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MPEC 1998-Y20: 1998 YW3

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M.P.E.C. 1998-Y20                                Issued 1998 Dec. 20, 17:37 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 YW3

Observations:
     J98Y03W* C1998 12 17.41940 07 37 32.51 +23 31 27.0          19.3        704
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 17.44213 07 37 28.96 +23 32 12.8          18.9        704
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 17.46480 07 37 25.08 +23 32 58.7          19.5        704
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 17.48756 07 37 21.52 +23 33 44.5          19.2        704
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 17.51080 07 37 17.57 +23 34 30.5          19.7        704
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.81473 07 33 45.68 +24 18 53.8          18.6 V      402
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.81612 07 33 45.52 +24 18 55.8                      402
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.81751 07 33 45.15 +24 18 58.7                      402
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.90198 07 33 32.20 +24 21 49.1          18.5 V      046
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.90328 07 33 31.98 +24 21 51.6                      046
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.90485 07 33 31.82 +24 21 54.7                      046
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.90725 07 33 31.42 +24 22 00.7                      046
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.93890 07 33 25.95 +24 23 05.6                      557
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.94053 07 33 25.71 +24 23 09.1                      557
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 18.94216 07 33 25.33 +24 23 11.8          19.0 V      557
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 20.07528 07 30 12.48 +25 01 59.6                      557
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 20.10308 07 30 07.50 +25 02 56.4                      557
     J98Y03W  C1998 12 20.10541 07 30 07.12 +25 03 01.3                      557

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
    reflector + CCD.
402 Dynic Astronomical Observatory.  Observer A. Sugie.  0.60-m f/3.7 reflector
    + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, L. Sarounova, A. Kolar.  0.65-m f/3.6
    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 YW3
Epoch 1998 Dec. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451160.5                 Williams
M 143.03267              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.85161022     Peri.  195.79521     +0.31041696     +0.82566187
a   1.1023228      Node    94.24094     -0.81299638     +0.48740535
e   0.4569925      Incl.   28.18898     -0.49262378     -0.28411001
P   1.16           H   18.1           G   0.15
From 18 observations 1998 Dec. 17-20.

Ephemeris:
1998 YW3                 a,e,i = 1.10, 0.46, 28                  q = 0.5986
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 12 13    07 48.31   +21 04.9    0.641    1.556   145.6    20.9    19.1
1998 12 18    07 36.00   +23 51.2    0.623    1.567   153.9    16.0    18.9
1998 12 23    07 21.44   +26 42.3    0.611    1.577   162.2    11.0    18.7
1998 12 28    07 05.02   +29 30.1    0.608    1.585   169.4     6.6    18.5
1999 01 02    06 47.38   +32 05.9    0.613    1.592   170.9     5.6    18.5
1999 01 07    06 29.35   +34 22.7    0.627    1.597   165.1     9.1    18.7
1999 01 12    06 11.84   +36 16.5    0.648    1.601   157.3    13.7    19.0
1999 01 17    05 55.71   +37 46.8    0.677    1.604   149.4    18.2    19.2
1999 01 22    05 41.62   +38 55.9    0.712    1.606   141.9    22.2    19.5
1999 01 27    05 29.94   +39 47.8    0.752    1.606   134.9    25.8    19.7
1999 02 01    05 20.79   +40 26.6    0.795    1.605   128.3    28.8    19.9
1999 02 06    05 14.10   +40 56.0    0.842    1.603   122.3    31.3    20.1
1999 02 11    05 09.70   +41 18.9    0.890    1.599   116.7    33.5    20.3
1999 02 16    05 07.41   +41 37.7    0.940    1.594   111.5    35.2    20.4
1999 02 21    05 07.01   +41 53.7    0.990    1.588   106.7    36.6    20.6
1999 02 26    05 08.29   +42 08.1    1.040    1.580   102.2    37.8    20.7
1999 03 03    05 11.04   +42 21.4    1.089    1.571    98.0    38.7    20.8
1999 03 08    05 15.08   +42 33.9    1.137    1.561    94.0    39.4    20.9
1999 03 13    05 20.29   +42 45.5    1.183    1.549    90.3    39.9    21.0
1999 03 18    05 26.55   +42 56.4    1.228    1.536    86.7    40.3    21.1
1999 03 23    05 33.75   +43 06.2    1.270    1.522    83.4    40.6    21.1
1999 03 28    05 41.82   +43 14.9    1.310    1.506    80.2    40.8    21.2
1999 04 02    05 50.66   +43 22.1    1.347    1.489    77.2    40.9    21.2
1999 04 07    06 00.21   +43 27.4    1.381    1.470    74.3    40.9    21.2
1999 04 12    06 10.43   +43 30.5    1.412    1.450    71.6    41.0    21.3
1999 04 17    06 21.27   +43 31.1    1.439    1.429    69.0    41.0    21.3
1999 04 22    06 32.70   +43 28.8    1.463    1.406    66.5    40.9    21.3
1999 04 27    06 44.67   +43 23.1    1.483    1.382    64.2    40.9    21.3
1999 05 02    06 57.13   +43 13.7    1.499    1.357    61.9    40.9    21.2

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-Y20

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