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MPEC 1993-X03: 1993 TQ2

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M.P.E.C. 1993-X03                                Issued 1993 Dec. 13, 22:49 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
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                                   1993 TQ2

The following orbital elements are an improvement over those published on
MPC 22795.

Orbital elements:
1993 TQ2
Epoch 1993 Oct. 20.0 TT = JDT 2449280.5                 Williams
M 335.63982              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35247770     Peri.   77.12855     -0.01408654     -0.99958689
a   1.9847918      Node    13.75252     +0.87167116     -0.02455139
e   0.4191930      Incl.    6.04913     +0.48988871     +0.01494219
P   2.80           H    19.5          G   0.15
From 20 observations 1993 Oct. 11-Nov. 19.

Ephemeris:
1993 TQ2                 a,e,i = 1.98, 0.42, 6                   q = 1.1528
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1993 12 09    02 34.08   +45 02.9    0.223    1.170   142.4    30.9    17.9
1993 12 14    02 40.19   +46 52.9    0.222    1.162   139.4    33.5    18.0
1993 12 19    02 49.58   +48 30.2    0.223    1.157   137.0    35.5    18.0
1993 12 24    03 02.48   +49 52.3    0.225    1.154   135.1    37.0    18.1
1993 12 29    03 18.84   +50 56.0    0.228    1.153   133.7    38.0    18.1
1994 01 03    03 38.35   +51 37.7    0.233    1.154   132.9    38.6    18.2
1994 01 08    04 00.42   +51 53.9    0.239    1.158   132.3    38.9    18.3
1994 01 13    04 24.28   +51 42.4    0.248    1.164   132.1    38.8    18.3
1994 01 18    04 49.04   +51 02.9    0.258    1.173   132.1    38.5    18.4
1994 01 23    05 13.77   +49 57.3    0.271    1.183   132.2    38.0    18.6
1994 01 28    05 37.66   +48 29.2    0.286    1.196   132.3    37.5    18.7
1994 02 02    06 00.19   +46 43.0    0.303    1.210   132.2    37.1    18.8
1994 02 07    06 21.12   +44 43.9    0.323    1.226   132.0    36.7    19.0
1994 02 12    06 40.43   +42 36.7    0.346    1.244   131.6    36.4    19.2
1994 02 17    06 58.22   +40 25.6    0.372    1.264   130.9    36.2    19.3
1994 02 22    07 14.66   +38 14.1    0.401    1.284   130.0    36.1    19.5
1994 02 27    07 29.88   +36 04.7    0.433    1.306   128.9    36.2    19.7
1994 03 04    07 44.06   +33 59.0    0.468    1.329   127.5    36.3    19.9
1994 03 09    07 57.36   +31 57.9    0.506    1.353   126.0    36.4    20.2
1994 03 14    08 09.95   +30 01.9    0.546    1.378   124.3    36.6    20.4
1994 03 19    08 21.96   +28 11.0    0.590    1.404   122.5    36.7    20.6
1994 03 24    08 33.47   +26 25.2    0.636    1.430   120.6    36.9    20.8
1994 03 29    08 44.56   +24 44.2    0.685    1.457   118.6    37.0    21.0

Gareth V. Williams                                            M.P.E.C. 1993-X03

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