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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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1997 YM3
Revision to MPEC 1998-A08
Additional Observations:
J97Y03M 5C2003 10 03.52002 08 40 06.16 +20 25 04.8 20.5 R 673
J97Y03M 5C2003 10 03.53067 08 40 07.53 +20 24 59.8 673
J97Y03M 5C2003 10 03.53345 08 40 07.91 +20 24 57.8 673
J97Y03M 5C2003 10 05.48333 08 44 12.62 +20 07 03.1 20.5 R 673
J97Y03M 5C2003 10 05.48970 08 44 13.35 +20 07 00.3 673
J97Y03M 5C2003 10 05.49664 08 44 14.20 +20 06 56.2 673
J97Y03M 5C2003 10 05.50417 08 44 15.06 +20 06 52.5 673
J97Y03M 5C2003 10 05.51042 08 44 15.91 +20 06 48.8 673
Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observers J. Young, D. Mayes.
0.6-m reflector + CCD.
First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
031003 673 99.7- 43.0+ 031005 673 97.0- 43.6+ MPC 40321 +0.11 day
Orbital elements:
1997 YM3
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 MPC
M 27.73938 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.16869527 Peri. 73.66933 +0.95362366 -0.29528305
a 3.2438999 Node 303.47068 +0.24247577 +0.86855574
e 0.6725559 Incl. 4.01413 +0.17834636 +0.39801865
P 5.84 H 17.1 G 0.15 U 2
Residuals in seconds of arc
971106 675 0.4- 0.1- 980108 658 0.6- 0.4+ 980123 118 0.2+ 0.0
971106 675 0.2- 0.6+ 980108 658 0.3- 0.2+ 980126 118 0.2+ 0.2+
971220 327 0.1+ 0.1- 980108 658 0.8- 0.1+ 980126 118 0.3+ 0.1-
971220 327 0.2+ 0.7- 980108 327 0.2- 0.5- 980126 118 0.4+ 0.2+
971220 327 0.1+ 0.2- 980108 327 1.1- 0.6+ 980201 557 1.0+ 0.0
971220 327 0.0 0.7- 980109 658 0.8- 0.3- 980201 557 0.5- 0.1-
971224 327 1.5+ 0.1+ 980109 658 0.7- 0.4- 980201 046 0.2+ 0.3-
971224 327 1.5+ 1.2+ 980109 658 0.7- 0.1- 980201 046 0.3+ 0.2-
971224 327 0.5- 0.6- 980110 046 0.5- 0.6+ 980201 046 0.8+ 0.3-
971224 327 0.5+ 0.1- 980110 046 0.1- 0.3+ 980201 118 0.5+ 0.2-
971227 688 0.5+ 0.5- 980110 046 0.1- 0.5+ 980201 118 0.0 0.0
971227 688 0.2- 0.1+ 980110 118 0.4+ 0.2- 980203 046 0.1- 1.1+
971229 327 0.0 0.3- 980110 118 0.3+ 0.1+ 980203 046 0.4- 1.2+
971229 327 0.2+ 0.8- 980117 046 0.1+ 0.1- 980203 046 0.2- 0.2-
980105 327 0.5- 0.1- 980117 046 0.0 0.3- 980220 557 1.5- 1.0-
980105 327 0.4- 0.1- 980117 046 0.4- 0.9+ 031003 673 0.4- 0.4-
980105 327 0.3- 0.5+ 980117 046 0.0 0.2- 031003 673 0.0 0.4+
980106 327 0.3- 0.2+ 980117 046 0.2- 0.4+ 031003 673 0.4+ 0.1-
980106 327 0.2- 0.5+ 980117 118 0.2+ 0.1+ 031005 673 0.7+ 0.3-
980106 327 0.2- 0.4+ 980117 118 0.1+ 0.1+ 031005 673 0.0 0.4+
980106 327 0.6- 0.3+ 980117 118 0.1+ 0.3- 031005 673 0.0 0.0
980107 118 1.3+ 0.9- 980123 118 0.0 0.4- 031005 673 0.9- 0.4+
980107 118 1.2+ 0.6- 980123 118 0.1+ 0.2- 031005 673 0.3+ 0.1+
Ephemeris:
1997 YM3 a,e,i = 3.24, 0.67, 4 q = 1.0622
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2003 09 28 08 27.90 +21 16.0 1.643 1.440 60.3 37.2 20.5
2003 10 08 08 49.29 +19 44.1 1.649 1.523 64.9 36.5 20.6
2003 10 18 09 07.58 +18 15.3 1.643 1.608 70.2 35.7 20.7
2003 10 28 09 22.82 +16 53.3 1.627 1.694 76.3 34.7 20.7
2003 11 07 09 34.95 +15 41.4 1.602 1.781 83.2 33.5 20.8
2003 11 17 09 43.88 +14 42.2 1.570 1.868 90.9 32.0 20.8
2003 11 27 09 49.41 +13 58.4 1.532 1.954 99.5 29.9 20.8
2003 12 07 09 51.30 +13 32.1 1.493 2.040 109.0 27.2 20.7
2003 12 17 09 49.42 +13 24.4 1.459 2.124 119.6 23.8 20.7
2003 12 27 09 43.75 +13 35.2 1.433 2.208 131.1 19.6 20.6
2004 01 06 09 34.64 +14 02.0 1.424 2.290 143.5 14.8 20.5
2004 01 16 09 22.92 +14 40.2 1.436 2.372 156.6 9.5 20.4
2004 01 26 09 09.81 +15 23.4 1.476 2.451 170.0 4.0 20.3
2004 02 05 08 56.85 +16 04.9 1.545 2.530 176.4 1.4 20.2
2004 02 15 08 45.41 +16 39.9 1.645 2.607 163.6 6.1 20.7
2004 02 25 08 36.43 +17 05.7 1.772 2.683 151.4 10.2 21.1
2004 03 06 08 30.42 +17 21.8 1.923 2.757 139.9 13.4 21.5
2004 03 16 08 27.38 +17 28.6 2.094 2.830 129.2 15.8 21.8
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