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MPEC 1999-V13: 1999 VU

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M.P.E.C. 1999-V13                                Issued 1999 Nov. 4, 17:47 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 VU

Observations:
     J99V00U* C1999 11 01.25368 02 23 07.52 +37 50 43.1          17.5        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 01.27018 02 23 04.39 +37 50 45.6          17.7        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 01.28661 02 23 01.28 +37 50 48.2          17.9        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 01.30308 02 22 58.07 +37 50 50.2          17.7        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 01.31954 02 22 54.95 +37 50 52.3          17.8        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 01.99471 02 20 49.67 +37 52 13.1          17.0 R      046
     J99V00U  C1999 11 01.99602 02 20 49.40 +37 52 12.8                      046
     J99V00U  C1999 11 01.99755 02 20 49.08 +37 52 13.3                      046
     J99V00U  C1999 11 01.99862 02 20 48.89 +37 52 13.4                      046
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.01058 02 20 46.61 +37 52 14.5                      557
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.01291 02 20 46.17 +37 52 14.7                      557
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.01523 02 20 45.71 +37 52 14.8                      557
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.20618 02 20 10.74 +37 52 38.4          17.8 R      853
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.20861 02 20 10.28 +37 52 38.7          17.7 R      853
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.21017 02 20 09.97 +37 52 38.9          17.9 R      853
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.23448 02 20 05.21 +37 52 41.8          17.7        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.25097 02 20 02.00 +37 52 43.7          17.7        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.26727 02 19 58.83 +37 52 44.9          17.7        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.28362 02 19 55.64 +37 52 46.9          17.6        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.29995 02 19 52.47 +37 52 48.3          17.4        704
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.81704 02 18 15.08 +37 53 26.1          17.0 R      046
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.81870 02 18 14.78 +37 53 25.9                      046
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.82080 02 18 14.35 +37 53 26.5                      046
     J99V00U  C1999 11 02.82279 02 18 13.92 +37 53 26.4                      046
     J99V00U  C1999 11 03.10145 02 17 21.03 +37 53 45.3          18.3 R      853
     J99V00U  C1999 11 03.10649 02 17 20.07 +37 53 46.0          18.5 R      853
     J99V00U  C1999 11 03.10829 02 17 19.71 +37 53 46.2          17.3 R      853
     J99V00U  C1999 11 03.30744 02 16 40.23 +37 54 01.0                      711
     J99V00U  C1999 11 03.31203 02 16 39.38 +37 54 00.5                      711
     J99V00U  C1999 11 03.31707 02 16 38.39 +37 54 01.3                      711
     J99V00U  C1999 11 04.10847 02 14 03.95 +37 54 15.7                      557
     J99V00U  C1999 11 04.11022 02 14 03.62 +37 54 15.5                      557
     J99V00U  C1999 11 04.11197 02 14 03.27 +37 54 15.6          17.6 V      557
     J99V00U  C1999 11 04.21351 02 13 44.51 +37 54 23.0          17.6 R      853
     J99V00U  C1999 11 04.21582 02 13 44.01 +37 54 23.0          17.9 R      853
     J99V00U  C1999 11 04.21815 02 13 43.55 +37 54 23.1          17.9 R      853

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh,
    R. Sayer.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer P. J. Shelus.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.
853 Biosphere 2 Observatory.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.5-m f/8.1 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1999 VU
Epoch 1999 Oct. 29.0 TT = JDT 2451480.5                 Williams
M 284.38929              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.60014807     Peri.  202.94989     -0.99598926     -0.05357414
a   1.3919718      Node   333.67112     +0.08334964     -0.84675611
e   0.5564494      Incl.    9.29807     -0.03253034     -0.52927677
P   1.64           H   17.2           G   0.15
From 36 observations 1999 Nov. 1-4.

Ephemeris:
1999 VU                  a,e,i = 1.39, 0.56, 9                   q = 0.6174
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1999 10 29    02 32.65   +37 39.2    0.652    1.608   155.1    15.1    18.1
1999 11 03    02 17.66   +37 53.7    0.613    1.574   156.8    14.4    17.9
1999 11 08    02 00.91   +37 48.4    0.580    1.539   155.9    15.2    17.8
1999 11 13    01 43.07   +37 20.3    0.553    1.502   152.6    17.7    17.7
1999 11 18    01 24.99   +36 28.8    0.531    1.464   147.3    21.4    17.7
1999 11 23    01 07.54   +35 16.0    0.516    1.425   140.9    25.9    17.7
1999 11 28    00 51.45   +33 46.0    0.504    1.385   133.9    30.9    17.7
1999 12 03    00 37.26   +32 04.5    0.497    1.344   126.8    36.0    17.8
1999 12 08    00 25.25   +30 17.5    0.493    1.301   119.6    41.2    17.8
1999 12 13    00 15.48   +28 30.3    0.490    1.258   112.7    46.3    17.9
1999 12 18    00 07.82   +26 46.7    0.488    1.213   106.0    51.3    18.0
1999 12 23    00 02.00   +25 08.8    0.486    1.167    99.5    56.2    18.0
1999 12 28    23 57.70   +23 36.8    0.483    1.120    93.3    61.2    18.0
2000 01 02    23 54.57   +22 09.9    0.477    1.073    87.3    66.3    18.1
2000 01 07    23 52.26   +20 46.0    0.470    1.024    81.4    71.7    18.1
2000 01 12    23 50.31   +19 21.7    0.459    0.976    75.5    77.4    18.2
2000 01 17    23 48.20   +17 51.8    0.444    0.927    69.5    83.8    18.2
2000 01 22    23 45.28   +16 09.2    0.427    0.878    63.2    91.1    18.3

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-V13

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