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MPEC 1994-C05: 1994 CK1

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M.P.E.C. 1994-C05                                Issued 1994 Feb. 12, 21:22 UT

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          MARSDEN@CFA or WILLIAMS@CFA (.HARVARD.EDU, .SPAN or .BITNET)

                                   1994 CK1

Discovered 1994 Feb. 10 by Spacewatch.

Available observations:
     J94C01K* C1994 02 10.42516 10 13 53.27 +11 07 40.5          20.2 V      691
     J94C01K  C1994 02 10.44913 10 13 51.12 +11 07 49.9          20.6 V      691
     J94C01K  C1994 02 10.47532 10 13 48.78 +11 08 00.7          20.2 V      691
     J94C01K  C1994 02 11.20076 10 12 46.31 +11 12 57.2          20.2 V      691
     J94C01K  C1994 02 11.20815 10 12 45.72 +11 12 59.7          20.4 V      691
     J94C01K  C1994 02 11.22420 10 12 44.24 +11 13 06.3          21.2 V      691
     J94C01K bC1994 02 12.31806 10 11 08.95 +11 20 31.2          20.2 V      691
     J94C01K bC1994 02 12.34008 10 11 07.00 +11 20 40.6          20.4 V      691
     J94C01K bC1994 02 12.36198 10 11 05.04 +11 20 49.9          20.5 V      691

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers J. V. Scotti, T. Gehrels.
    0.9-m Spacewatch Telescope.

Orbital elements:
1994 CK1
Epoch 1994 Jan. 28.0 TT = JDT 2449380.5                 Marsden
M  55.84546              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30691872     Peri.   55.09421     +0.91272305     -0.40795217
a   2.1766426      Node   328.96422     +0.35909509     +0.82736087
e   0.5353530      Incl.    2.51459     +0.19490347     +0.38606867
P   3.21           H    17.5          G   0.15
From 9 observations 1994 Feb. 10-12.

Ephemeris:
1994 CK1                 a,e,i = 2.18, 0.54, 3                   q = 1.0114
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 02 12    10 11.61   +11 18.4    1.217    2.199   172.3     3.4    20.0
1994 02 17    10 04.44   +11 51.6    1.242    2.230   179.2     0.4    19.8
1994 02 22    09 57.55   +12 22.7    1.274    2.260   174.0     2.6    20.1
1994 02 27    09 51.14   +12 50.8    1.313    2.290   167.3     5.4    20.3
1994 03 04    09 45.35   +13 15.5    1.360    2.319   160.8     8.1    20.6
1994 03 09    09 40.31   +13 36.3    1.412    2.348   154.6    10.5    20.8
1994 03 14    09 36.09   +13 53.0    1.471    2.376   148.5    12.6    21.0
1994 03 19    09 32.74   +14 05.6    1.536    2.404   142.7    14.5    21.2

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1994-C05

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