ACCELERATION REPORT 20 April 96: 94- 45 B

Kurt Jonckheere (kjonckheere@unicall.be)
Sat, 20 Apr 1996 19:27:49 +0000

The following objects had a jump in Mean Motion and * MIGHT * accelerate:
89- 28 B = 19922   91- 81 B = 21797
89- 59 B = 20150   94- 45 B = 23190(NEW!)

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23190 = 94- 45 B
This one must be accelerating for sure I think.  It has already accelerated
in November 1994 and last week there was a jump in Semi major axis of
about 450m !

1 23190U 94045  B 96102.07290486  .00000069  00000-0  74111-4 0  2111
2 23190  74.0313 317.7727 0020850 182.6814 177.4199 13.73422765 84745

1 23190U 94045  B 96109.06567069 -.00003776  00000-0 -40393-2 0  2170
2 23190  74.0229 306.1935 0022105 169.2397 190.9202 13.73345867 85705
[Again, does someone can send me elements for between these dates?]

Latest observations in our PPAS are from February and indicate a normal
rise.
94- 45 B 96-02-08 01:46      MM  112.9 0.5   7 16.1   4.5-6
94- 45 B 96-02-16 19:40      WV   62.9 0.5   4 15.7   flat max
94- 45 B 96-02-21 18:31:44   JVS 134.2 2     8 16.8   var ->sa ->S
94- 45 B 96-02-21 18:33      WV   34.3 0.5   2 17.2   small ampl
Observers: Mike McCants, Willy Verhaegen and Jan Vansteelandt.

This object becomes visible in the morning within some weeks,
most of the others are visible in the middle of the night 
[for Nothern-lat observers]

Don't forget 89- 28 B, 89- 59 B and 91- 81 B (see previous report).
I haven't received any observations of them yet.  I hope some of you
can observe them soon to check if they are really accelerating.

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Remember:
Send you observations as soon as possible, preferrable in the right 
PPAS-format to 
obs@physics.oxford.ac.uk   or 
obs@physics.ox.ac.uk

Please use this adres * only for reporting observations * !

If you want more information or have other questions about this you can
mail me at: kjonckheere@unicall.be


Happy observing,


Kurt Jonckheere (kjonckheere@unicall.be)