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MPEC 1997-V01: 1997 US9

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M.P.E.C. 1997-V01                                Issued 1997 Nov. 1, 16:14 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.

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                   URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html

                                   1997 US9

Observations:
     J97U09S* C1997 10 30.29428 01 42 08.55 +07 51 04.8          19          704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.29487 01 42 08.23 +07 51 02.5                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.31498 01 42 05.61 +07 49 54.2                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.31558 01 42 05.30 +07 49 52.1                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.33591 01 42 02.61 +07 48 43.3                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.33651 01 42 02.30 +07 48 41.8                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.35652 01 41 59.67 +07 47 33.5                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.35711 01 41 59.37 +07 47 31.7                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.37719 01 41 56.82 +07 46 23.9                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 30.37779 01 41 56.44 +07 46 21.0                      704
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.18482 01 40 10.93 +07 01 15.9          16.5 V      673
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.18789 01 40 10.54 +07 01 06.2                      673
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.19083 01 40 10.12 +07 00 56.7                      673
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.75816 01 38 55.84 +06 29 23.8          16.3 V      046
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.76021 01 38 55.57 +06 29 16.8                      046
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.76163 01 38 55.38 +06 29 12.3                      046
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.76307 01 38 55.19 +06 29 07.5                      046
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.84880 01 38 43.60 +06 24 24.2                      557
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.85300 01 38 43.03 +06 24 10.4                      557
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.85440 01 38 42.84 +06 24 05.8                      557
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.85580 01 38 42.65 +06 24 01.1          16.6 V      557
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.94964 01 38 30.07 +06 18 53.3                      620
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.97209 01 38 26.95 +06 17 39.8                      620
     J97U09S  C1997 10 31.99189 01 38 24.32 +06 16 35.3          16.2 V      620
     J97U09S  C1997 11 01.00219 01 38 22.88 +06 16 01.1          16.3 V      620
     J97U09S  C1997 11 01.23616 01 37 53.59 +06 03 10.7          16.9 V      673
     J97U09S  C1997 11 01.23836 01 37 53.25 +06 03 03.4                      673
     J97U09S  C1997 11 01.24050 01 37 52.96 +06 02 56.3                      673
     J97U09S  C1997 11 01.43726 01 37 28.09 +05 52 36.4                      422
     J97U09S  C1997 11 01.43886 01 37 27.90 +05 52 32.1          16.7 R      422
     J97U09S  C1997 11 01.44011 01 37 27.75 +05 52 27.8          16.3 R      422

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
    reflector + CCD.
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.25-m f/4.1 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.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. L. Rabinowitz.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly.
    Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, J. Sharma.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1997 US9
Epoch 1997 Oct. 19.0 TT = JDT 2450740.5                 Williams
M 180.73657              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.91145748     Peri.  355.50688     -0.88198177     +0.43570094
a   1.0535256      Node   212.31321     -0.42124639     -0.89974659
e   0.2780966      Incl.   19.63775     -0.21132827     -0.02491519
P   1.08           H   17.5           G   0.15
From 31 observations 1997 Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

Ephemeris:
1997 US9                 a,e,i = 1.05, 0.28, 20                  q = 0.7605
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 10 29    01 45.08   +09 04.5    0.353    1.344   171.8     6.0    16.4
1997 11 03    01 34.19   +04 28.0    0.362    1.341   162.1    13.1    16.7
1997 11 08    01 24.77   +00 15.8    0.376    1.337   152.9    19.7    17.0
1997 11 13    01 17.13   -03 23.8    0.396    1.331   144.4    25.7    17.3
1997 11 18    01 11.36   -06 27.5    0.419    1.325   136.6    30.8    17.5
1997 11 23    01 07.43   -08 56.3    0.446    1.317   129.6    35.3    17.8
1997 11 28    01 05.25   -10 53.3    0.475    1.309   123.3    39.1    18.0
1997 12 03    01 04.70   -12 22.4    0.505    1.299   117.5    42.3    18.2
1997 12 08    01 05.62   -13 28.0    0.536    1.288   112.4    45.0    18.4
1997 12 13    01 07.83   -14 14.0    0.566    1.276   107.7    47.3    18.6
1997 12 18    01 11.16   -14 43.9    0.596    1.263   103.4    49.3    18.7
1997 12 23    01 15.48   -15 00.3    0.625    1.249    99.4    51.0    18.9
1997 12 28    01 20.68   -15 05.5    0.653    1.234    95.8    52.5    19.0
1998 01 02    01 26.66   -15 01.3    0.678    1.218    92.4    53.8    19.1
1998 01 07    01 33.33   -14 49.4    0.702    1.201    89.3    55.0    19.1
1998 01 12    01 40.62   -14 31.2    0.723    1.182    86.3    56.1    19.2
1998 01 17    01 48.45   -14 07.6    0.741    1.163    83.6    57.2    19.2
1998 01 22    01 56.77   -13 39.4    0.757    1.143    81.0    58.2    19.3
1998 01 27    02 05.55   -13 07.3    0.769    1.122    78.5    59.3    19.3
1998 02 01    02 14.76   -12 31.7    0.778    1.101    76.3    60.4    19.3
1998 02 06    02 24.36   -11 53.3    0.784    1.078    74.1    61.6    19.3
1998 02 11    02 34.33   -11 12.3    0.785    1.055    72.1    62.8    19.3
1998 02 16    02 44.61   -10 28.9    0.784    1.032    70.2    64.2    19.3
1998 02 21    02 55.20   -09 43.2    0.778    1.008    68.4    65.8    19.3
1998 02 26    03 06.08   -08 54.9    0.768    0.984    66.7    67.5    19.3
1998 03 03    03 17.21   -08 03.9    0.754    0.960    65.1    69.5    19.2
1998 03 08    03 28.55   -07 09.8    0.737    0.936    63.5    71.7    19.2
1998 03 13    03 40.04   -06 11.9    0.715    0.912    62.0    74.2    19.2
1998 03 18    03 51.62   -05 09.1    0.689    0.888    60.5    77.1    19.1

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 1997-U15)

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-V01

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