MPEC 1998-S07: 1998 SO

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M.P.E.C. 1998-S07                                Issued 1998 Sept. 18, 15:46 UT

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                                    1998 SO

Observations:
     J98S00O* C1998 09 16.39572 00 50 16.88 +02 30 04.5          18.9 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.41625 00 50 09.03 +02 27 53.8          19.1 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.43699 00 50 01.17 +02 25 42.3          19.2 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.45310 00 49 55.04 +02 23 59.8          19.2 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.45941 00 49 52.67 +02 23 20.5          19.4 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.46420 00 49 50.88 +02 22 49.1          19.0 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.46986 00 49 48.70 +02 22 13.6          18.7 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.47886 00 49 45.35 +02 21 15.5          19.1 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.49820 00 49 38.00 +02 19 12.5          18.7 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 16.50489 00 49 35.52 +02 18 30.0          18.9 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.27365 00 44 50.04 +00 55 45.6          19.1 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.28009 00 44 47.48 +00 55 03.7          18.9 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.28611 00 44 45.16 +00 54 23.7          18.9 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.34602 00 44 21.69 +00 47 51.5                      693
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.34714 00 44 21.29 +00 47 44.5                      693
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.42248 00 43 51.62 +00 39 31.5          18.6 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.43358 00 43 47.22 +00 38 19.4          18.5 V      691
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.56181 00 43 00.07 +00 24 54.7          18.9 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.56270 00 42 59.77 +00 24 47.9          18.7 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.56432 00 42 59.03 +00 24 37.5          18.6 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.56670 00 42 58.15 +00 24 22.2          18.4 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.56773 00 42 57.73 +00 24 15.8          18.5 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.89971 00 40 50.56 -00 13 02.9          18.2 R      587
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.90243 00 40 49.45 -00 13 21.1                      587
     J98S00O  C1998 09 17.90475 00 40 48.50 -00 13 36.8                      587
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.51525 00 36 50.49 -01 20 53.4          19.2 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.51742 00 36 49.64 -01 21 07.8          18.8 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.51837 00 36 49.26 -01 21 14.5          19.0 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.51928 00 36 48.88 -01 21 20.3          19.1 R      422
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.60954 00 36 12.67 -01 31 28.9                      426
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.61578 00 36 10.17 -01 32 10.6                      426
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.62505 00 36 06.43 -01 33 13.7                      426
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.62877 00 36 04.80 -01 33 39.2                      426
     J98S00O  C1998 09 18.63231 00 36 03.43 -01 34 03.8                      426

Observer details:
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
426 Woomera.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, P. Ghezzi.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. Montani.  0.9-m Spacewatch
    telescope.
693 Catalina Station, Tucson.  Observer C. W. Hergenrother.  1.54-m reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1998 SO
Epoch 1998 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2451060.5                 Williams
M 165.57807              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.57572733     Peri.  359.78041     -0.99754992     -0.06142509
a   0.7313894      Node   176.17977     +0.06492721     -0.99110625
e   0.6975101      Incl.   30.16886     +0.02605015     +0.11804808
P   0.63           H   21.0           G   0.15
From 34 observations 1998 Sept. 16-18.

Ephemeris:
1998 SO                  a,e,i = 0.73, 0.70, 30                  q = 0.2212
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 09 14    01 04.39   +06 33.6    0.257    1.241   153.7    21.1    19.6
1998 09 16    00 52.71   +03 12.1    0.248    1.241   159.5    16.5    19.3
1998 09 18    00 40.18   -00 23.6    0.241    1.240   165.2    12.0    19.1
1998 09 20    00 26.90   -04 09.9    0.237    1.238   170.0     8.1    18.9
1998 09 22    00 13.01   -08 01.5    0.235    1.236   171.3     7.1    18.8
1998 09 24    23 58.67   -11 52.4    0.235    1.234   167.8     9.9    19.0
1998 09 26    23 44.09   -15 36.5    0.237    1.230   162.1    14.5    19.1
1998 09 28    23 29.49   -19 08.4    0.242    1.227   155.9    19.5    19.3
1998 09 30    23 15.09   -22 23.9    0.248    1.222   149.8    24.4    19.5
1998 10 02    23 01.08   -25 20.5    0.257    1.218   143.8    29.0    19.7
1998 10 04    22 47.63   -27 57.1    0.267    1.212   138.1    33.4    19.9
1998 10 06    22 34.89   -30 14.1    0.278    1.206   132.8    37.4    20.1
1998 10 08    22 22.93   -32 12.7    0.291    1.200   127.8    41.1    20.3
1998 10 10    22 11.83   -33 54.5    0.304    1.193   123.2    44.5    20.5
1998 10 12    22 01.60   -35 21.5    0.319    1.185   118.8    47.5    20.7
1998 10 14    21 52.23   -36 35.6    0.333    1.177   114.8    50.3    20.8
1998 10 16    21 43.72   -37 38.7    0.349    1.168   111.0    52.8    21.0
1998 10 18    21 36.01   -38 32.4    0.364    1.159   107.4    55.1    21.1
1998 10 20    21 29.06   -39 18.3    0.380    1.149   104.0    57.2    21.3
1998 10 22    21 22.81   -39 57.6    0.396    1.138   100.9    59.2    21.4
1998 10 24    21 17.19   -40 31.5    0.411    1.127    97.8    61.0    21.5
1998 10 26    21 12.16   -41 00.9    0.427    1.115    94.9    62.6    21.6
1998 10 28    21 07.63   -41 26.5    0.442    1.103    92.2    64.2    21.7
1998 10 30    21 03.56   -41 49.1    0.458    1.090    89.5    65.7    21.8
1998 11 01    20 59.89   -42 09.1    0.472    1.076    86.9    67.1    21.9
1998 11 03    20 56.55   -42 27.0    0.487    1.062    84.4    68.4    22.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-S07

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