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MPEC 1998-Q15: 1998 QH1

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M.P.E.C. 1998-Q15                                Issued 1998 Aug. 21, 14:24 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                                   1998 QH1

Observations:
     J98Q01H* C1998 08 17.36369 23 28 23.05 +07 13 40.2          19.8        704
     J98Q01H  C1998 08 17.40592 23 28 30.30 +07 13 05.1          20.0        704
     J98Q01H  C1998 08 17.42690 23 28 34.07 +07 12 46.5          19.4        704
     J98Q01H  C1998 08 17.44778 23 28 37.30 +07 12 30.8          19.6        704
     J98Q01H FC1998 08 19.94685 23 36 32.79 +06 31 54.6                      557
     J98Q01H FC1998 08 19.94919 23 36 33.23 +06 31 51.1          19.9 V      557
     J98Q01H FC1998 08 19.95152 23 36 33.69 +06 31 49.1                      557
     J98Q01H  C1998 08 20.00984 23 36 44.65 +06 30 47.1                      557
     J98Q01H WC1998 08 21.08584 23 40 18.16 +06 10 40.7                      557
     J98Q01H WC1998 08 21.08957 23 40 18.90 +06 10 36.4                      557
     J98Q01H WC1998 08 21.09144 23 40 19.22 +06 10 33.3                      557

Observer details:
557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector
    + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, R. Sayer.  1.0-m f/2.15
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1998 QH1
Epoch 1998 Aug. 15.0 TT = JDT 2451040.5                 Williams
M 346.19088              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26190965     Peri.  215.22354     +0.95001131     -0.30554635
a   2.4193668      Node   162.23223     +0.31219981     +0.92761224
e   0.5270258      Incl.   12.14216     +0.00312779     +0.21488826
P   3.76           H   20.0           G   0.15
From 11 observations 1998 Aug. 17-21.

Ephemeris:
1998 QH1                 a,e,i = 2.42, 0.53, 12                  q = 1.1443
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 08 15    23 21.38   +07 44.7    0.322    1.293   146.2    25.9    19.3
1998 08 20    23 36.71   +06 31.3    0.290    1.269   148.5    24.6    19.0
1998 08 25    23 54.19   +04 43.6    0.261    1.245   150.7    23.4    18.7
1998 08 30    00 14.14   +02 16.7    0.237    1.224   152.3    22.5    18.4
1998 09 04    00 36.75   -00 51.6    0.217    1.205   152.9    22.4    18.2
1998 09 09    01 01.93   -04 38.2    0.201    1.189   151.9    23.6    18.0
1998 09 14    01 29.15   -08 52.3    0.191    1.174   149.2    26.0    17.9
1998 09 19    01 57.46   -13 15.4    0.187    1.163   145.2    29.5    18.0
1998 09 24    02 25.60   -17 25.1    0.187    1.154   140.7    33.5    18.1
1998 09 29    02 52.28   -21 03.0    0.192    1.148   136.2    37.1    18.2
1998 10 04    03 16.46   -23 59.0    0.200    1.145   132.4    40.2    18.4
1998 10 09    03 37.46   -26 11.8    0.211    1.145   129.5    42.4    18.6
1998 10 14    03 54.96   -27 45.2    0.224    1.147   127.5    43.6    18.7
1998 10 19    04 09.01   -28 44.3    0.238    1.153   126.3    44.1    18.9
1998 10 24    04 19.86   -29 13.5    0.253    1.162   126.0    43.9    19.0
1998 10 29    04 27.91   -29 16.8    0.270    1.173   126.3    43.0    19.2
1998 11 03    04 33.59   -28 57.2    0.286    1.187   127.2    41.7    19.3
1998 11 08    04 37.29   -28 17.2    0.304    1.204   128.5    40.1    19.4
1998 11 13    04 39.38   -27 18.3    0.322    1.223   130.1    38.3    19.5
1998 11 18    04 40.24   -26 01.8    0.342    1.243   131.9    36.3    19.6
1998 11 23    04 40.26   -24 29.1    0.363    1.266   133.8    34.2    19.7
1998 11 28    04 39.80   -22 42.0    0.386    1.291   135.6    32.3    19.9
1998 12 03    04 39.17   -20 42.9    0.411    1.317   137.2    30.5    20.0
1998 12 08    04 38.61   -18 34.6    0.438    1.345   138.5    29.1    20.1
1998 12 13    04 38.30   -16 19.9    0.468    1.374   139.3    27.9    20.3
1998 12 18    04 38.39   -14 01.2    0.501    1.403   139.5    27.1    20.5
1998 12 23    04 39.03   -11 41.1    0.538    1.434   139.2    26.6    20.6
1998 12 28    04 40.27   -09 22.2    0.578    1.466   138.3    26.5    20.8
1999 01 02    04 42.16   -07 06.5    0.621    1.498   136.9    26.7    21.0
1999 01 07    04 44.69   -04 55.6    0.668    1.531   135.1    27.0    21.3
1999 01 12    04 47.83   -02 50.5    0.719    1.564   132.9    27.4    21.5
1999 01 17    04 51.56   -00 52.0    0.773    1.598   130.5    27.9    21.7
1999 01 22    04 55.88   +00 59.4    0.831    1.632   127.8    28.5    21.9

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-Q15

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