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MPEC 1996-U01: 1996 TP6

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M.P.E.C. 1996-U01                                Issued 1996 Oct. 16, 15:02 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

                                   1996 TP6

Observations:
     J96T06P* C1996 10 09.23148 01 55 29.55 +01 55 24.7          20.1 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 09.25227 01 55 26.65 +01 55 33.3          20.1 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 09.27300 01 55 23.81 +01 55 42.2          20.3 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 10.37041 01 52 58.67 +02 03 24.8          20.2 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 10.37645 01 52 57.85 +02 03 27.9          20.2 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 10.38206 01 52 57.10 +02 03 30.4          20.2 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 12.33399 01 48 47.80 +02 16 58.0          20.6 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 12.35495 01 48 45.09 +02 17 06.3          20.4 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 12.37608 01 48 42.34 +02 17 15.2          20.2 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 14.26713 01 44 51.10 +02 29 58.7                      711
     J96T06P  C1996 10 14.28038 01 44 49.48 +02 30 04.6                      711
     J96T06P  C1996 10 15.29094 01 42 49.88 +02 36 45.8          20.1 V      691
     J96T06P  C1996 10 15.30232 01 42 48.49 +02 36 50.3          20.5 V      691

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers T. Gehrels, J. V. Scotti, J.
    Montani.  0.9-m Spacewatch telescope.
711 McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis.  Observer A. L. Whipple.
    0.76-m telescope with prime-focus corrector.

Orbital elements:
1996 TP6
Epoch 1996 Oct. 4.0 TT = JDT 2450360.5                  Marsden
M  20.55903              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23713926     Peri.  249.90130     +0.33631064     +0.93594320
a   2.5850388      Node    40.23719     -0.79234667     +0.34114485
e   0.6413078      Incl.    9.30367     -0.50900089     +0.08735283
P   4.16           H   20.0           G   0.15
From 13 observations 1996 Oct. 9-15.

Ephemeris:
1996 TP6                 a,e,i = 2.59, 0.64, 9                   q = 0.9272
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1996 10 14    01 45.39   +02 28.3    0.567    1.560   171.0     5.7    20.2
1996 10 19    01 35.97   +03 00.9    0.612    1.605   173.0     4.3    20.3
1996 10 24    01 27.90   +03 32.3    0.661    1.649   169.3     6.4    20.7
1996 10 29    01 21.24   +04 02.8    0.717    1.693   163.9     9.4    21.0
1996 11 03    01 15.95   +04 33.1    0.777    1.737   158.1    12.3    21.4
1996 11 08    01 11.97   +05 03.3    0.843    1.781   152.5    14.9    21.7
1996 11 13    01 09.22   +05 33.9    0.913    1.825   147.1    17.1    22.0
1996 11 18    01 07.61   +06 05.1    0.987    1.868   141.9    19.1    22.3
1996 11 23    01 07.02   +06 37.0    1.066    1.910   136.9    20.7    22.6

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 1996-T08)

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1996 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1996-U01

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