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MPEC 1998-F17 : 1998 FL3

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M.P.E.C. 1998-F17                                Issued 1998 Mar. 24, 22:24 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 FL3

Observations:
     J98F03L* C1998 03 22.32045 12 33 13.57 +01 59 24.7          20.6 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 22.34139 12 33 12.12 +02 01 01.1          20.8 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 22.36486 12 33 10.51 +02 02 50.8          20.1 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 23.26516 12 32 16.47 +03 12 38.3          20.8 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 23.26922 12 32 16.16 +03 12 57.2          20.8 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 23.27329 12 32 15.86 +03 13 16.3          20.7 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 23.41165 12 32 06.00 +03 24 09.5          21.9 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 23.41560 12 32 05.75 +03 24 25.2          21.0 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 23.42113 12 32 05.33 +03 24 52.3          20.6 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 24.37427 12 31 05.18 +04 40 24.4          20.5 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 24.37831 12 31 04.88 +04 40 43.7          20.7 V      691
     J98F03L  C1998 03 24.38352 12 31 04.50 +04 41 08.7          20.5 V      691

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers J. V. Scotti, J. Larsen.  0.9-m
    Spacewatch telescope.

Orbital elements:
1998 FL3
Epoch 1998 Mar. 8.0 TT = JDT 2450880.5                  Williams
M 257.21787              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.70604353     Peri.  122.13719     +0.53401242     +0.84547581
a   1.2490555      Node   180.15514     -0.84479382     +0.53363645
e   0.2430564      Incl.   25.69973     +0.03397248     -0.02006965
P   1.40           H   22.0           G   0.15
From 12 observations 1998 Mar. 22-24.

Ephemeris:
1998 FL3                 a,e,i = 1.25, 0.24, 26                  q = 0.9455
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 03 18    12 37.14   -03 14.3    0.359    1.347   167.4     9.3    21.0
1998 03 23    12 32.54   +02 52.1    0.336    1.331   172.8     5.4    20.7
1998 03 28    12 26.98   +09 38.3    0.321    1.314   167.5     9.4    20.8
1998 04 02    12 20.77   +16 42.1    0.314    1.296   157.7    17.0    21.0
1998 04 07    12 14.31   +23 37.2    0.315    1.278   147.5    24.9    21.2
1998 04 12    12 08.02   +30 00.4    0.323    1.260   137.6    32.4    21.4
1998 04 17    12 02.29   +35 37.4    0.335    1.241   128.6    39.2    21.7
1998 04 22    11 57.47   +40 23.2    0.352    1.222   120.6    45.1    21.9
1998 04 27    11 53.89   +44 19.8    0.370    1.203   113.5    50.1    22.1

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-F17

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