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MPEC 1999-F11 : 1998 VG44

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M.P.E.C. 1999-F11                                Issued 1999 Mar. 18, 16:01 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  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   1998 VG44

Observations:
     J98V44G* C1998 11 14.29476 03 34 38.41 +16 09 54.8          21.9 V      691
     J98V44G  C1998 11 14.31797 03 34 38.30 +16 09 54.2          21.8 V      691
     J98V44G  C1998 11 14.34011 03 34 38.10 +16 09 53.7          21.7 V      691
     J98V44G  C1998 11 26.30247 03 33 19.71 +16 05 27.6          21.7 V      691
     J98V44G  C1998 11 26.32841 03 33 19.51 +16 05 26.8          21.7 V      691
     J98V44G  C1998 11 26.35047 03 33 19.36 +16 05 26.7          21.7 V      691

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers J. Larsen, N. Danzl,
   A. Gleason.  0.9-m Spacewatch telescope.

Orbital elements:
1998 VG44
The following assumed perihelic 2:3 Neptune-resonance orbital elements
keep the object more than 11 AU from Neptune over a 14 000-year period
Epoch 1998 Nov. 3.0 TT = JDT 2451120.5                  Marsden
M 359.95579              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00397382     Peri.  288.09545     +0.57083511     -0.81996296
a  39.4757645      Node   127.02088     +0.77201547     +0.51838278
e   0.2267270      Incl.    3.05282     +0.27953423     +0.24277570
P 248              H    6.9           G   0.15
From 6 observations 1998 Nov. 14-26.

Ephemeris:
1998 VG44                a,e,i = 39.48, 0.23, 3                  q = 30.526
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1999 03 13    03 30.46   +16 04.5   30.975   30.526    62.3     1.7    22.0
1999 03 23    03 31.37   +16 08.6   31.121   30.526    52.6     1.5    22.0
1999 04 02    03 32.46   +16 13.3   31.249   30.526    43.0     1.3    22.0
1999 04 12    03 33.69   +16 18.3   31.357   30.526    33.5     1.0    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-F11

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