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MPEC 1998-L03: 1997 RT5

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M.P.E.C. 1998-L03                                Issued 1998 June 1, 17:07 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 RT5

                           Revision to MPEC 1997-R12

Observations:
     J97R05T  C1998 05 29.54402 23 09 10.01 -05 41 22.5                      568
     J97R05T  C1998 05 29.56914 23 09 10.04 -05 41 22.1                      568
     J97R05T  C1998 05 29.59532 23 09 10.09 -05 41 21.7                      568
     J97R05T  C1998 05 29.61889 23 09 10.13 -05 41 21.8                      568
     J97R05T  C1998 05 30.54913 23 09 11.60 -05 41 15.7                      568
     J97R05T  C1998 05 30.57946 23 09 11.63 -05 41 15.7          23.6 R      568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observer C. Veillet.  3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc and reference
980529 568 46.2- 22.2-    980530 568 46.4- 22.3-    MPC 31145

Orbital elements:
1997 RT5
Epoch 1998 July 6.0 TT = JDT 2451000.5                  Marsden
M  91.78516              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00362283     Peri.   80.19247     -0.43260098     +0.89949289
a  41.9859593      Node   163.74718     -0.88904351     -0.41427463
e   0.0806858      Incl.   12.67104     -0.14986002     -0.13888511
P 272              H    7.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
970906 950  0.0   0.1+    970910 950  0.3+  0.0     971005 675  0.7+  0.1-
970906 950  0.1-  0.1+    970910 950  0.1+  0.6-    971027 675  0.2-  1.0+
970907 950  0.2-  0.0     970923 568  0.3-  0.2-    971027 675  0.2-  0.8+
970907 950  0.4+  0.3-    970923 568  0.1-  0.3+    971027 675  0.4-  0.9+
970907 950  0.0   0.2+    970924 568  0.1-  0.0     980529 568  0.0   0.3-
970907 675  0.1+  0.1+    970924 568  0.5-  0.2-    980529 568  0.1-  0.0
970907 675  0.1+  0.1+    970927 696  0.4-  1.1-    980529 568  0.0   0.2+
970908 675  0.0   0.2-    970927 696  0.4-  0.3-    980529 568  0.1+  0.1-
970908 675  0.1-  0.2-    971005 675  0.3+  0.5-    980530 568  0.2+  0.0
970910 950  0.4+  0.5+    971005 675  0.5+  0.0     980530 568  0.0   0.2-

Ephemeris:
1997 RT5                 a,e,i = 41.99, 0.08, 13                 q = 38.598
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 05 27    23 09.09   -05 41.7   42.527   42.354    79.5     1.3    23.5
1998 06 06    23 09.33   -05 40.8   42.362   42.356    89.0     1.4    23.5
1998 06 16    23 09.42   -05 40.8   42.195   42.358    98.5     1.4    23.4
1998 06 26    23 09.37   -05 41.7   42.033   42.360   108.1     1.3    23.4
1998 07 06    23 09.18   -05 43.4   41.880   42.362   117.7     1.2    23.4
1998 07 16    23 08.86   -05 46.0   41.741   42.364   127.3     1.1    23.4
1998 07 26    23 08.42   -05 49.3   41.618   42.367   137.0     0.9    23.4
1998 08 05    23 07.88   -05 53.2   41.517   42.369   146.7     0.8    23.4
1998 08 15    23 07.26   -05 57.7   41.440   42.371   156.5     0.5    23.3
1998 08 25    23 06.58   -06 02.5   41.390   42.373   166.3     0.3    23.3
1998 09 04    23 05.86   -06 07.6   41.369   42.375   176.1     0.1    23.3
1998 09 14    23 05.12   -06 12.7   41.377   42.377   174.0     0.1    23.3
1998 09 24    23 04.41   -06 17.6   41.414   42.379   164.0     0.4    23.3
1998 10 04    23 03.73   -06 22.3   41.480   42.381   154.0     0.6    23.3
1998 10 14    23 03.13   -06 26.6   41.573   42.383   144.0     0.8    23.4
1998 10 24    23 02.61   -06 30.2   41.690   42.385   133.9     1.0    23.4
1998 11 03    23 02.21   -06 33.2   41.828   42.388   123.8     1.1    23.4
1998 11 13    23 01.94   -06 35.3   41.983   42.390   113.7     1.2    23.4
1998 11 23    23 01.81   -06 36.5   42.149   42.392   103.6     1.3    23.4
1998 12 03    23 01.83   -06 36.8   42.323   42.394    93.4     1.3    23.5
1998 12 13    23 02.00   -06 36.2   42.499   42.396    83.3     1.3    23.5
1998 12 23    23 02.32   -06 34.6   42.671   42.398    73.2     1.3    23.5
1999 01 02    23 02.78   -06 32.1   42.835   42.400    63.2     1.2    23.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-L03

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