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MPEC 1998-N18 : DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (1998 JULY 13 UT)

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M.P.E.C. 1998-N18                                Issued 1998 July 13, 06:08 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

                       DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (1998 JULY 13 UT)

                            Update to MPEC 1998-N17

New old-numbered orbit:
Object    H    G   Epoch    M     Peri.   Node    Incl.     e         a    Opp C
01559   11.9  0.15 J9876  54.778 214.749 328.381   3.207 0.13522   2.38955  18 E

New multiple-opposition orbits:
Object    H    G   Epoch    M     Peri.   Node    Incl.     e         a    Opp C
J92Y00Y 13.0  0.15 J9876  13.582 324.147 268.561  11.397 0.08857   2.53131   4 W
J95Q00S 15.0  0.15 J9876 346.073 213.679  59.236   5.180 0.15793   2.24967   2 W
J98J01Z 15.5  0.15 J9876 345.954 246.666  41.354   5.817 0.29051   2.15632   2 W

New perturbed one-opposition orbits:
Object    H    G   Epoch    M     Peri.   Node    Incl.     e         a    Arc C
J98HE8Y 13.5  0.15 J9876   0.542 193.750  56.922  15.019 0.07569   2.59665  78 W
J98M03E 18.5  0.15 J9876 355.519 165.204 129.673   5.993 0.48363   2.17594  50 W

New observations:
     J98M03E SC1998 07 11.96785 17 21 44.29 -02 32 13.9                      118
     J98M03E SC1998 07 11.97074 17 21 44.95 -02 32 21.1          15.8 R      118

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-N18

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