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MPEC 1998-H17 : 1998 HE3

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M.P.E.C. 1998-H17                                Issued 1998 Apr. 23, 14:16 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 HE3

Observations:
     J98H03E* C1998 04 21.27552 15 29 58.09 -09 23 43.1          18.3 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.29794 15 29 52.84 -09 23 15.3          18.2 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.32066 15 29 47.61 -09 22 47.2          18.5 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.43469 15 29 20.79 -09 20 25.4                      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.45056 15 29 17.10 -09 20 05.1          18.4 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.46697 15 29 13.27 -09 19 43.8          18.2 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.88573 15 27 45.23 -09 10 53.1          18.0 V      104
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.88981 15 27 44.31 -09 10 48.0                      104
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.89347 15 27 43.52 -09 10 43.8                      104
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.97008 15 27 24.69 -09 09 08.3          18.5 V      046
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.98032 15 27 22.15 -09 08 55.4                      046
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.98677 15 27 20.52 -09 08 46.4                      046
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.98788 15 27 20.32 -09 08 44.8                      046
     J98H03E  C1998 04 21.98902 15 27 20.08 -09 08 43.2                      046
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.00111 15 27 17.01 -09 08 27.7                      557
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.00273 15 27 16.66 -09 08 26.5          18.6 V      557
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.01120 15 27 14.68 -09 08 15.4                      557
     J98H03E IC1998 04 22.01470 15 27 13.65 -09 08 10.2                      557
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.39887 15 25 43.21 -08 59 18.3          18.1 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.40583 15 25 41.33 -08 59 09.0          18.3 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.42392 15 25 36.63 -08 58 43.5          18.8 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.46693 15 25 25.52 -08 57 43.2                      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.47432 15 25 23.51 -08 57 32.6                      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.97043 15 23 23.95 -08 46 02.0                      557
     J98H03E  C1998 04 22.97206 15 23 23.57 -08 45 59.2          18.6 V      557
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.05709 15 23 00.12 -08 43 54.0                      118
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.05933 15 22 59.54 -08 43 51.0                      118
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.06380 15 22 58.32 -08 43 44.4                      118
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.07516 15 22 55.36 -08 43 27.9                      046
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.07635 15 22 54.99 -08 43 26.3                      046
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.07774 15 22 54.56 -08 43 23.7                      046
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.28332 15 22 04.13 -08 38 04.4          18.2 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.28666 15 22 03.13 -08 38 00.1          18.1 R      683
     J98H03E  C1998 04 23.29326 15 22 01.30 -08 37 49.4          17.9 R      683

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
    reflector + CCD.
104 San Marcello Pistoiese.  Observers L. Tesi, A. Boattini.  Measurers
    A. Boattini, G. Forti, L. Tesi.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
118 Modra.  Observers L. Kornos, P. Koleny.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
683 Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Tucson.  Observer R. A. Tucker.  0.36-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1998 HE3                                                             PHA 0.003
Epoch 1998 Apr. 17.0 TT = JDT 2450920.5                 Williams
M 241.31907              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.19707608     Peri.  309.00833     +0.99760584     -0.04959563
a   0.8784591      Node    53.88642     +0.06552303     +0.90076784
e   0.4426665      Incl.    3.42028     -0.02212059     +0.43145982
P   0.82           H   21.5           G   0.15
From 34 observations 1998 Apr. 21-23.

Ephemeris:
1998 HE3                 a,e,i = 0.88, 0.44, 3                   q = 0.4896
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 04 17    15 41.94   -10 36.1    0.176    1.159   149.9    25.7    19.2
1998 04 18    15 39.62   -10 21.4    0.169    1.155   151.4    24.6    19.1
1998 04 19    15 37.02   -10 05.4    0.162    1.151   152.9    23.4    19.0
1998 04 20    15 34.12   -09 47.9    0.155    1.146   154.5    22.1    18.8
1998 04 21    15 30.89   -09 28.7    0.148    1.142   156.2    20.8    18.7
1998 04 22    15 27.29   -09 07.6    0.141    1.137   157.9    19.4    18.5
1998 04 23    15 23.26   -08 44.4    0.134    1.132   159.7    18.0    18.3
1998 04 24    15 18.77   -08 18.7    0.128    1.127   161.5    16.4    18.2
1998 04 25    15 13.75   -07 50.2    0.121    1.122   163.4    14.9    18.0
1998 04 26    15 08.14   -07 18.5    0.115    1.117   165.2    13.3    17.8
1998 04 27    15 01.84   -06 43.1    0.108    1.112   166.9    11.8    17.6
1998 04 28    14 54.78   -06 03.3    0.102    1.107   168.4    10.5    17.4
1998 04 29    14 46.83   -05 18.6    0.096    1.102   169.4     9.6    17.3
1998 04 30    14 37.87   -04 28.1    0.091    1.097   169.6     9.6    17.1
1998 05 01    14 27.75   -03 31.0    0.085    1.091   168.5    10.6    17.0
1998 05 02    14 16.31   -02 26.3    0.080    1.086   166.3    12.7    16.9
1998 05 03    14 03.36   -01 13.0    0.075    1.080   163.1    15.8    16.9
1998 05 04    13 48.70   +00 09.9    0.070    1.074   159.0    19.6    16.9
1998 05 05    13 32.14   +01 42.9    0.066    1.069   154.2    24.2    16.9
1998 05 06    13 13.50   +03 26.2    0.063    1.063   148.7    29.5    16.9
1998 05 07    12 52.68   +05 19.1    0.059    1.057   142.5    35.5    16.9
1998 05 08    12 29.68   +07 19.6    0.057    1.051   135.8    42.1    17.0
1998 05 09    12 04.67   +09 24.0    0.055    1.045   128.5    49.1    17.1
1998 05 10    11 38.05   +11 27.4    0.054    1.038   120.9    56.6    17.3
1998 05 11    11 10.40   +13 23.9    0.054    1.032   113.0    64.2    17.5
1998 05 12    10 42.48   +15 08.3    0.054    1.026   105.2    71.9    17.7
1998 05 13    10 15.07   +16 36.7    0.055    1.019    97.6    79.3    18.0
1998 05 14    09 48.87   +17 47.5    0.057    1.013    90.4    86.4    18.3
1998 05 15    09 24.41   +18 41.1    0.060    1.006    83.6    93.0    18.7
1998 05 16    09 01.97   +19 19.4    0.063    0.999    77.4    99.1    19.1
1998 05 17    08 41.66   +19 45.2    0.067    0.992    71.7   104.7    19.5
1998 05 18    08 23.43   +20 01.1    0.071    0.985    66.5   109.7    19.9
1998 05 19    08 07.14   +20 09.5    0.075    0.978    61.8   114.3    20.3
1998 05 20    07 52.62   +20 12.4    0.080    0.971    57.5   118.6    20.7
1998 05 21    07 39.66   +20 11.5    0.085    0.964    53.5   122.4    21.1
1998 05 22    07 28.06   +20 08.0    0.090    0.957    49.9   126.0    21.5
1998 05 23    07 17.66   +20 02.7    0.095    0.949    46.5   129.3    21.9
1998 05 24    07 08.28   +19 56.2    0.101    0.942    43.4   132.4    22.3
1998 05 25    06 59.80   +19 49.1    0.106    0.935    40.5   135.2    22.8
1998 05 26    06 52.08   +19 41.7    0.112    0.927    37.8   138.0    23.2
1998 05 27    06 45.04   +19 34.2    0.118    0.919    35.2   140.5    23.6

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-H17

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