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MPEC 1994-X08: 1994 XG

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M.P.E.C. 1994-X08                                Issued 1994 Dec. 12, 17:06 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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          MARSDEN@CFA or WILLIAMS@CFA (.HARVARD.EDU, .SPAN or .BITNET)

                                    1994 XG

Discovered 1994 Dec. 2 by Spacewatch.

Available observations:
     J94X00G* C1994 12 02.20462 03 46 08.43 +15 12 51.3          20.3 V      691
     J94X00G  C1994 12 02.24231 03 46 04.70 +15 12 29.1          20.6 V      691
     J94X00G  C1994 12 02.27927 03 46 01.06 +15 12 07.1          20.2 V      691
     J94X00G  C1994 12 04.26610 03 42 55.46 +14 52 44.7          20.9 V      691
     J94X00G  C1994 12 04.27436 03 42 54.71 +14 52 39.8          20.9 V      691
     J94X00G  C1994 12 04.28246 03 42 53.89 +14 52 35.0          20.9 V      691
     J94X00G  C1994 12 08.29730 03 37 07.82 +14 16 11.4          21.1 V      691
     J94X00G  C1994 12 08.30491 03 37 07.17 +14 16 07.6          21.3 V      691
     J94X00G  C1994 12 08.31283 03 37 06.51 +14 16 03.2          21.2 V      691

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

Orbital elements:
1994 XG
Epoch 1994 Nov. 24.0 TT = JDT 2449680.5                 Marsden
M  89.39868              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.47544966     Peri.   45.81410     +0.13281009     +0.97585403
a   1.6257971      Node   232.61266     -0.96019942     +0.08330441
e   0.5440105      Incl.   12.60611     -0.24572048     +0.20191405
P   2.07           H    18.0          G   0.15
From 9 observations 1994 Dec. 2-8.

Ephemeris:
1994 XG                  a,e,i = 1.63, 0.54, 13                  q = 0.7413
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1994 12 04    03 43.33   +14 55.3    1.113    2.080   164.6     7.2    20.4
1994 12 09    03 36.19   +14 10.3    1.159    2.104   157.9    10.2    20.6
1994 12 14    03 30.13   +13 31.4    1.211    2.128   151.3    12.8    20.8
1994 12 19    03 25.19   +12 59.1    1.269    2.150   145.0    15.2    21.0
1994 12 24    03 21.36   +12 33.4    1.333    2.172   138.9    17.3    21.2
1994 12 29    03 18.60   +12 14.0    1.401    2.194   133.1    19.1    21.4
1995 01 03    03 16.86   +12 00.6    1.473    2.214   127.6    20.6    21.6
1995 01 08    03 16.09   +11 52.5    1.548    2.234   122.3    21.8    21.8
1995 01 13    03 16.19   +11 49.4    1.626    2.253   117.3    22.8    21.9
1995 01 18    03 17.10   +11 50.4    1.706    2.271   112.4    23.6    22.1
1995 01 23    03 18.73   +11 55.1    1.788    2.289   107.8    24.2    22.2
1995 01 28    03 21.01   +12 02.9    1.871    2.306   103.3    24.6    22.3
1995 02 02    03 23.90   +12 13.3    1.954    2.322    99.0    24.8    22.4

Brian G. Marsden                                              M.P.E.C. 1994-X08

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