MPEC 1997-Y16: 1992 BF

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M.P.E.C. 1997-Y16                                Issued 1997 Dec. 27, 19:58 UT

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                                    1992 BF

Observations:
     J92B00F  C1997 12 25.52723 06 34 22.24 +56 28 25.6          17.9 V      566
     J92B00F  C1997 12 25.53777 06 34 16.20 +56 28 04.8          17.9 V      566
     J92B00F  C1997 12 25.54760 06 34 10.62 +56 27 44.7          17.9 V      566
     J92B00F  C1997 12 27.58570 06 16 23.78 +55 17 54.7          17.9 V      566
     J92B00F  C1997 12 27.59580 06 16 18.54 +55 17 30.1          17.8 V      566
     J92B00F  C1997 12 27.60587 06 16 13.32 +55 17 05.5          17.8 V      566

Observer details:
566 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. J. Lawrence,
    D. L. Rabinowitz for the NEAT team.  1.0-m f/2.2 GEODSS telescope + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
971225 566 1.22+ 0.24-    971227 566 1.23+ 0.14-    MPC 20031   -0.24 day

Orbital elements:
1992 BF
Epoch 1997 Dec. 18.0 TT = JDT 2450800.5                 Williams
M 141.45433              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.13933413     Peri.  336.24654     +0.37467765     +0.92292295
a   0.9078943      Node   315.61803     -0.82909211     +0.29080073
e   0.2715414      Incl.    7.26802     -0.41499752     +0.25228588
P   0.87           H   19.6           G   0.15           U   5
Residuals in seconds of arc
920130 675  0.2-  2.0-    920204 675  0.9+  0.5-    920209 596  1.5-  0.8+
920130 675  1.1+  0.0     920205 474  0.8+  0.8+    920304 474  1.1+  0.1-
920131 675  0.9-  0.9-    920205 474  1.0+  1.3+    920304 474  0.3-  0.7-
920131 675  0.1+  0.3+    920206 801  0.1+  0.2-    920305 474  0.7+  1.2+
920202 675  0.0   1.3-    920206 801  1.0+  1.6-    920305 474 (3.6+  0.3+)
920202 675 (2.9+  2.2-)   920208 675 (4.0+  0.5+)   920307 474  0.7-  0.0
920203 675  0.8+  0.7-    920208 675  0.4-  0.7-    920307 474  0.9-  0.3-
920203 675  0.2+  1.3-    920209 596 (3.4+  0.6-)   971225 566  0.2-  0.7-
920203 675  2.0-  0.3+    920209 596  0.2-  1.2-    971225 566  0.2-  0.6-
920204 657  0.6-  1.1+    920209 596 (0.0   4.9-)   971225 566  0.2+  1.1-
920204 657  0.4+  1.1+    920209 596  1.2+  0.3+    971227 566  0.0   0.8+
920204 657  1.7-  1.7+    920209 596  1.3-  1.2+    971227 566  0.1+  0.9+
920204 675  1.0+  0.6+    920209 596 (3.5+  1.0+)   971227 566  0.0   1.1+

Ephemeris:
1992 BF                  a,e,i = 0.91, 0.27, 7                   q = 0.6614
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 12 18    07 47.03   +58 35.2    0.174    1.120   138.5    35.6    17.5
1997 12 23    06 58.09   +57 34.7    0.173    1.129   144.6    30.3    17.4
1997 12 28    06 13.04   +55 02.0    0.177    1.137   148.1    27.2    17.3
1998 01 02    05 36.91   +51 21.7    0.184    1.144   148.3    26.9    17.4
1998 01 07    05 10.74   +47 10.4    0.194    1.149   145.4    29.1    17.6
1998 01 12    04 53.11   +42 59.3    0.208    1.152   140.6    32.8    17.9
1998 01 17    04 42.01   +39 06.9    0.225    1.154   135.0    37.1    18.2
1998 01 22    04 35.77   +35 41.0    0.244    1.154   129.4    41.2    18.5
1998 01 27    04 33.16   +32 43.3    0.264    1.153   124.0    45.1    18.7
1998 02 01    04 33.31   +30 12.0    0.285    1.151   118.9    48.6    19.0
1998 02 06    04 35.55   +28 03.7    0.307    1.147   114.2    51.7    19.2
1998 02 11    04 39.37   +26 14.8    0.329    1.141   109.8    54.5    19.5
1998 02 16    04 44.41   +24 41.5    0.350    1.134   105.7    57.0    19.7
1998 02 21    04 50.41   +23 20.6    0.370    1.125   101.9    59.3    19.8
1998 02 26    04 57.18   +22 09.6    0.390    1.115    98.3    61.5    20.0
1998 03 03    05 04.58   +21 06.1    0.408    1.104    94.8    63.5    20.1
1998 03 08    05 12.47   +20 08.4    0.425    1.091    91.6    65.5    20.2
1998 03 13    05 20.71   +19 14.7    0.440    1.076    88.5    67.4    20.4
1998 03 18    05 29.19   +18 23.7    0.453    1.060    85.5    69.3    20.4
1998 03 23    05 37.81   +17 34.3    0.464    1.043    82.5    71.3    20.5
1998 03 28    05 46.49   +16 45.8    0.472    1.025    79.7    73.4    20.6
1998 04 02    05 55.15   +15 57.3    0.478    1.005    76.9    75.6    20.6
1998 04 07    06 03.64   +15 08.5    0.481    0.984    74.1    77.9    20.7
1998 04 12    06 11.82   +14 18.9    0.481    0.962    71.2    80.5    20.7
1998 04 17    06 19.53   +13 28.5    0.478    0.939    68.3    83.4    20.8
1998 04 22    06 26.58   +12 37.4    0.471    0.915    65.4    86.7    20.8
1998 04 27    06 32.75   +11 46.3    0.462    0.890    62.2    90.4    20.9

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-Y16

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