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MPEC 1998-F06: 1998 EC3

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M.P.E.C. 1998-F06                                Issued 1998 Mar. 19, 15:56 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

                                   1998 EC3

                           Revision to MPEC 1998-E08

Observations:
     J98E03C FC1998 03 08.48016 10 17 41.13 +21 44 33.3          18.9 R      422
     J98E03C  C1998 03 08.60218 10 17 30.00 +21 46 28.4                      327
     J98E03C  C1998 03 08.61191 10 17 29.11 +21 46 38.5                      327
     J98E03C  C1998 03 08.62162 10 17 28.18 +21 46 48.6          17.5        327
     J98E03C  C1998 03 15.47246 10 07 24.02 +23 39 50.0                      411
     J98E03C  C1998 03 15.47756 10 07 23.54 +23 39 54.6                      411
     J98E03C  C1998 03 15.48267 10 07 23.11 +23 39 59.0                      411
     J98E03C  C1998 03 16.48146 10 05 57.84 +23 55 18.6                      411
     J98E03C  C1998 03 16.48655 10 05 57.41 +23 55 23.9                      411
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.35546 10 04 43.60 +24 08 24.4                      658
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.35868 10 04 43.35 +24 08 27.1                      658
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.36300 10 04 42.98 +24 08 31.2                      658
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.47966 10 04 33.95 +24 10 17.8          18.0 V      402
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.48383 10 04 33.61 +24 10 21.3                      402
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.48583 10 04 33.41 +24 10 23.4                      402
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.51125 10 04 31.15 +24 10 46.8                      355
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.51610 10 04 30.69 +24 10 51.5                      355
     J98E03C  C1998 03 17.52399 10 04 30.00 +24 10 58.6          17.6 V      355
     J98E03C  C1998 03 18.48093 10 03 11.00 +24 24 58.0                      411
     J98E03C  C1998 03 18.48948 10 03 10.26 +24 25 05.2                      411

Observer details:
327 Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station.  Observers Z. Y. Zheng, X. Zhou,
    B. Zhao, R. Chen, Y. J. Chen, X. M. Teng, X. Y. Li.  Measurers X. Y. Li,
    X. M. Teng, Y. J. Chen.  0.6-m Schmidt + CCD.
355 Hadano.  Observer A. Asami.  0.2-m f/4.0 reflector + CCD.
402 Dynic Astronomical Observatory.  Observer A. Sugie.  0.60-m f/3.7 reflector
    + CCD.
411 Oizumi.  Observer T. Kobayashi.  0.41-m f/4.3 reflector + CCD.
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.25-m f/4.1 reflector + CCD.
658 Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1998 EC3
Epoch 1998 Mar. 8.0 TT = JDT 2450880.5                  Williams
M 321.54755              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31710586     Peri.  128.29469     -0.22653684     +0.96738203
a   2.1297725      Node   128.23204     -0.93262383     -0.18187201
e   0.5124029      Incl.    8.29838     -0.28088050     -0.17633654
P   3.11           H   16.5           G   0.15
From 127 observations 1998 Mar. 1-17.

Ephemeris:
1998 EC3                 a,e,i = 2.13, 0.51, 8                   q = 1.0385
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 03 18    10 03.84   +24 18.0    0.677    1.600   145.4    20.7    17.7
1998 03 28    09 51.66   +26 24.2    0.666    1.530   132.6    28.7    17.8
1998 04 07    09 44.10   +27 46.5    0.665    1.460   121.0    36.0    17.9
1998 04 17    09 42.31   +28 26.4    0.669    1.391   110.9    42.4    18.0
1998 04 27    09 46.47   +28 28.7    0.673    1.324   102.2    48.0    18.1
1998 05 07    09 56.29   +27 57.0    0.671    1.260    95.0    52.9    18.1
1998 05 17    10 11.13   +26 53.6    0.663    1.201    89.2    57.3    18.1
1998 05 27    10 30.39   +25 17.4    0.647    1.148    84.5    61.4    18.0
1998 06 06    10 53.69   +23 05.1    0.622    1.104    80.9    65.2    18.0
1998 06 16    11 20.67   +20 11.7    0.591    1.069    78.6    68.6    17.9
1998 06 26    11 51.37   +16 29.3    0.555    1.047    77.5    71.4    17.8
1998 07 06    12 26.13   +11 48.6    0.517    1.039    77.8    73.1    17.7
1998 07 16    13 05.49   +06 01.9    0.482    1.044    79.6    73.3    17.6
1998 07 26    13 50.20   -00 49.4    0.457    1.063    83.1    71.6    17.4
1998 08 05    14 40.68   -08 21.4    0.447    1.094    88.0    67.9    17.3
1998 08 15    15 36.02   -15 40.0    0.457    1.136    93.4    62.9    17.3
1998 08 25    16 33.71   -21 40.4    0.492    1.187    98.4    57.4    17.4
1998 09 04    17 30.08   -25 43.6    0.550    1.245   101.9    52.4    17.6
1998 09 14    18 21.83   -27 50.8    0.629    1.307   103.8    48.4    17.9
1998 09 24    19 07.47   -28 27.1    0.726    1.374   104.0    45.1    18.2
1998 10 04    19 47.07   -28 01.3    0.839    1.442   102.9    42.5    18.6
1998 10 14    20 21.43   -26 55.8    0.964    1.512   100.8    40.4    18.9
1998 10 24    20 51.62   -25 25.4    1.102    1.582    97.9    38.5    19.2
1998 11 03    21 18.59   -23 39.6    1.248    1.652    94.3    36.8    19.6
1998 11 13    21 43.08   -21 44.5    1.403    1.722    90.4    35.1    19.9
1998 11 23    22 05.68   -19 43.5    1.564    1.791    86.0    33.4    20.1
1998 12 03    22 26.84   -17 39.3    1.730    1.858    81.4    31.6    20.4
1998 12 13    22 46.86   -15 33.5    1.898    1.925    76.6    29.8    20.6
1998 12 23    23 06.00   -13 27.4    2.069    1.990    71.5    28.0    20.8
1999 01 02    23 24.45   -11 21.9    2.238    2.053    66.4    26.0    21.0
1999 01 12    23 42.32   -09 17.8    2.406    2.115    61.1    24.0    21.2
1999 01 22    23 59.75   -07 15.8    2.570    2.175    55.8    22.0    21.3
1999 02 01    00 16.80   -05 16.5    2.728    2.233    50.4    19.9    21.4
1999 02 11    00 33.54   -03 20.4    2.879    2.289    44.9    17.7    21.5
1999 02 21    00 50.04   -01 28.1    3.022    2.344    39.4    15.5    21.6
1999 03 03    01 06.31   +00 19.9    3.154    2.397    33.9    13.3    21.7

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-F06

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