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MPEC 1998-W19 : 1998 WZ1

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M.P.E.C. 1998-W19                                Issued 1998 Nov. 20, 16:37 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 WZ1

Observations:
     J98W01Z* C1998 11 16.40220 05 40 44.90 +44 15 30.5          19.3        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 16.42323 05 40 51.59 +44 16 15.3          19.4        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 16.44409 05 40 57.91 +44 17 03.6          19.6        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 16.48600 05 41 10.62 +44 18 37.2          19.4        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 17.34668 05 45 58.74 +44 51 37.6          19.2        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 17.34748 05 45 58.96 +44 51 41.5                      711
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 17.35233 05 46 00.53 +44 51 52.8                      711
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 17.35712 05 46 02.09 +44 52 03.8                      711
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 17.36890 05 46 06.04 +44 52 28.4          18.6        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 17.39087 05 46 13.33 +44 53 21.2          19.3        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 17.41279 05 46 20.18 +44 54 10.1          19.2        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 19.30905 05 57 54.16 +46 08 15.9          18.4        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 19.33152 05 58 02.72 +46 09 10.8          18.9        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 19.35373 05 58 10.96 +46 10 04.4          18.8        704
     J98W01Z  C1998 11 19.37595 05 58 18.68 +46 10 57.2          19.0        704

Observer details:
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.  Observers P. J. Shelus, J. G. Ries.  0.76-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1998 WZ1                                                             PHA 0.019
Epoch 1998 Nov. 3.0 TT = JDT 2451120.5                  Williams
M 337.76424              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.32160617     Peri.  137.47753     -0.53443867     -0.84498438
a   2.1098576      Node   344.79538     +0.75420716     -0.46640675
e   0.5452061      Incl.    4.24406     +0.38150605     -0.26166036
P   3.06           H   19.8           G   0.15
From 15 observations 1998 Nov. 16-19.

Ephemeris:
1998 WZ1                 a,e,i = 2.11, 0.55, 4                   q = 0.9596
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 11 13    05 24.28   +42 10.6    0.262    1.209   142.8    29.6    18.6
1998 11 18    05 49.76   +45 16.8    0.227    1.174   141.4    31.7    18.3
1998 11 23    06 25.13   +48 34.6    0.196    1.141   138.5    35.0    18.0
1998 11 28    07 15.72   +51 34.2    0.169    1.110   133.7    39.9    17.7
1998 12 03    08 26.11   +53 03.4    0.148    1.081   126.8    46.9    17.6
1998 12 08    09 51.17   +51 10.0    0.133    1.054   117.8    55.8    17.6
1998 12 13    11 11.89   +44 55.0    0.127    1.030   107.5    65.8    17.7
1998 12 18    12 14.04   +35 42.6    0.129    1.009    97.3    75.4    18.0
1998 12 23    12 57.96   +25 56.9    0.137    0.991    89.0    83.0    18.4
1998 12 28    13 29.17   +17 11.2    0.152    0.977    83.1    88.0    18.8
1999 01 02    13 52.34   +09 53.2    0.170    0.967    79.5    90.6    19.1

1999 01 12    14 25.36   -00 53.1    0.212    0.960    77.3    90.2    19.5
1999 01 22    14 48.96   -08 11.8    0.256    0.970    79.3    85.7    19.8
1999 02 01    15 07.19   -13 26.6    0.296    0.997    83.6    79.3    19.9
1999 02 11    15 21.09   -17 23.4    0.331    1.038    89.4    72.0    20.0
1999 02 21    15 30.15   -20 25.9    0.359    1.091    96.7    64.2    20.0
1999 03 03    15 33.48   -22 46.6    0.381    1.153   105.4    56.0    20.0
1999 03 13    15 30.23   -24 30.1    0.400    1.221   115.6    47.2    20.0
1999 03 23    15 19.96   -25 34.0    0.418    1.294   127.4    37.8    20.0
1999 04 02    15 03.68   -25 52.7    0.442    1.369   140.3    27.8    19.9
1999 04 12    14 43.96   -25 24.6    0.477    1.445   153.8    17.8    19.9
1999 04 22    14 24.32   -24 18.3    0.528    1.522   166.1     9.1    19.9
1999 05 02    14 08.00   -22 53.2    0.597    1.599   170.0     6.3    20.2
1999 05 12    13 56.59   -21 29.6    0.686    1.675   161.5    11.0    20.8
1999 05 22    13 50.33   -20 20.9    0.793    1.750   151.2    16.2    21.4
1999 06 01    13 48.68   -19 33.2    0.917    1.823   141.4    20.3    21.9

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-W19

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