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MPEC 1997-Y24: 1996 AS1

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M.P.E.C. 1997-Y24                                Issued 1997 Dec. 31, 23:13 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/iau/mpc.html

                                   1996 AS1

                           Revision to MPEC 1996-B08

Observations:
     J96A01S  C1997 12 27.21100 06 22 35.10 +32 44 09.9          21.8 V      691
     J96A01S  C1997 12 27.21566 06 22 34.63 +32 44 09.2          21.8 V      691
     J96A01S  C1997 12 27.22122 06 22 34.08 +32 44 06.5          22.3 V      691
     J96A01S  C1997 12 31.25832 06 15 32.04 +32 22 27.7          20.6 V      691
     J96A01S  C1997 12 31.27035 06 15 30.78 +32 22 24.0          20.8 V      691
     J96A01S  C1997 12 31.28274 06 15 29.45 +32 22 19.6          20.8 V      691

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m Spacewatch
    telescope.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
971227 691 14.6-  8.4-    971231 691 14.2-  7.3-    MPC 26749   -0.0090 day

Orbital elements:
1996 AS1
Epoch 1997 Dec. 18.0 TT = JDT 2450800.5                 Williams
M 137.97906              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42585154     Peri.  357.29490     +0.40923270     +0.88514744
a   1.7497012      Node   296.77907     -0.83241241     +0.26278707
e   0.3611181      Incl.   14.36274     -0.37365516     +0.38400127
P   2.31           H   18.5           G   0.15           U   5
Residuals in seconds of arc
960113 691  0.3-  0.0     960122 711  1.9+  0.4+    960209 711  0.7-  1.0-
960113 691  0.6+  0.0     960122 711  0.8+  0.5-    960209 711  0.1+  0.8-
960113 691  0.9-  0.2-    960125 658  3.4-  0.5+    960210 711  0.2+  0.5-
960114 691  1.0+  0.2-    960125 658  1.7-  0.0     960210 711  0.3+  0.5-
960114 691  1.1+  0.1+    960125 658  0.2-  0.6-    960212 711  0.8+  0.4-
960115 691  0.3-  0.2+    960126 413  1.0+  0.4+    960212 711  0.5+  1.0+
960115 691  0.7-  0.1+    960126 413  0.1+  0.4+    971227 691  0.4-  0.6-
960115 691  1.1-  0.2+    960127 691  0.5-  0.0     971227 691  0.0   0.0
960120 691  0.2-  0.6-    960127 691  1.0-  0.2-    971227 691  0.6+  1.1-
960120 691  0.5-  0.3-    960127 691  0.8-  0.3-    971231 691  0.0   0.4+
960120 691  0.8-  0.7+    960127 413  0.8+  0.7+    971231 691  0.1+  0.8+
960120 711  0.1-  0.2+    960127 413  1.1+  0.5+    971231 691  0.2-  0.6+
960120 711  0.7+  0.1+    960128 413  1.2+  0.5+
960121 711  0.8+  0.4-    960128 413  0.2+  0.6+

Ephemeris:
1996 AS1                 a,e,i = 1.75, 0.36, 14                  q = 1.1179
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 12 28    06 21.19   +32 40.2    1.332    2.307   170.5     4.0    21.3
1998 01 02    06 12.58   +32 12.2    1.345    2.316   167.6     5.2    21.4
1998 01 07    06 04.49   +31 40.1    1.367    2.323   162.5     7.3    21.5
1998 01 12    05 57.15   +31 05.0    1.395    2.330   156.6     9.7    21.7
1998 01 17    05 50.72   +30 28.1    1.430    2.337   150.5    12.0    21.8
1998 01 22    05 45.31   +29 50.5    1.471    2.343   144.5    14.1    22.0
1998 01 27    05 40.97   +29 13.2    1.518    2.349   138.6    16.1    22.1
1998 02 01    05 37.73   +28 37.0    1.570    2.354   132.9    17.8    22.3
1998 02 06    05 35.57   +28 02.4    1.626    2.359   127.4    19.4    22.4

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-Y24

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