MPEC 1998-U02: Gareth V. Williams (C) Copyright 1998 MPC M.P.E.C. 1998-U02
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M.P.E.C. 1998-U02 Issued 1998 Oct. 16, 14:58 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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1998 TT3
Observations:
J98T03T* C1998 10 14.39124 02 20 06.24 +08 35 17.8 17.8 R 699
J98T03T C1998 10 14.41607 02 20 03.90 +08 36 41.3 699
J98T03T C1998 10 14.44089 02 20 01.57 +08 38 03.8 699
J98T03T C1998 10 14.93900 02 19 19.07 +09 06 12.1 620
J98T03T C1998 10 14.94284 02 19 18.70 +09 06 24.9 620
J98T03T C1998 10 14.95324 02 19 17.69 +09 07 01.8 17.0 V 620
J98T03T C1998 10 14.95892 02 19 17.13 +09 07 21.1 16.9 V 620
J98T03T C1998 10 15.35289 02 18 40.06 +09 30 00.9 16.3 R 758
J98T03T C1998 10 15.35583 02 18 39.71 +09 30 12.9 16.0 R 758
J98T03T C1998 10 15.35874 02 18 39.36 +09 30 23.5 16.1 R 758
J98T03T C1998 10 15.36142 02 18 39.07 +09 30 32.2 16.1 R 758
J98T03T C1998 10 15.38664 02 18 37.14 +09 31 58.9 17.7 704
J98T03T C1998 10 15.42485 02 18 33.28 +09 34 10.6 18.0 704
J98T03T C1998 10 15.44394 02 18 31.39 +09 35 16.1 18.5 704
J98T03T C1998 10 15.46304 02 18 29.30 +09 36 21.4 17.9 704
J98T03T C1998 10 15.60813 02 18 17.16 +09 45 19.7 16.9 R 422
J98T03T C1998 10 15.60969 02 18 16.98 +09 45 25.0 17.2 R 422
J98T03T C1998 10 15.61046 02 18 16.92 +09 45 28.2 17.1 R 422
J98T03T C1998 10 15.61370 02 18 16.59 +09 45 39.7 16.7 R 422
J98T03T C1998 10 15.85446 02 17 54.93 +09 59 15.5 17.3 V 104
J98T03T C1998 10 15.85700 02 17 54.70 +09 59 24.4 104
J98T03T C1998 10 15.85868 02 17 54.55 +09 59 30.7 104
J98T03T C1998 10 15.86264 02 17 54.06 +09 59 43.2 106
J98T03T C1998 10 15.86522 02 17 53.78 +09 59 52.5 106
J98T03T C1998 10 15.87258 02 17 53.02 +10 00 19.3 106
J98T03T SC1998 10 15.87495 02 17 52.80 +10 00 25.9 557
J98T03T C1998 10 15.87659 02 17 52.57 +10 00 32.1 557
J98T03T C1998 10 15.89098 02 17 51.10 +10 01 24.7 16.9 R 118
J98T03T C1998 10 15.89157 02 17 51.14 +10 01 25.7 106
J98T03T C1998 10 15.89251 02 17 51.00 +10 01 28.6 16.3 R 118
J98T03T C1998 10 15.89477 02 17 50.71 +10 01 37.0 16.7 R 118
J98T03T C1998 10 15.89663 02 17 50.56 +10 01 43.8 17.1 R 118
J98T03T C1998 10 15.90668 02 17 49.57 +10 02 20.4 106
J98T03T C1998 10 15.91553 02 17 48.67 +10 02 52.4 106
J98T03T C1998 10 15.91897 02 17 48.33 +10 03 03.5 106
J98T03T C1998 10 15.93248 02 17 46.97 +10 03 51.7 106
J98T03T C1998 10 15.94116 02 17 46.03 +10 04 21.4 557
J98T03T VC1998 10 16.31545 02 17 09.86 +10 26 44.5 670
J98T03T VC1998 10 16.32674 02 17 08.76 +10 27 27.5 670
J98T03T VC1998 10 16.34184 02 17 07.13 +10 28 19.4 18.1 V 670
J98T03T C1998 10 16.54559 02 16 47.49 +10 41 04.3 17.0 R 422
J98T03T C1998 10 16.54642 02 16 47.40 +10 41 07.6 17.2 R 422
J98T03T C1998 10 16.54795 02 16 47.18 +10 41 13.2 17.0 R 422
Observer details:
104 San Marcello Pistoiese. Observer L. Tesi. Measurers G. Forti, L. Tesi.
0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
106 Crni Vrh. Observers H. Mikuz, B. Dintinjana, J. Skvarc. 0.36-m f/6.7
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
118 Modra. Observers A. Galad, J. Toth. 0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
422 Loomberah. Observer G. J. Garradd. 0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov. Observer P. Pravec. 0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca. Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
670 Camarillo. Observer J. E. Rogers. 0.25-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS. Observer B. A. Skiff. Measurer B. W. Koehn.
