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MPEC 1999-C24: 1999 CU3

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M.P.E.C. 1999-C24                                Issued 1999 Feb. 11, 23:24 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  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   1999 CU3

Observations:
     J99C03U* C1999 02 10.30801 09 43 31.34 +21 14 36.9          19.0        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.32906 09 43 28.69 +21 14 43.9          19.1        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.35016 09 43 25.95 +21 14 49.4          19.3        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.37111 09 43 23.28 +21 14 56.1          19.7        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.98395 09 42 08.00 +21 17 52.9                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.98627 09 42 07.71 +21 17 53.6                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.19085 09 41 42.86 +21 18 54.2          18.8        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.20125 09 41 41.57 +21 18 59.0          19.1        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.22207 09 41 38.86 +21 19 04.0          18.7        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.90152 09 40 14.14 +21 22 13.7                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.90384 09 40 13.89 +21 22 14.3                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.90617 09 40 13.57 +21 22 15.2                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.90850 09 40 13.24 +21 22 15.8                      557

Observer details:
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  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:
1999 CU3
Epoch 1999 Feb. 11.0 TT = JDT 2451220.5                 Williams
M 252.25829              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.56331179     Peri.  293.18682     +0.16421219     +0.98597397
a   1.4520118      Node   346.16496     -0.85328318     +0.12681151
e   0.3288936      Incl.    7.16549     -0.49491632     +0.10850888
P   1.75           H   17.4           G   0.15
From 13 observations 1999 Feb. 10-11.

Ephemeris:
1999 CU3                 a,e,i = 1.45, 0.33, 7                   q = 0.9745
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1999 02 11    09 42.10   +21 18.0    0.732    1.715   172.8     4.1    18.3
1999 02 16    09 31.57   +21 39.5    0.718    1.698   169.1     6.3    18.3
1999 02 21    09 20.90   +21 54.4    0.711    1.681   162.8    10.0    18.4
1999 02 26    09 10.57   +22 01.6    0.709    1.663   155.9    14.0    18.6
1999 03 03    09 01.01   +22 00.8    0.713    1.644   149.0    18.1    18.7
1999 03 08    08 52.56   +21 52.2    0.722    1.625   142.3    21.9    18.8
1999 03 13    08 45.48   +21 36.5    0.735    1.605   135.9    25.5    18.9
1999 03 18    08 39.93   +21 14.7    0.751    1.585   129.8    28.8    19.0
1999 03 23    08 35.98   +20 47.6    0.770    1.564   124.1    31.8    19.2
1999 03 28    08 33.62   +20 16.2    0.790    1.542   118.8    34.6    19.3
1999 04 02    08 32.77   +19 41.2    0.812    1.520   113.8    37.0    19.4
1999 04 07    08 33.32   +19 02.9    0.834    1.498   109.1    39.1    19.4
1999 04 12    08 35.18   +18 21.7    0.856    1.475   104.8    41.1    19.5
1999 04 17    08 38.22   +17 37.7    0.878    1.452   100.8    42.8    19.6
1999 04 22    08 42.35   +16 50.9    0.898    1.428    97.1    44.3    19.6
1999 04 27    08 47.46   +16 01.2    0.918    1.404    93.6    45.7    19.7
1999 05 02    08 53.44   +15 08.6    0.936    1.380    90.4    46.9    19.7

1999 05 12    09 07.69   +13 13.8    0.967    1.331    84.6    49.1    19.8
1999 05 22    09 24.61   +11 05.2    0.990    1.281    79.5    51.0    19.8
1999 06 01    09 43.80   +08 41.5    1.004    1.231    75.2    52.8    19.8
1999 06 11    10 05.00   +06 01.9    1.008    1.183    71.5    54.5    19.8
1999 06 21    10 28.14   +03 05.8    1.003    1.137    68.5    56.3    19.7
1999 07 01    10 53.21   -00 06.6    0.989    1.093    66.1    58.2    19.7
1999 07 11    11 20.35   -03 34.0    0.966    1.055    64.2    60.2    19.6
1999 07 21    11 49.90   -07 14.4    0.936    1.022    63.0    62.4    19.5
1999 07 31    12 22.25   -11 03.5    0.900    0.997    62.4    64.5    19.4
1999 08 10    12 58.00   -14 54.9    0.861    0.981    62.5    66.4    19.4
1999 08 20    13 37.88   -18 38.9    0.823    0.975    63.2    67.9    19.3
1999 08 30    14 22.51   -22 01.3    0.788    0.978    64.6    68.8    19.3
1999 09 09    15 12.20   -24 43.4    0.760    0.992    66.6    68.7    19.2
1999 09 19    16 06.41   -26 24.6    0.744    1.015    69.1    67.7    19.2
1999 09 29    17 03.31   -26 47.8    0.742    1.046    72.0    65.6    19.2
1999 10 09    18 00.14   -25 47.8    0.756    1.083    74.8    62.9    19.2
1999 10 19    18 54.17   -23 35.3    0.788    1.125    77.2    59.7    19.3
1999 10 29    19 43.59   -20 31.5    0.837    1.171    79.0    56.4    19.4
1999 11 08    20 27.88   -16 59.5    0.903    1.219    80.0    53.2    19.6
1999 11 18    21 07.41   -13 17.3    0.982    1.268    80.1    50.2    19.7
1999 11 28    21 42.87   -09 36.6    1.073    1.318    79.5    47.4    19.9
1999 12 08    22 15.09   -06 03.4    1.174    1.367    78.1    44.8    20.1
1999 12 18    22 44.79   -02 40.4    1.282    1.416    76.1    42.4    20.3
1999 12 28    23 12.55   +00 31.7    1.397    1.463    73.6    40.1    20.5
2000 01 07    23 38.87   +03 33.0    1.516    1.509    70.7    37.9    20.7
2000 01 17    00 04.12   +06 23.9    1.637    1.553    67.4    35.8    20.9
2000 01 27    00 28.59   +09 04.8    1.760    1.595    63.9    33.7    21.0
2000 02 06    00 52.53   +11 36.0    1.882    1.634    60.2    31.6    21.2

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-C24

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