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   PR #    29
   Besides having the shortest known X-ray dipping period, XB 1916-053 is
   quiteintriguing in that its bursts tend to cluster around the dips,
   sometimesoccuring within the dip itself. X-ray spectra obtained during
   the dips,bursts, and otherwise will place limits on models explaining
   this clustering.XB 1916-053 is marginally underabundant in metals.
   Previous detectors have been unable to resolve lines from this source.
   A sensitive search for low-level line emission at 6.7 keV and at
   energies <2 keV would be an effective demonstration of the power of
   the Asuka's instrumentation and would be apowerful probe in
   determining the metal abundance of the accreting plasma inXB 1916-053.
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