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MPEC 1998-Y19: 1998 XN17

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M.P.E.C. 1998-Y19                                Issued 1998 Dec. 20, 17:31 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
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                                   1998 XN17

Observations:
     J98X17N* C1998 12 15.38307 06 13 23.92 +20 47 30.9          18.6        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 15.39801 06 13 18.17 +20 48 28.6          18.9        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 15.41283 06 13 12.44 +20 49 27.0          19.0        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 15.42769 06 13 06.69 +20 50 23.0          19.2        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 15.44258 06 13 00.94 +20 51 22.4          18.9        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 17.29422 06 02 10.16 +22 47 51.1          19.1        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 17.31745 06 02 01.52 +22 49 14.0          19.8        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 17.34059 06 01 52.93 +22 50 37.3          19.5        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 17.36372 06 01 44.31 +22 51 58.2          19.8        704
     J98X17N  C1998 12 18.85331 05 53 24.17 +24 16 44.0                      587
     J98X17N  C1998 12 18.85655 05 53 22.95 +24 16 56.2                      587
     J98X17N  C1998 12 18.88928 05 53 11.10 +24 18 43.3                      046
     J98X17N  C1998 12 18.89042 05 53 10.76 +24 18 45.4          18.2 V      046
     J98X17N  C1998 12 18.89262 05 53 09.98 +24 18 52.9                      046
     J98X17N  C1998 12 18.89450 05 53 09.28 +24 18 59.0                      046
     J98X17N  C1998 12 18.89619 05 53 08.73 +24 19 04.5                      046
     J98X17N  C1998 12 20.06484 05 46 45.17 +25 20 30.0                      557
     J98X17N IC1998 12 20.06602 05 46 44.83 +25 20 33.4          18.8 V      557

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
    reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, L. Sarounova, A. Kolar.  0.65-m f/3.6
    reflector + CCD.
587 Sormano.  Observer F. Manca.  0.5-m reflector + 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.

Orbital elements:
1998 XN17
Epoch 1998 Dec. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451160.5                 Williams
M 108.87366              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.01256156     Peri.  226.20140     +0.66844900     +0.73238586
a   0.9821740      Node    86.21752     -0.63966540     +0.65498714
e   0.2150997      Incl.    7.46076     -0.37947874     +0.18601828
P   0.97           H   22.7           G   0.15
From 18 observations 1998 Dec. 15-20.

Ephemeris:
1998 XN17                a,e,i = 0.98, 0.22, 7                   q = 0.7709
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 12 13    06 28.04   +18 01.4    0.106    1.086   163.3    15.1    18.8
1998 12 18    05 58.13   +23 29.4    0.117    1.101   176.3     3.3    18.6
1998 12 23    05 32.01   +27 36.6    0.132    1.114   171.6     7.4    19.1
1998 12 28    05 10.89   +30 32.6    0.150    1.126   161.7    15.9    19.7
1999 01 02    04 54.99   +32 35.0    0.170    1.138   153.2    22.9    20.2
1999 01 07    04 43.87   +34 00.1    0.193    1.148   145.9    28.7    20.7
1999 01 12    04 36.89   +35 00.0    0.217    1.158   139.6    33.4    21.1
1999 01 17    04 33.42   +35 43.3    0.243    1.166   134.0    37.4    21.5
1999 01 22    04 32.91   +36 15.5    0.270    1.173   129.0    40.7    21.8
1999 01 27    04 34.85   +36 40.4    0.298    1.179   124.6    43.4    22.1
1999 02 01    04 38.79   +37 00.0    0.326    1.184   120.5    45.8    22.4

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-Y19

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