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MPEC 1997-Y04: 1996 DH

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M.P.E.C. 1997-Y04                                Issued 1997 Dec. 18, 19:32 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                    1996 DH

                           Revision to MPEC 1996-D01

Observations:
     J96D00H  C1997 12 05.52458 10 20 09.97 +12 46 29.5                      658
     J96D00H  C1997 12 05.53449 10 20 10.33 +12 46 23.4                      658
     J96D00H  C1997 12 09.57163 10 22 14.78 +12 09 54.1                      658
     J96D00H  C1997 12 09.58031 10 22 14.95 +12 09 49.3                      658

Observer details:
658 Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.  Observers D. D. Balam, G. C. L. Aikman.
    1.82-m reflector + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
971205 658 32.7+ 25.0-    971209 658 33.2+ 27.0-    MPC 27731   -0.020 day

Orbital elements:
1996 DH
Epoch 1997 Dec. 18.0 TT = JDT 2450800.5                 Williams
M 190.75112              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49290290     Peri.  351.33273     +0.51633742     +0.82522960
a   1.5871883      Node   309.40514     -0.76689260     +0.32660322
e   0.2766985      Incl.   17.23150     -0.38114486     +0.46078894
P   2.00           H   17.0           G   0.15           U   3
Residuals in seconds of arc
960218 691  0.2-  0.2-    960227 413  1.0+  0.0     960328 413  0.5+  0.3+
960218 691  0.2-  0.3-    960227 118  1.5+  0.2-    960328 413  0.4+  0.3+
960218 691  0.2+  0.1+    960227 118  1.1+  0.1-    960328 413  0.4+  0.3+
960218 691  0.4-  0.1+    960229 118  0.9+  0.8-    960328 413  0.4+  0.3+
960218 691  0.5-  0.0     960229 118  0.2-  0.1-    960406 557  0.3-  0.1-
960218 691  0.5-  0.1-    960229 608  0.3+  0.0     960406 557  0.1-  0.1-
960219 691  0.8-  0.3-    960229 608  1.7+  0.8+    960407 557  0.0   0.5-
960219 691  1.0-  0.1-    960229 413  0.2+  0.3+    960407 557  0.0   0.3+
960219 691  0.8-  0.0     960229 413  0.6+  0.1+    960418 557  0.2-  0.0
960221 691 (2.6+  0.0 )   960311 691  1.0-  0.2+    960418 557  1.7+  0.2-
960221 691  0.4-  0.5+    960311 691  0.9-  0.1+    960420 691  0.7-  0.1+
960221 691  0.6-  0.2-    960311 691  0.9-  0.2+    960420 691  0.8-  0.4+
960222 360  0.5+  0.4-    960314 658  0.2+  0.1+    960420 691  0.6-  0.2+
960222 360  0.5+  0.5-    960314 658  0.4+  0.1+    960425 711  1.0+  0.3-
960222 360  0.0   0.2-    960314 658  0.2+  0.1+    960425 711  0.9+  1.0-
960223 120  1.9-  0.1-    960318 691  0.8-  0.1+    960523 691  1.4-  0.5+
960223 120  0.9-  0.7-    960318 691  0.5-  0.1-    960523 691  0.7-  0.6-
960223 120  1.1+  1.2-    960318 691  0.6-  0.0     960523 691  0.3-  0.6-
960224 658  0.4+  0.0     960323 658  0.2+  0.5+    960528 413  0.6+  0.3-
960224 658  0.5-  0.4+    960323 658  0.2-  0.5+    960528 413  0.2+  0.4+
960224 658  0.9-  0.5-    960323 658  0.0   0.3+    960609 413  0.2-  0.5-
960224 557  0.5+  0.0     960325 658  0.3-  0.2+    960609 413  0.1-  0.4-
960224 557  0.3+  0.0     960325 658  0.4-  0.4+    960609 413  0.9+  0.3-
960226 658  0.1+  0.2+    960325 658  0.2-  0.5+    971205 658  0.2+  0.7+
960226 658  0.0   0.1+    960325 658  0.3-  0.7+    971205 658  0.7+  0.0
960226 658  0.4-  0.3-    960326 413  0.4+  0.2+    971209 658  0.0   0.2-
960226 046  0.1+  0.6-    960326 413  0.3+  0.3+    971209 658  0.7-  0.3-
960226 046  0.7+  0.8+    960326 413  0.2+  0.2+
960226 046  0.8+  0.1+    960326 413  0.5+  0.2+

Ephemeris:
1996 DH                  a,e,i = 1.59, 0.28, 17                  q = 1.1480
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 12 18    10 24.95   +10 57.0    1.434    2.022   112.1    26.8    20.5
1997 12 28    10 24.89   +09 37.2    1.316    2.016   121.9    24.5    20.3
1998 01 07    10 20.72   +08 26.4    1.209    2.009   132.6    21.1    20.0
1998 01 17    10 12.07   +07 26.1    1.117    2.000   144.3    16.7    19.6
1998 01 27    09 58.96   +06 37.6    1.045    1.988   156.8    11.3    19.3
1998 02 06    09 42.29   +06 01.4    0.999    1.975   168.6     5.7    18.9
1998 02 16    09 23.93   +05 36.2    0.981    1.960   169.3     5.4    18.9
1998 02 26    09 06.30   +05 19.9    0.991    1.943   157.5    11.2    19.1
1998 03 08    08 51.66   +05 08.8    1.026    1.924   144.8    17.3    19.4
1998 03 18    08 41.43   +04 58.9    1.081    1.903   132.8    22.6    19.6
1998 03 28    08 36.03   +04 46.7    1.150    1.880   122.0    26.8    19.9
1998 04 07    08 35.27   +04 29.3    1.227    1.855   112.3    29.9    20.1
1998 04 17    08 38.58   +04 04.4    1.309    1.829   103.7    32.2    20.3
1998 04 27    08 45.33   +03 30.5    1.391    1.800    96.0    33.8    20.4
1998 05 07    08 54.97   +02 46.3    1.470    1.770    89.1    34.7    20.5
1998 05 17    09 06.98   +01 51.0    1.545    1.739    82.9    35.2    20.6
1998 05 27    09 21.00   +00 44.3    1.614    1.706    77.3    35.4    20.7
1998 06 06    09 36.75   -00 34.2    1.676    1.671    72.1    35.3    20.7
1998 06 16    09 54.01   -02 04.4    1.730    1.635    67.4    35.0    20.7
1998 06 26    10 12.67   -03 45.9    1.776    1.598    63.1    34.6    20.7

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-Y04

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