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    M.P.E.C. 1996-G04                                Issued 1996 Apr. 10, 14:28 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 FQ3
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1996-F13
    
    Observations:
         J96F03Q  C1996 03 29.45878 14 05 20.78 -07 00 02.5          17.5 R      608
         J96F03Q  C1996 04 08.00347 15 01 39.65 -09 13 15.4          18.0 V      104
         J96F03Q  C1996 04 08.00995 15 01 42.24 -09 13 20.9                      104
         J96F03Q  C1996 04 08.01204 15 01 43.03 -09 13 22.2                      104
    
    Observer details:
    104 San Marcello Pistoiese.  Observers A. Boattini, L. Tesi.  0.40-m f/5
        reflector + CCD.
    608 Haleakala-AMOS.  Observers A. Alday, K. Moore, M. Tranilla, T. Goggia,
        V. Razo, A. Sylva.  Measurers M. Ota, G. Fricke, J. Becker, J. Africano,
        P. Sydney, D. Nishimoto, D. O'Connell.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1996 FQ3
    Epoch 1996 Mar. 18.0 TT = JDT 2450160.5                 Williams
    M 344.16411              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.34123069     Peri.   79.48989     -0.66870047     +0.74346867
    a   2.0281683      Node   148.53644     -0.68923678     -0.61492521
    e   0.4701946      Incl.    1.06444     -0.27891277     -0.26290935
    P   2.89           H    21.0          G   0.15
    From 19 observations 1996 Mar. 26-Apr. 8.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1996 FQ3                 a,e,i = 2.03, 0.47, 1                   q = 1.0745
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1996 04 07    14 54.70   -08 57.3    0.127    1.115   152.7    24.3    17.9
    1996 04 12    15 31.67   -10 12.5    0.115    1.102   148.2    28.6    17.8
    1996 04 17    16 13.85   -11 22.4    0.107    1.091   142.6    34.0    17.7
    1996 04 22    16 58.76   -12 16.2    0.103    1.082   136.4    39.8    17.8
    1996 04 27    17 42.79   -12 47.1    0.104    1.077   130.5    45.3    18.0
    1996 05 02    18 22.59   -12 56.7    0.108    1.075   125.6    49.7    18.2
    1996 05 07    18 56.33   -12 52.2    0.116    1.075   122.3    52.5    18.4
    1996 05 12    19 23.62   -12 42.0    0.125    1.079   120.5    53.8    18.6
    1996 05 17    19 44.99   -12 32.4    0.135    1.086   120.2    53.7    18.8
    1996 05 22    20 01.27   -12 27.3    0.146    1.095   121.1    52.4    18.9
    1996 05 27    20 13.34   -12 28.5    0.158    1.107   123.0    50.1    19.1
    1996 06 01    20 21.90   -12 36.6    0.170    1.122   125.8    47.1    19.2
    1996 06 06    20 27.50   -12 51.8    0.182    1.139   129.3    43.6    19.3
    1996 06 11    20 30.53   -13 14.0    0.195    1.158   133.5    39.5    19.3
    1996 06 16    20 31.33   -13 42.8    0.209    1.180   138.2    35.0    19.4
    1996 06 21    20 30.30   -14 17.1    0.223    1.203   143.4    30.3    19.5
    1996 06 26    20 27.83   -14 55.2    0.239    1.228   148.9    25.3    19.5
    1996 07 01    20 24.32   -15 35.6    0.257    1.254   154.6    20.3    19.6
    1996 07 06    20 20.14   -16 16.7    0.277    1.281   160.5    15.4    19.6
    1996 07 11    20 15.62   -16 56.9    0.300    1.310   166.5    10.5    19.6
    1996 07 16    20 11.12   -17 34.8    0.325    1.339   172.3     5.8    19.7
    1996 07 21    20 06.96   -18 09.3    0.353    1.369   177.5     1.9    19.7
    1996 07 26    20 03.40   -18 39.6    0.385    1.400   175.4     3.3    20.0
    1996 07 31    20 00.62   -19 05.3    0.420    1.431   170.1     7.0    20.4
    1996 08 05    19 58.68   -19 26.4    0.459    1.463   164.9    10.4    20.8
    1996 08 10    19 57.64   -19 43.1    0.502    1.494   159.8    13.5    21.2
    1996 08 15    19 57.50   -19 55.5    0.547    1.526   155.0    16.3    21.5
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1996 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1996-G04
    

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