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MPEC 2002-V24 : 1996 MO

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V24                                Issued 2002 Nov. 6, 22:40 UT

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                                    1996 MO

                           Revision to MPEC 1996-N01

Observations:
     J96M00O 7C2002 10 31.29287 03 40 36.94 +08 12 34.5                      696
     J96M00O 7C2002 10 31.29674 03 40 36.65 +08 12 31.8                      696
     J96M00O  C2002 11 06.28138 03 32 45.12 +07 02 53.1          20.6 V      291
     J96M00O  C2002 11 06.30467 03 32 43.03 +07 02 36.2          20.3 V      291
     J96M00O  C2002 11 06.32783 03 32 40.96 +07 02 19.5          20.3 V      291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer A. S. Descour.  1.8-m Spacewatch Telescope
    + CCD.
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observers I. Ginsburg, T. B. Spahr.
    1.2-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1996 MO
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M 304.41784              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.41017257     Peri.    4.57711     -0.98408471     -0.17563393
a   1.7940105      Node   165.22407     +0.15948913     -0.94001455
e   0.5120552      Incl.    6.08127     +0.07836136     -0.29244721
P   2.40           H   18.6           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
960623 691  0.5+  0.3+    960706 658  0.2+  0.4-    960720 711  0.6-  0.1-
960623 691  0.5+  0.1-    960707 658  0.4-  0.9-    960722 711  0.9+  0.8+
960623 691  0.0   0.2-    960707 658  1.0-  0.1-    960722 711  0.5+  0.5+
960624 691  0.1-  0.0     960707 658  1.2-  0.3+    021031 696  0.4+  0.4+
960624 691  0.4+  0.3+    960718 413  0.3+  0.4-    021031 696  0.4+  0.3+
960624 691  0.2-  0.0     960718 413  0.4+  0.0     021106 291  0.4-  0.0
960625 691  0.2-  0.2+    960719 413  0.7+  0.5-    021106 291  0.3-  0.2-
960625 691  0.2+  0.2-    960719 413 (2.7+  0.1+)   021106 291  0.0   0.3-
960706 658  0.6-  0.1+    960719 413  0.4-  0.2-
960706 658  0.0   1.3+    960720 711  0.1+  0.8-

Ephemeris:
1996 MO                  a,e,i = 1.79, 0.51, 6                   q = 0.8754
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 02    03 38.53   +07 53.2    0.875    1.843   161.4     9.9    20.3
2002 11 12    03 23.93   +05 53.9    0.799    1.778   167.7     6.8    19.9
2002 11 22    03 06.44   +03 55.6    0.747    1.711   160.8    10.9    19.8
2002 12 02    02 48.42   +02 15.0    0.719    1.641   148.1    18.5    19.9
2002 12 12    02 32.63   +01 07.6    0.711    1.569   134.9    26.4    20.0
2002 12 22    02 21.21   +00 41.3    0.716    1.495   122.4    33.7    20.2
2003 01 01    02 15.16   +00 55.6    0.728    1.420   111.3    40.2    20.3
2003 01 11    02 14.66   +01 46.1    0.740    1.344   101.5    45.8    20.3
2003 01 21    02 19.34   +03 06.4    0.747    1.267    93.1    50.8    20.4
2003 01 31    02 28.63   +04 51.2    0.746    1.192    85.8    55.5    20.4
2003 02 10    02 42.11   +06 56.4    0.733    1.118    79.6    60.2    20.3
2003 02 20    02 59.35   +09 19.0    0.708    1.049    74.4    65.1    20.3
2003 03 02    03 20.11   +11 57.3    0.669    0.988    70.0    70.5    20.2
2003 03 12    03 44.31   +14 51.3    0.618    0.936    66.4    76.4    20.1
2003 03 22    04 12.03   +18 02.6    0.556    0.899    63.5    82.9    20.0
2003 04 01    04 43.87   +21 36.0    0.486    0.878    61.5    89.3    19.9
2003 04 11    05 21.73   +25 39.3    0.414    0.877    60.7    94.9    19.8
2003 04 21    06 09.90   +30 16.8    0.344    0.896    61.9    98.2    19.6
2003 05 01    07 17.33   +35 04.5    0.284    0.932    66.6    97.2    19.2
2003 05 11    08 55.33   +37 52.5    0.243    0.982    76.5    89.6    18.6
2003 05 21    10 53.95   +34 29.0    0.231    1.043    91.2    76.0    18.2
2003 05 31    12 33.31   +25 04.3    0.255    1.111   105.9    61.3    18.0
2003 06 10    13 39.59   +15 01.1    0.310    1.184   115.9    50.5    18.3
2003 06 20    14 23.60   +06 59.7    0.389    1.259   120.7    43.9    18.7
2003 06 30    14 55.43   +00 58.1    0.484    1.336   121.7    40.4    19.2
2003 07 10    15 20.84   -03 37.1    0.593    1.412   120.4    38.4    19.8
2003 07 20    15 42.77   -07 11.5    0.714    1.488   117.6    37.3    20.2
2003 07 30    16 02.82   -10 02.6    0.845    1.562   113.8    36.5    20.7
2003 08 09    16 21.92   -12 21.1    0.986    1.634   109.5    35.8    21.1
2003 08 19    16 40.55   -14 13.8    1.135    1.704   104.9    35.0    21.5
2003 08 29    16 58.98   -15 45.3    1.292    1.772    99.9    34.2    21.8

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V24

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