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MPEC 1998-S11 : 1998 SJ2

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M.P.E.C. 1998-S11                                Issued 1998 Sept. 19, 18:02 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

                                   1998 SJ2

Observations:
     J98S02J* C1998 09 18.13927 03 29 41.95 +18 51 10.1          18.3 V      910
     J98S02J  C1998 09 18.15364 03 29 42.43 +18 51 42.6          18.2 V      910
     J98S02J  C1998 09 18.16588 03 29 42.83 +18 52 10.4          18.3 V      910
     J98S02J  C1998 09 18.93699 03 30 14.99 +19 21 13.3          17.3 R      611
     J98S02J  C1998 09 18.94011 03 30 15.10 +19 21 18.8          17.8 R      611
     J98S02J  C1998 09 18.94306 03 30 15.27 +19 21 25.6          17.6 R      611
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.02394 03 30 17.94 +19 24 35.4                      108
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.02922 03 30 18.22 +19 24 48.4                      108
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.03769 03 30 18.37 +19 25 05.0                      108
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.04464 03 30 18.49 +19 25 15.3          17.5 V      108
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.06751 03 30 19.14 +19 26 10.2                      557
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.06985 03 30 19.21 +19 26 15.4                      557
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.07218 03 30 19.27 +19 26 20.8                      557
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.11888 03 30 20.79 +19 28 04.8          18.3 V      910
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.13848 03 30 21.37 +19 28 49.1          18.2 V      910
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.15840 03 30 21.96 +19 29 33.9          18.3 V      910
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.23646 03 30 26.05 +19 32 30.6          17.5 R      816
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.24026 03 30 26.17 +19 32 38.9          17.6 R      816
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.45665 03 30 32.93 +19 40 52.0                      711
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.46146 03 30 33.07 +19 41 02.8                      711
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.46688 03 30 33.21 +19 41 14.9                      711
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.61203 03 30 39.63 +19 47 02.8          17.6 R      422
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.61325 03 30 39.64 +19 47 05.5          17.8 R      422
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.61587 03 30 39.79 +19 47 11.5          17.9 R      422
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.61840 03 30 39.86 +19 47 17.5          17.7 R      422
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.62475 03 30 40.28 +19 47 03.4          17.9 V      402
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.62648 03 30 40.32 +19 47 07.7                      402
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.62822 03 30 40.36 +19 47 11.5                      402
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.62995 03 30 40.43 +19 47 15.6                      402
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.68584 03 30 42.01 +19 49 49.1          17.9 R      426
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.69130 03 30 42.14 +19 50 00.4          17.8 R      426
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.69778 03 30 42.36 +19 50 15.2          17.4 R      426
     J98S02J  C1998 09 19.70396 03 30 42.52 +19 50 28.6          17.7 R      426

Observer details:
108 Montelupo.  Observers M. Tombelli, D. Guidetti, G. Forti, E. Masotti.
    0.30-m f/5.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
402 Dynic Astronomical Observatory.  Observer A. Sugie.  0.60-m f/3.7 reflector
    + CCD.
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.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
611 Starkenburg.  Observers M. Busch, R. Stoss.  0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.
816 Rand Observatory.  Observer G. R. Viscome.  0.37-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
910 Caussols-ODAS.  Observers A. Maury, D. Albanese, G. Hahn, M. Hoffmann.
    Measurers A. Maury, G. Hahn.  0.9-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1998 SJ2
Epoch 1998 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2451060.5                 Williams
M   3.88404              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25444138     Peri.  332.05066     +0.94555576     +0.32420562
a   2.4664797      Node     9.16976     -0.25509688     +0.79274688
e   0.5283960      Incl.   10.32000     -0.20211357     +0.51618126
P   3.87           H   18.5           G   0.15
From 27 observations 1998 Sept. 18-19.

Ephemeris:
1998 SJ2                 a,e,i = 2.47, 0.53, 10                  q = 1.1632
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 09 14    03 26.18   +16 10.1    0.335    1.199   117.7    48.0    18.3
1998 09 19    03 30.27   +19 23.8    0.339    1.214   120.9    45.3    18.3
1998 09 24    03 32.48   +22 25.2    0.345    1.232   124.5    42.2    18.3
1998 09 29    03 32.76   +25 12.5    0.352    1.251   128.5    38.8    18.3
1998 10 04    03 31.16   +27 44.1    0.360    1.273   132.8    35.2    18.3
1998 10 09    03 27.75   +29 58.0    0.371    1.296   137.3    31.5    18.3
1998 10 14    03 22.70   +31 52.6    0.384    1.321   142.0    27.7    18.3
1998 10 19    03 16.28   +33 26.2    0.399    1.348   146.7    23.9    18.3
1998 10 24    03 08.92   +34 38.0    0.418    1.376   151.3    20.4    18.3
1998 10 29    03 01.14   +35 28.3    0.439    1.404   155.3    17.2    18.4
1998 11 03    02 53.45   +35 58.8    0.465    1.434   158.4    14.7    18.4
1998 11 08    02 46.29   +36 12.0    0.494    1.465   160.2    13.2    18.6
1998 11 13    02 40.01   +36 10.9    0.527    1.497   160.4    12.8    18.7
1998 11 18    02 34.88   +35 58.7    0.565    1.529   158.9    13.5    19.0
1998 11 23    02 31.05   +35 39.0    0.606    1.562   156.3    14.7    19.2
1998 11 28    02 28.58   +35 14.7    0.652    1.595   152.9    16.4    19.5
1998 12 03    02 27.43   +34 48.5    0.701    1.628   149.1    18.1    19.7
1998 12 08    02 27.53   +34 22.1    0.755    1.662   145.2    19.8    20.0
1998 12 13    02 28.75   +33 56.8    0.812    1.696   141.2    21.3    20.2
1998 12 18    02 31.00   +33 33.6    0.873    1.730   137.2    22.7    20.5
1998 12 23    02 34.17   +33 13.0    0.938    1.764   133.2    24.0    20.7
1998 12 28    02 38.17   +32 55.3    1.005    1.798   129.4    25.0    20.9
1999 01 02    02 42.88   +32 40.7    1.076    1.832   125.6    25.9    21.2
1999 01 07    02 48.20   +32 29.0    1.150    1.866   121.8    26.6    21.4
1999 01 12    02 54.07   +32 19.9    1.226    1.900   118.2    27.1    21.6
1999 01 17    03 00.41   +32 13.2    1.304    1.933   114.6    27.6    21.7
1999 01 22    03 07.18   +32 08.7    1.385    1.967   111.1    27.8    21.9

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-S11

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