413
     J96E00O  C1996 03 27.41434 11 19 53.93 -03 56 47.6                      413
     J96E00O  C1996 03 28.45291 11 17 06.41 -04 12 21.7                      413
     J96E00O  C1996 03 28.45468 11 17 06.13 -04 12 23.4                      413
     J96E00O  C1996 04 07.56372 10 56 33.52 -06 15 49.5          19.5 V      360
     J96E00O  C1996 04 07.56806 10 56 33.08 -06 15 52.7                      360
     J96E00O  C1996 04 07.57326 10 56 32.61 -06 15 55.9                      360

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
413 Siding Spring Observatory.  Observers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd,
    D. I. Steel.  Measurer G. J. Garradd.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observers L. Sarounova, P. Pravec, J. Manek.  0.65-m f/3.6
    reflector + CCD.
566 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. J.
    Lawrence for the NEAT Team (also S. Groom, C. Clark, R. Bambery,
    S. Levin, J. Lorre, S. Shaklan) and the on-site team (R. Byrd,
    A. Esquibel, C. Cotton, D. Bascon).  1.0-m f/2.2 GEODSS telescope.
587 Sormano.  Observers E. Colzani, G. Ventre.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
608 Haleakala-AMOS.  Observers A. Alday, K. Moore, M. Tranilla, T. Goggia,
    V. Razo, A. Sylva.  Measurers J. Africano, P. Sydney, D. Nishimoto.
    1.2-m reflector + CCD.
817 Sudbury.  Observer D. di Cicco.  0.41-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1996 EO
Epoch 1996 Mar. 18.0 TT = JDT 2450160.5                 Nakano
M  70.53146              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63342311     Peri.   64.55359     +0.47811066     -0.87803335
a   1.3427859      Node   356.64042     +0.61303633     +0.35124259
e   0.4014864      Incl.   21.65461     +0.62896475     +0.32509395
P   1.56           H    18.2          G   0.15
From 34 observations 1996 Mar. 15-Apr. 7.

Ephemeris:
1996 EO                  a,e,i = 1.34, 0.40, 22                  q = 0.8037
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1996 04 07    10 57.41   -06 09.9    0.537    1.486   148.4    20.7    18.7
1996 04 12    10 50.90   -06 57.2    0.588    1.511   142.3    23.9    19.1
1996 04 17    10 46.57   -07 38.1    0.642    1.536   136.8    26.6    19.4
1996 04 22    10 44.11   -08 14.7    0.699    1.560   131.7    28.8    19.7
1996 04 27    10 43.24   -08 48.6    0.758    1.583   127.0    30.5    19.9
1996 05 02    10 43.70   -09 20.9    0.819    1.605   122.6    31.9    20.1
1996 05 07    10 45.28   -09 52.6    0.881    1.627   118.6    33.0    20.4
1996 05 12    10 47.81   -10 24.1    0.945    1.647   114.7    33.9    20.6
1996 05 17    10 51.15   -10 56.1    1.010    1.667   111.1    34.5    20.8
1996 05 22    10 55.20   -11 28.8    1.076    1.685   107.6    34.9    20.9
1996 05 27    10 59.84   -12 02.6    1.142    1.703   104.3    35.2    21.1
1996 06 01    11 05.01   -12 37.6    1.208    1.720   101.1    35.3    21.2
1996 06 06    11 10.62   -13 13.8    1.275    1.737    98.0    35.4    21.4

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1996 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1996-G03

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