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    M.P.E.C. 2000-R16                                Issued 2000 Sept. 5, 15:33 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.
    
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                 BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       1994 EF2
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1994-G02
    
    Observations:
         J94E02F 1C2000 08 28.45709 03 24 55.28 +37 58 37.3                      658
         J94E02F 1C2000 08 28.46131 03 24 55.93 +37 58 44.6                      658
         J94E02F 1C2000 08 28.46383 03 24 56.41 +37 58 50.0                      658
         J94E02F 1C2000 09 05.40794 03 46 04.08 +42 07 27.8                      658
         J94E02F 1C2000 09 05.41222 03 46 04.77 +42 07 36.7                      658
         J94E02F 1C2000 09 05.41753 03 46 05.65 +42 07 47.2                      658
    
    Observer details:
    658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
        Plaskett reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    000828 658 0.06- 0.02-    000905 658 0.07- 0.02-    MPC 26191   +0.091 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1994 EF2
    Epoch 2000 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5                Spahr
    M 332.32285              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.28442077     Peri.  123.72806     -0.35924845     -0.92853629
    a   2.2899632      Node   346.34153     +0.66989768     -0.18674597
    e   0.5190577      Incl.   23.35234     +0.64975199     -0.32085246
    P   3.47           H   17.6           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    940311 675  0.8+  1.6+    940322 413  0.6+  0.2-    940405 671  1.3+  0.3-
    940311 675  0.2-  0.8-    940328 587  1.3-  0.3+    940405 671  0.0   0.8-
    940314 675  0.3-  0.6-    940328 587  0.4-  0.6+    940409 801  0.2-  0.5+
    940314 675 (0.3-  2.3+)   940330 360  0.2-  0.7-    940409 801  1.5+  1.4-
    940317 413  0.6+  0.5-    940330 360  0.4-  0.9-    940502 413  0.3-  0.4+
    940317 413 (0.9-  2.6+)   940330 104  0.5-  1.4-    940502 413  0.5-  0.4+
    940318 413  0.1+  0.3+    940330 104  0.1+  0.0     940503 413  0.5-  0.2+
    940318 413  0.1+  0.3+    940330 104  0.5-  0.6+    940503 413  0.6-  0.3+
    940318 413  0.5+  0.1+    940330 104  0.5-  0.3-    940504 413  0.5-  0.8+
    940318 413  0.0   0.2+    940401 413  0.4-  0.5-    940504 413  0.3-  0.6+
    940319 413  0.3+  0.1-    940401 413  0.3-  0.4-    000828 658  0.5-  0.0
    940319 413  0.3+  0.2+    940402 413  0.4-  0.3-    000828 658  0.1-  0.4-
    940320 372 (3.2+  3.4-)   940402 413  0.4-  0.3-    000828 658  1.2+  0.4+
    940322 413  0.1+  0.5+    940404 413  1.0-  0.4+    000905 658  0.4+  1.2-
    940322 413  0.2+  0.5+    940404 413  0.8-  0.0     000905 658  0.1+  0.7-
    940322 413  0.3+  0.4+    940405 671  0.7+  0.1-    000905 658  0.1-  0.6-
    
    Ephemeris:
    1994 EF2                 a,e,i = 2.29, 0.52, 23                  q = 1.1013
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 09 03    03 39.35   +40 50.3    1.116    1.605    98.0    38.5    20.4
    2000 09 13    04 09.47   +46 20.2    0.998    1.537   100.1    40.1    20.1
    2000 09 23    04 47.56   +52 07.7    0.896    1.470   101.2    42.0    19.8
    2000 10 03    05 38.37   +57 47.6    0.810    1.404   101.2    44.4    19.6
    2000 10 13    06 48.07   +62 27.3    0.742    1.342    99.9    47.1    19.4
    2000 10 23    08 17.76   +64 46.7    0.690    1.283    97.5    50.2    19.2
    2000 11 02    09 51.79   +63 43.4    0.653    1.230    94.5    53.5    19.1
    2000 11 12    11 08.72   +59 38.9    0.627    1.184    91.4    56.7    19.0
    2000 11 22    12 03.45   +53 47.3    0.608    1.147    88.6    59.4    18.9
    2000 12 02    12 41.30   +47 07.2    0.593    1.120    86.6    61.5    18.9
    2000 12 12    13 07.98   +40 07.5    0.578    1.105    85.8    62.7    18.9
    2000 12 22    13 27.25   +32 59.1    0.563    1.102    86.4    63.0    18.8
    2001 01 01    13 41.07   +25 45.2    0.545    1.111    88.5    62.2    18.7
    2001 01 11    13 50.25   +18 23.9    0.525    1.133    92.3    60.1    18.6
    2001 01 21    13 54.85   +10 53.3    0.505    1.166    97.9    56.7    18.5
    2001 01 31    13 54.17   +03 13.0    0.485    1.208   105.3    51.9    18.4
    2001 02 10    13 47.21   -04 32.2    0.470    1.258   114.6    45.5    18.2
    2001 02 20    13 33.00   -12 04.7    0.465    1.314   125.4    37.8    18.1
    2001 03 02    13 11.43   -18 49.6    0.473    1.375   136.8    29.6    18.0
    2001 03 12    12 44.63   -24 04.9    0.500    1.439   146.9    22.2    18.0
    2001 03 22    12 16.88   -27 25.1    0.548    1.506   153.0    17.5    18.1
    2001 04 01    11 52.92   -28 58.1    0.617    1.574   152.9    16.8    18.4
    2001 04 11    11 35.72   -29 17.1    0.704    1.642   148.1    18.8    18.9
    2001 04 21    11 25.73   -28 57.0    0.808    1.711   141.2    21.6    19.4
    2001 05 01    11 22.10   -28 23.3    0.926    1.780   134.0    24.0    19.8
    2001 05 11    11 23.54   -27 51.3    1.056    1.848   126.9    25.9    20.2
    2001 05 21    11 28.81   -27 28.0    1.195    1.916   120.2    27.2    20.6
    2001 05 31    11 36.97   -27 16.4    1.344    1.982   113.7    27.9    21.0
    2001 06 10    11 47.29   -27 17.3    1.498    2.047   107.5    28.2    21.3
    2001 06 20    11 59.22   -27 29.7    1.658    2.111   101.6    28.1    21.6
    2001 06 30    12 12.42   -27 52.5    1.822    2.174    95.8    27.7    21.8
    2001 07 10    12 26.59   -28 24.3    1.988    2.235    90.1    27.1    22.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-R16
    

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