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1992 BF
Observations:
J92B00F C1997 12 25.52723 06 34 22.24 +56 28 25.6 17.9 V 566
J92B00F C1997 12 25.53777 06 34 16.20 +56 28 04.8 17.9 V 566
J92B00F C1997 12 25.54760 06 34 10.62 +56 27 44.7 17.9 V 566
J92B00F C1997 12 27.58570 06 16 23.78 +55 17 54.7 17.9 V 566
J92B00F C1997 12 27.59580 06 16 18.54 +55 17 30.1 17.8 V 566
J92B00F C1997 12 27.60587 06 16 13.32 +55 17 05.5 17.8 V 566
Observer details:
566 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. J. Lawrence,
D. L. Rabinowitz for the NEAT team. 1.0-m f/2.2 GEODSS telescope + CCD.
First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
971225 566 1.22+ 0.24- 971227 566 1.23+ 0.14- MPC 20031 -0.24 day
Orbital elements:
1992 BF
Epoch 1997 Dec. 18.0 TT = JDT 2450800.5 Williams
M 141.45433 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.13933413 Peri. 336.24654 +0.37467765 +0.92292295
a 0.9078943 Node 315.61803 -0.82909211 +0.29080073
e 0.2715414 Incl. 7.26802 -0.41499752 +0.25228588
P 0.87 H 19.6 G 0.15 U 5
Residuals in seconds of arc
920130 675 0.2- 2.0- 920204 675 0.9+ 0.5- 920209 596 1.5- 0.8+
920130 675 1.1+ 0.0 920205 474 0.8+ 0.8+ 920304 474 1.1+ 0.1-
920131 675 0.9- 0.9- 920205 474 1.0+ 1.3+ 920304 474 0.3- 0.7-
920131 675 0.1+ 0.3+ 920206 801 0.1+ 0.2- 920305 474 0.7+ 1.2+
920202 675 0.0 1.3- 920206 801 1.0+ 1.6- 920305 474 (3.6+ 0.3+)
920202 675 (2.9+ 2.2-) 920208 675 (4.0+ 0.5+) 920307 474 0.7- 0.0
920203 675 0.8+ 0.7- 920208 675 0.4- 0.7- 920307 474 0.9- 0.3-
920203 675 0.2+ 1.3- 920209 596 (3.4+ 0.6-) 971225 566 0.2- 0.7-
920203 675 2.0- 0.3+ 920209 596 0.2- 1.2- 971225 566 0.2- 0.6-
920204 657 0.6- 1.1+ 920209 596 (0.0 4.9-) 971225 566 0.2+ 1.1-
920204 657 0.4+ 1.1+ 920209 596 1.2+ 0.3+ 971227 566 0.0 0.8+
920204 657 1.7- 1.7+ 920209 596 1.3- 1.2+ 971227 566 0.1+ 0.9+
920204 675 1.0+ 0.6+ 920209 596 (3.5+ 1.0+) 971227 566 0.0 1.1+
Ephemeris:
1992 BF a,e,i = 0.91, 0.27, 7 q = 0.6614
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
1997 12 18 07 47.03 +58 35.2 0.174 1.120 138.5 35.6 17.5
1997 12 23 06 58.09 +57 34.7 0.173 1.129 144.6 30.3 17.4
1997 12 28 06 13.04 +55 02.0 0.177 1.137 148.1 27.2 17.3
1998 01 02 05 36.91 +51 21.7 0.184 1.144 148.3 26.9 17.4
1998 01 07 05 10.74 +47 10.4 0.194 1.149 145.4 29.1 17.6
1998 01 12 04 53.11 +42 59.3 0.208 1.152 140.6 32.8 17.9
1998 01 17 04 42.01 +39 06.9 0.225 1.154 135.0 37.1 18.2
1998 01 22 04 35.77 +35 41.0 0.244 1.154 129.4 41.2 18.5
1998 01 27 04 33.16 +32 43.3 0.264 1.153 124.0 45.1 18.7
1998 02 01 04 33.31 +30 12.0 0.285 1.151 118.9 48.6 19.0
1998 02 06 04 35.55 +28 03.7 0.307 1.147 114.2 51.7 19.2
1998 02 11 04 39.37 +26 14.8 0.329 1.141 109.8 54.5 19.5
1998 02 16 04 44.41 +24 41.5 0.350 1.134 105.7 57.0 19.7
1998 02 21 04 50.41 +23 20.6 0.370 1.125 101.9 59.3 19.8
1998 02 26 04 57.18 +22 09.6 0.390 1.115 98.3 61.5 20.0
1998 03 03 05 04.58 +21 06.1 0.408 1.104 94.8 63.5 20.1
1998 03 08 05 12.47 +20 08.4 0.425 1.091 91.6 65.5 20.2
1998 03 13 05 20.71 +19 14.7 0.440 1.076 88.5 67.4 20.4
1998 03 18 05 29.19 +18 23.7 0.453 1.060 85.5 69.3 20.4
1998 03 23 05 37.81 +17 34.3 0.464 1.043 82.5 71.3 20.5
1998 03 28 05 46.49 +16 45.8 0.472 1.025 79.7 73.4 20.6
1998 04 02 05 55.15 +15 57.3 0.478 1.005 76.9 75.6 20.6
1998 04 07 06 03.64 +15 08.5 0.481 0.984 74.1 77.9 20.7
1998 04 12 06 11.82 +14 18.9 0.481 0.962 71.2 80.5 20.7
1998 04 17 06 19.53 +13 28.5 0.478 0.939 68.3 83.4 20.8
1998 04 22 06 26.58 +12 37.4 0.471 0.915 65.4 86.7 20.8
1998 04 27 06 32.75 +11 46.3 0.462 0.890 62.2 90.4 20.9
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