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MPEC 2002-L58 : 1996 XW1

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M.P.E.C. 2002-L58                                Issued 2002 June 12, 21:48 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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                                   1996 XW1

                           Revision to MPEC 1997-K14

Observations:
     J96X01W 7C2002 06 07.38869 21 14 06.19 +18 21 19.9                      696
     J96X01W 7C2002 06 07.40114 21 14 06.00 +18 21 32.7                      696
     J96X01W 7C2002 06 08.37075 21 13 49.34 +18 38 03.1                      696
     J96X01W 7C2002 06 08.38320 21 13 49.14 +18 38 15.7                      696

Observer details:
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observer C. W. Hergenrother.  Measurer
    T. B. Spahr.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
020607 696  1.5+  0.7-    020608 696  1.7+  1.9-    MPC 30293   -0.0019 day

Orbital elements:
1996 XW1
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
M 102.37591              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43478400     Peri.  264.50185     -0.75875680     -0.44893320
a   1.7256538      Node   248.02706     +0.57718067     -0.79921200
e   0.4541521      Incl.   30.59253     -0.30191158     -0.39964879
P   2.27           H   19.1           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc
961202 691  0.1-  0.4-    961206 360  0.0   0.1+    961227 118  1.5-  0.3+
961202 691  0.1-  0.6-    961206 360  0.1+  0.4-    961228 046  1.5-  2.4-
961202 691  0.3-  0.3-    961206 381  0.1+  0.6-    961228 046  1.8-  0.1+
961203 817  0.9+  1.3+    961206 381  0.3+  0.5-    961228 046  2.4-  2.1-
961203 691  0.2+  0.4+    961206 381  0.2+  0.7-    961229 118  0.8+  0.4+
961203 817  0.1-  0.5-    961207 381  0.6+  0.2+    961229 118  0.4+  1.7+
961203 691  0.1-  0.0     961207 381  0.8+  0.5+    961229 046  0.5+  0.6-
961203 691  0.3-  0.3-    961208 381  1.2+  0.6+    961229 046  0.4+  0.4-
961203 557  1.0-  0.4-    961208 381  1.2+  0.3+    961229 046  0.9+  0.7-
961203 557  0.4-  0.6+    961209 658  0.6+  0.4+    970114 599  0.0   1.3+
961203 557  1.8-  0.0     961209 658  0.6+  0.7+    970114 599  0.2+  1.6+
961203 046  1.5-  1.3-    961209 658  0.8+  1.5+    970114 599  0.2-  1.2+
961203 046  0.0   0.4-    961211 046  0.3+  0.5+    970114 599  1.2-  1.5+
961203 046  0.3-  0.7+    961211 046  1.4+  0.0     970526 360  0.6+  0.6-
961203 046  0.2+  0.6+    961211 046  0.1+  0.1-    970526 360  0.0   0.5-
961204 817  1.0-  1.1-    961213 867  2.3+  0.1+    970526 360  0.1-  0.0
961204 817  0.3-  1.0+    961213 867  2.1+  0.7+    970527 360  0.0   0.5-
961204 711  0.2-  1.3+    961213 867  2.0+  0.8+    970527 360  0.3+  0.3+
961204 711  0.7-  1.8+    961214 658  1.6-  1.1-    970527 360  0.2+  0.7-
961204 422  1.3+  1.1+    961214 658  0.1-  0.5-    970530 568  0.3+  0.1+
961204 046  0.1-  1.5+    961214 658  0.8-  1.0-    970530 568  0.1+  0.5-
961204 046  0.7-  0.2-    961214 360  0.0   0.0     970531 568  0.2-  0.4+
961204 046  0.0   0.8+    961214 360  0.4-  0.3+    970531 568  0.4-  0.4-
961204 540  1.1-  0.4-    961214 360  0.5+  0.7-    970606 587  1.3-  0.6+
961204 540  0.5-  0.6-    961214 402  0.7+  0.5-    970606 587  0.2-  0.9-
961205 046  0.1-  0.6-    961214 402  0.2+  2.1-    970712 696  0.4+  0.2+
961205 046  0.4+  0.8-    961215 422  0.2-  0.7+    970712 696  0.1-  0.6+
961205 046  0.2+  0.4-    961215 587  0.8-  1.9-    970712 696  0.1+  0.6+
961205 046  0.6+  0.6-    961215 587  0.1+  0.1+    020607 696  0.2+  0.2-
961205 046  0.2-  0.0     961227 402  0.4-  0.7-    020607 696  0.7+  0.3-
961206 711  0.3+  0.0     961227 402  0.7-  2.0-    020608 696  0.1-  1.3-
961206 711  0.4+  0.4+    961227 402  0.4+  0.2-    020608 696  0.5+  1.4-
961206 360  0.2-  0.4-    961227 118  1.1-  0.8+
961206 360  0.1-  0.6-    961227 118  1.5-  0.5-

Ephemeris:
1996 XW1                 a,e,i = 1.73, 0.45, 31                  q = 0.9419
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 06 05    21 14.65   +17 40.2    1.799    2.271   104.1    25.7    23.3
2002 06 15    21 11.09   +20 27.5    1.733    2.302   111.1    24.3    23.2
2002 06 25    21 04.23   +22 56.5    1.676    2.331   117.9    22.7    23.1
2002 07 05    20 54.19   +24 58.3    1.632    2.358   124.2    20.9    23.1
2002 07 15    20 41.47   +26 23.4    1.603    2.383   129.5    19.2    23.0
2002 07 25    20 27.12   +27 04.2    1.594    2.405   133.1    18.0    23.0
2002 08 04    20 12.51   +26 58.3    1.604    2.425   134.5    17.4    23.0
2002 08 14    19 59.11   +26 08.6    1.635    2.443   133.3    17.6    23.0
2002 08 24    19 48.17   +24 44.0    1.685    2.459   130.0    18.4    23.1
2002 09 03    19 40.39   +22 56.2    1.752    2.473   125.0    19.5    23.3

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-L58

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