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MPEC 1998-S10 : 1998 SH2

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M.P.E.C. 1998-S10                                Issued 1998 Sept. 19, 17:02 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 SH2

Observations:
     J98S02H* C1998 09 17.44420 01 06 22.64 +03 05 15.8          19.1 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 17.46535 01 06 17.09 +03 05 06.6          19.2 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 17.49046 01 06 10.60 +03 04 55.5          19.2 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.31880 01 02 52.29 +02 59 03.7          19.3 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.32284 01 02 51.30 +02 59 01.9          19.2 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.32688 01 02 50.29 +02 59 00.2          19.3 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.37918 01 02 37.22 +02 58 37.2          19.2        704
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.39217 01 02 33.87 +02 58 32.5          19.9        704
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.41926 01 02 27.19 +02 58 21.0          19.3        704
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.43256 01 02 23.88 +02 58 14.9          19.7        704
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.47723 01 02 13.22 +02 57 57.3          19.2 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.48130 01 02 12.24 +02 57 55.7          19.1 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.48538 01 02 11.26 +02 57 53.8          19.1 V      691
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.53973 01 02 01.36 +02 58 11.7          18.7 R      422
     J98S02H  C1998 09 18.54087 01 02 01.03 +02 58 10.4          18.8 R      422
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.37921 00 58 50.27 +02 51 52.3                      711
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.38855 00 58 48.15 +02 51 49.1                      711
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.39597 00 58 46.44 +02 51 45.8                      711
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.57924 00 58 08.30 +02 50 30.1          18.9 V      402
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.58601 00 58 06.80 +02 50 28.0                      402
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.58773 00 58 06.29 +02 50 27.7                      402
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.60656 00 58 02.02 +02 50 58.7          19.1 R      426
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.61306 00 58 00.60 +02 50 56.2          19.2 R      426
     J98S02H  C1998 09 19.62002 00 57 59.08 +02 50 52.9                      426

Observer details:
402 Dynic Astronomical Observatory.  Observer A. Sugie.  0.60-m f/3.7 reflector
    + CCD.
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
426 Woomera.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers J. Montani, J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m
    Spacewatch telescope.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, R. Sayer.  1.0-m f/2.15
    reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1998 SH2                                                             PHA 0.011
Epoch 1998 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2451060.5                 Williams
M  10.72433              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22464495     Peri.  259.98276     +0.07536274     +0.99709983
a   2.6800214      Node    14.35214     -0.89730334     +0.07244959
e   0.7158761      Incl.    2.45123     -0.43493353     +0.02330222
P   4.39           H   21.0           G   0.15
From 24 observations 1998 Sept. 17-19.

Ephemeris:
1998 SH2                 a,e,i = 2.68, 0.72, 2                   q = 0.7615
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 09 14    01 22.61   +03 32.7    0.194    1.179   150.2    25.1    19.0
1998 09 19    01 00.25   +02 54.7    0.238    1.232   160.6    15.7    19.2
1998 09 24    00 44.23   +02 24.8    0.286    1.286   169.4     8.2    19.4
1998 09 29    00 32.50   +02 01.9    0.338    1.340   177.1     2.2    19.5
1998 10 04    00 23.86   +01 45.3    0.394    1.394   175.5     3.2    20.0
1998 10 09    00 17.59   +01 34.5    0.454    1.447   169.1     7.5    20.6
1998 10 14    00 13.18   +01 28.7    0.517    1.500   163.1    11.1    21.1
1998 10 19    00 10.30   +01 27.7    0.585    1.553   157.5    14.2    21.6
1998 10 24    00 08.71   +01 31.1    0.657    1.605   152.2    16.8    22.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-S10

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