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                                                  Circular No. 5806
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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1993 KH
     R. H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his
discovery of a fast-moving asteroidal object on exposures with the
U.K. Schmidt.  The following precise positions are available:

     1993 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        V     Observer
     May  24.50889   14 10 38.13   -17 13 11.0   17.5   Savage
          24.54708   14 10 27.60   -17 14 07.1            "
          26.49825   14 01 56.10   -18 01 56.8          Hartley
          26.51214   14 01 52.24   -18 02 17.7            "
          28.20034   13 54 27.42   -18 44 39.0          Scotti
          28.21053   13 54 24.60   -18 44 53.7   17.7     "
          28.22106   13 54 21.67   -18 45 09.2   17.8     "
          28.35740   13 53 47.47   -18 47 56.2          Hartley

A. Savage and M. Hartley (Siding Spring).  U.K. Schmidt telescope.
  Poor image in bad seeing on May 24.  Measurer McNaught.
J. V. Scotti (Kitt Peak).  0.9-m Spacewatch telescope.

     Preliminary orbital elements from the above observations:

     T = 1993 Sept. 4.613 TT          Peri. = 293.486
     e = 0.30934                      Node  =  54.574   2000.0
     q = 0.85110 AU                   Incl. =  12.680
       a =  1.23231 AU     n = 0.720486     P =   1.37 years

1993 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.   Delta     r    Elong. Phase    V
May  13    14 57.06   -12 55.0   0.290   1.299  172.3    6.0   17.4
     18    14 38.04   -14 40.6   0.272   1.276  164.5   12.2   17.4
     23    14 17.17   -16 36.8   0.259   1.253  155.5   19.6   17.5
     28    13 55.34   -18 39.2   0.250   1.229  146.0   27.4   17.7
June  2    13 33.51   -20 43.4   0.245   1.205  136.7   35.3   17.8
      7    13 12.49   -22 46.0   0.244   1.180  127.7   42.9   18.0
     12    12 52.83   -24 44.9   0.245   1.155  119.3   50.1   18.1
     17    12 34.85   -26 39.8   0.247   1.130  111.4   56.8   18.3
     22    12 18.55   -28 31.2   0.251   1.105  104.2   63.1   18.5
     27    12 03.68   -30 20.0   0.254   1.080   97.5   69.0   18.6
July  2    11 49.80   -32 06.3   0.258   1.055   91.4   74.5   18.8


1993 May 28                    (5806)            Daniel W. E. Green

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