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M.P.E.C. 1998-V25 Issued 1998 Nov. 13, 22:54 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.
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1998 KF66
Observations:
J98K66F C1998 05 20.12671 13 03 16.80 -07 00 46.5 24.4 R 807
J98K66F* C1998 05 29.12752 13 02 44.00 -06 57 44.9 24.6 R 807
J98K66F C1998 05 30.10235 13 02 40.89 -06 57 28.0 24.5 R 807
Observer details:
807 Cerro Tololo. Observers R. L. Allen, M. Jarvis, G. Bernstein. Measurer
R. L. Allen. 4-m Blanco reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
1998 KF66
The following assumed perihelic 2:3 Neptune-resonance orbital elements
keep the object more than 12 AU from Neptune over a 14 000-year period
Epoch 1998 May 7.0 TT = JDT 2450940.5 Marsden
M 359.94859 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00396892 Peri. 182.25838 -0.94828829 +0.31594882
a 39.5082533 Node 16.25980 -0.28948853 -0.82157619
e 0.2118625 Incl. 6.23824 -0.13017571 -0.47454074
P 248 H 9.8 G 0.15
From 3 observations 1998 May 20-30.
Ephemeris:
1998 KF66 a,e,i = 39.51, 0.21, 6 q = 31.138
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
1998 11 13 13 15.23 -08 20.5 31.993 31.139 29.9 0.9 24.9
1998 11 23 13 16.40 -08 28.0 31.893 31.139 39.7 1.2 25.0
1998 12 03 13 17.44 -08 34.8 31.770 31.139 49.5 1.4 25.0
1998 12 13 13 18.34 -08 40.7 31.628 31.139 59.4 1.6 25.0
1998 12 23 13 19.06 -08 45.6 31.472 31.139 69.4 1.7 25.0
1999 01 02 13 19.60 -08 49.4 31.305 31.140 79.5 1.8 25.0
1999 01 12 13 19.94 -08 52.0 31.132 31.140 89.6 1.8 25.0
1999 01 22 13 20.06 -08 53.3 30.959 31.140 99.7 1.8 24.9
1999 02 01 13 19.98 -08 53.4 30.791 31.140 109.9 1.7 24.9
1999 02 11 13 19.70 -08 52.3 30.634 31.140 120.1 1.6 24.9
1999 02 21 13 19.23 -08 50.1 30.492 31.140 130.3 1.4 24.9
1999 03 03 13 18.59 -08 46.8 30.369 31.141 140.5 1.2 24.8
1999 03 13 13 17.82 -08 42.7 30.270 31.141 150.7 0.9 24.8
1999 03 23 13 16.93 -08 37.9 30.198 31.141 160.9 0.6 24.8
1999 04 02 13 15.98 -08 32.7 30.154 31.141 171.1 0.3 24.7
1999 04 12 13 14.99 -08 27.2 30.139 31.141 178.7 0.0 24.7
1999 04 22 13 14.00 -08 21.7 30.155 31.142 168.8 0.4 24.7
1999 05 02 13 13.06 -08 16.4 30.200 31.142 158.8 0.7 24.8
1999 05 12 13 12.20 -08 11.5 30.273 31.142 148.9 1.0 24.8
1999 05 22 13 11.45 -08 07.3 30.371 31.142 139.1 1.2 24.9
1999 06 01 13 10.84 -08 03.9 30.491 31.143 129.3 1.4 24.9
1999 06 11 13 10.39 -08 01.5 30.629 31.143 119.6 1.6 24.9
1999 06 21 13 10.12 -08 00.1 30.781 31.143 110.0 1.8 24.9
1999 07 01 13 10.04 -07 59.9 30.943 31.143 100.4 1.8 24.9
1999 07 11 13 10.15 -08 00.8 31.111 31.144 90.9 1.9 25.0
1999 07 21 13 10.45 -08 02.9 31.278 31.144 81.5 1.8 25.0
1999 07 31 13 10.95 -08 06.2 31.442 31.144 72.1 1.8 25.0
1999 08 10 13 11.62 -08 10.6 31.597 31.144 62.7 1.7 25.0
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