0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + 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.
758 BCC Observatory, Cocoa. Observer I. P. Griffin. 0.30-m f/5 Maksutov
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
1998 TT3
Epoch 1998 Oct. 14.0 TT = JDT 2451100.5 Williams
M 344.63530 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26262323 Peri. 47.61354 +0.27630686 -0.94471319
a 2.4149823 Node 27.86576 +0.73281012 +0.08823985
e 0.5176899 Incl. 22.19354 +0.62180692 +0.31580170
P 3.75 H 18.5 G 0.15
From 43 observations 1998 Oct. 14-16.
Ephemeris:
1998 TT3 a,e,i = 2.41, 0.52, 22 q = 1.1648
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
1998 10 14 02 20.67 +08 13.8 0.349 1.336 163.9 12.0 17.6
1998 10 19 02 12.43 +13 15.6 0.318 1.311 170.0 7.6 17.1
1998 10 24 02 01.61 +19 09.5 0.294 1.287 172.2 6.0 16.9
1998 10 29 01 48.08 +25 46.1 0.277 1.264 166.3 10.7 16.9
1998 11 03 01 31.82 +32 45.2 0.268 1.244 157.6 17.7 17.0
1998 11 08 01 13.06 +39 38.8 0.266 1.226 148.4 25.1 17.2
1998 11 13 00 52.28 +45 59.7 0.271 1.209 139.7 32.0 17.4
1998 11 18 00 30.38 +51 30.4 0.282 1.195 131.9 38.0 17.7
1998 11 23 00 08.53 +56 05.9 0.296 1.184 125.3 42.9 17.9
1998 11 28 23 47.89 +59 51.8 0.314 1.175 119.9 46.7 18.1
1998 12 03 23 29.40 +62 58.1 0.333 1.169 115.6 49.5 18.3
1998 12 08 23 13.72 +65 35.5 0.354 1.165 112.2 51.5 18.5
1998 12 13 23 01.37 +67 53.4 0.374 1.165 109.6 52.8 18.6
1998 12 18 22 52.74 +69 59.9 0.395 1.167 107.8 53.4 18.8
1998 12 23 22 48.2 +72 01.0 0.415 1.172 106.6 53.5 18.9
1998 12 28 22 48.4 +74 01.1 0.435 1.180 106.0 53.2 19.0
1999 01 02 22 54.1 +76 02.4 0.455 1.190 105.8 52.6 19.1
1999 01 07 23 07.3 +78 04.9 0.473 1.203 106.0 51.8 19.2
1999 01 12 23 32.0 +80 06.5 0.492 1.219 106.6 50.7 19.3
1999 01 17 00 15.7 +81 59.6 0.510 1.236 107.4 49.4 19.3
1999 01 22 01 29.8 +83 25.5 0.529 1.256 108.4 48.0 19.4
1999 01 27 03 15.6 +83 49.7 0.548 1.278 109.6 46.6 19.5
1999 02 01 04 58.4 +82 48.9 0.569 1.301 110.8 45.1 19.6
1999 02 06 06 09.4 +80 41.4 0.590 1.326 112.0 43.6 19.6
1999 02 11 06 53.9 +77 56.1 0.614 1.352 113.2 42.1 19.7
1999 02 16 07 23.2 +74 50.0 0.640 1.380 114.2 40.8 19.8
1999 02 21 07 44.2 +71 32.4 0.668 1.408 115.0 39.5 19.9
1999 02 26 08 00.28 +68 09.1 0.699 1.438 115.6 38.4 20.0
1999 03 03 08 13.45 +64 44.0 0.734 1.468 115.8 37.4 20.2
1999 03 08 08 24.74 +61 20.2 0.772 1.499 115.8 36.6 20.3
1999 03 13 08 34.81 +57 59.8 0.814 1.531 115.4 35.9 20.4
1999 03 18 08 44.05 +54 44.5 0.860 1.563 114.6 35.4 20.6
1999 03 23 08 52.74 +51 35.7 0.910 1.596 113.6 34.9 20.7
1999 03 28 09 01.05 +48 34.3 0.963 1.629 112.3 34.5 20.9
1999 04 02 09 09.07 +45 40.9 1.020 1.662 110.8 34.2 21.1
1999 04 07 09 16.86 +42 55.5 1.080 1.695 109.0 33.9 21.2
1999 04 12 09 24.50 +40 18.0 1.144 1.729 107.1 33.6 21.4
1999 04 17 09 32.01 +37 48.3 1.210 1.762 105.1 33.4 21.5
1999 04 22 09 39.45 +35 26.0 1.280 1.795 102.9 33.1 21.7
1999 04 27 09 46.81 +33 10.6 1.352 1.829 100.7 32.7 21.8
1999 05 02 09 54.11 +31 01.9 1.427 1.862 98.3 32.4 22.0
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