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                                                  Circular No. 5700
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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1993 BW2
     C. S. Shoemaker reports the following precise positions of a
fast-moving asteroidal object that she discovered on films taken by
E. M. Shoemaker, D. H. Levy, and herself with the 0.46-m Schmidt
telescope at Palomar:

     1993 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.       Mag.
     Jan. 28.26198    6 31 49.62   +31 25 37.9   15.7
          28.30122    6 31 53.78   +31 30 03.4
          28.44340    6 32 10.02   +31 45 52.1
          29.19322    6 33 50.12   +33 07 34.2
          29.20104    6 33 51.07   +33 08 19.7
          29.30781    6 34 02.45   +33 19 28.4
          29.38368    6 34 10.79   +33 27 12.4

     Orbital elements by B. G. Marsden from six of the above positions:

     T = 1992 Nov. 19.992 TT          Peri. = 286.539
     e = 0.31282                      Node  = 121.202   2000.0
     q = 0.92033 AU                   Incl. =  22.175
       a =  1.33929 AU     n = 0.635907     P =   1.55 years

1993 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.   Delta     r    Elong. Phase    V
Jan. 23     6 20.48   +18 46.2   0.132   1.102  151.4   25.3   14.5
     25     6 24.83   +24 15.4   0.143   1.111  150.5   25.9   14.7
     27     6 29.14   +28 53.5   0.155   1.121  148.8   27.1   14.9
     29     6 33.41   +32 47.0   0.169   1.130  146.7   28.6   15.2
     31     6 37.66   +36 02.8   0.184   1.140  144.5   30.2   15.4
Feb.  2     6 41.91   +38 47.0   0.199   1.149  142.3   31.7   15.6
      4     6 46.17   +41 04.9   0.215   1.159  140.2   33.0   15.9
      6     6 50.43   +43 00.9   0.231   1.169  138.2   34.2   16.1
      8     6 54.70   +44 38.6   0.248   1.178  136.3   35.3   16.3
     10     6 58.99   +46 00.9   0.266   1.188  134.6   36.3   16.5
     12     7 03.29   +47 10.2   0.283   1.198  132.9   37.1   16.7
     14     7 07.60   +48 08.4   0.301   1.208  131.3   37.9   16.8
     16     7 11.95   +48 57.0   0.319   1.218  129.9   38.5   17.0
     18     7 16.31   +49 37.4   0.338   1.227  128.5   39.1   17.1
     20     7 20.71   +50 10.6   0.357   1.237  127.1   39.6   17.3
     22     7 25.13   +50 37.5   0.376   1.247  125.8   40.0   17.4


1993 February 1                (5700)            Daniel W. E. Green

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