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MPEC 1997-K14: 1996 XW1

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M.P.E.C. 1997-K14                                Issued 1997 May 28, 19:12 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
                 URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/mpc.html

                                   1996 XW1

                           Revision to MPEC 1996-X03

Observations:
     J96X01W  C1997 05 26.57205 14 22 38.33 -33 11 43.5          18.6 V      360
     J96X01W  C1997 05 26.57604 14 22 38.61 -33 11 21.0                      360
     J96X01W  C1997 05 26.58125 14 22 39.03 -33 10 51.1                      360
     J96X01W  C1997 05 27.57083 14 24 09.18 -31 39 53.3          18.9 V      360
     J96X01W  C1997 05 27.58108 14 24 10.02 -31 38 56.9                      360
     J96X01W  C1997 05 27.58542 14 24 10.35 -31 38 34.3                      360

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1996 XW1
Epoch 1997 June 1.0 TT = JDT 2450600.5                  Williams
M  39.72860              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43485188     Peri.  264.42269     -0.75872320     -0.44867916
a   1.7254742      Node   248.11063     +0.57727335     -0.79901463
e   0.4542436      Incl.   30.59384     -0.30181880     -0.40032816
P   2.27           H   19.0           G   0.15           U   4
From 81 observations 1996 Dec. 2-1997 May 27, mean residual 0".75.

Ephemeris:
1996 XW1                 a,e,i = 1.73, 0.45, 31                  q = 0.9417
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 05 22    14 14.81   -40 52.2    0.322    1.302   150.4    22.6    18.2
1997 05 27    14 23.30   -32 31.7    0.351    1.335   152.7    20.4    18.4
1997 06 01    14 30.31   -25 32.4    0.390    1.368   151.1    21.0    18.7
1997 06 06    14 36.51   -19 53.8    0.436    1.402   147.3    23.0    19.0
1997 06 11    14 42.31   -15 26.4    0.488    1.435   142.8    25.3    19.4
1997 06 16    14 47.91   -11 57.9    0.546    1.468   138.1    27.5    19.7
1997 06 21    14 53.46   -09 16.6    0.607    1.501   133.6    29.4    20.1
1997 06 26    14 59.01   -07 12.8    0.673    1.534   129.3    30.8    20.4
1997 07 01    15 04.63   -05 38.4    0.741    1.566   125.3    32.0    20.7
1997 07 06    15 10.36   -04 27.4    0.811    1.598   121.5    32.9    20.9
1997 07 11    15 16.23   -03 35.0    0.884    1.629   117.9    33.5    21.2
1997 07 16    15 22.26   -02 57.2    0.958    1.660   114.5    33.9    21.4
1997 07 21    15 28.44   -02 31.1    1.034    1.691   111.2    34.1    21.6
1997 07 26    15 34.76   -02 14.2    1.111    1.721   108.0    34.1    21.8
1997 07 31    15 41.24   -02 04.8    1.189    1.750   104.9    34.1    22.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-K14

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