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MPEC 1997-U15 : 1997 UH9

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M.P.E.C. 1997-U15                                Issued 1997 Oct. 31, 16:22 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

                                   1997 UH9

Observations:
     J97U09H* C1997 10 29.60913 03 38 47.14 +13 12 42.8          17.6 V      566
     J97U09H  C1997 10 29.61916 03 38 42.52 +13 13 07.3          17.6 V      566
     J97U09H  C1997 10 29.62992 03 38 37.52 +13 13 33.7          17.7 V      566
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.28534 03 33 40.88 +13 40 35.7                      673
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.28887 03 33 39.21 +13 40 43.8                      673
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.29194 03 33 37.93 +13 40 51.2                      673
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.41616 03 32 40.16 +13 46 09.8          17.3 V      566
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.42616 03 32 35.39 +13 46 34.9          17.4 V      566
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.43589 03 32 30.72 +13 46 59.3          17.4 V      566
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.51195 03 31 56.14 +13 50 36.9          16.5 R      422
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.51357 03 31 55.38 +13 50 40.7          16.7 R      422
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.51519 03 31 54.60 +13 50 44.7          16.6 R      422
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.91294 03 28 48.14 +14 06 23.6          17.1 V      557
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.91388 03 28 47.66 +14 06 26.0                      557
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.91669 03 28 46.30 +14 06 33.3                      557
     J97U09H  C1997 10 30.91763 03 28 45.86 +14 06 35.7                      557
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.13663 03 27 02.77 +14 15 39.1          16.6        784
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.16181 03 26 50.87 +14 16 43.8          16.5        784
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.16597 03 26 48.87 +14 16 54.2          16.4        784
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.17413 03 26 44.87 +14 17 14.7          16.5        784
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.17638 03 26 43.79 +14 17 20.3          16.6        784
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.22170 03 26 21.83 +14 19 13.0          16.7        784
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.22413 03 26 20.61 +14 19 19.4          16.9        784
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.26805 03 26 00.63 +14 21 10.9                      670
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.27847 03 25 55.60 +14 21 37.6                      670
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.28889 03 25 50.39 +14 22 03.6                      670
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.29514 03 25 47.50 +14 22 18.7          17.2 V      670
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.39796 03 24 57.21 +14 26 32.4          17.0 V      673
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.40075 03 24 55.78 +14 26 39.5                      673
     J97U09H  C1997 10 31.40931 03 24 51.69 +14 26 59.8                      673

Observer details:
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.25-m f/4.1 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
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.
670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.25-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. L. Rabinowitz.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
784 Stull Observatory, Alfred University.  Observers D. R. DeGraff,
    A. M. Robbins.  0.81-m f/4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1997 UH9
Epoch 1997 Oct. 19.0 TT = JDT 2450740.5                 Williams
M 156.84929              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.30264564     Peri.  180.99453     -0.72685535     +0.62270590
a   0.8303322      Node    42.47652     -0.62711921     -0.42980512
e   0.4738569      Incl.   25.40305     -0.28000499     -0.65383861
P   0.76           H   18.5           G   0.15
From 30 observations 1997 Oct. 29-31.

Ephemeris:
1997 UH9                 a,e,i = 0.83, 0.47, 25                  q = 0.4369
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 10 19    04 43.13   +06 31.6    0.284    1.209   133.4    36.8    17.7
1997 10 24    04 16.82   +09 27.7    0.260    1.216   144.9    28.1    17.2
1997 10 29    03 43.36   +12 47.6    0.242    1.221   158.1    17.7    16.8
1997 11 03    03 03.68   +16 11.8    0.233    1.223   172.5     6.1    16.2
1997 11 08    02 20.98   +19 11.1    0.235    1.224   172.0     6.5    16.3
1997 11 13    01 39.87   +21 24.0    0.246    1.221   157.8    17.8    16.8
1997 11 18    01 04.11   +22 48.7    0.267    1.217   145.0    27.8    17.3
1997 11 23    00 35.34   +23 37.9    0.294    1.210   133.9    36.0    17.7
1997 11 28    00 13.39   +24 07.0    0.325    1.201   124.5    42.6    18.1
1997 12 03    23 57.23   +24 27.4    0.358    1.189   116.4    48.0    18.4
1997 12 08    23 45.66   +24 46.1    0.393    1.175   109.3    52.3    18.7
1997 12 13    23 37.57   +25 06.6    0.427    1.158   103.1    55.9    19.0
1997 12 18    23 32.10   +25 30.2    0.460    1.139    97.5    58.9    19.2
1997 12 23    23 28.60   +25 57.2    0.491    1.118    92.4    61.5    19.4
1997 12 28    23 26.57   +26 27.5    0.521    1.094    87.7    63.9    19.5
1998 01 02    23 25.61   +27 00.8    0.547    1.068    83.3    66.2    19.7
1998 01 07    23 25.38   +27 36.4    0.569    1.039    79.1    68.4    19.8
1998 01 12    23 25.58   +28 13.1    0.588    1.007    75.0    70.6    19.8
1998 01 17    23 25.94   +28 49.2    0.602    0.973    71.1    73.1    19.9
1998 01 22    23 26.20   +29 22.9    0.612    0.936    67.2    75.8    19.9
1998 01 27    23 26.09   +29 51.5    0.617    0.896    63.3    78.8    20.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-U15

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