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MPEC 1998-W29 : 1998 WP5

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M.P.E.C. 1998-W29                                Issued 1998 Nov. 24, 16:13 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 WP5

Observations:
     J98W05P* C1998 11 19.28748 04 30 12.39 +57 29 33.5          19.0        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 19.30968 04 30 08.11 +57 31 04.5          18.6        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 19.33214 04 30 03.67 +57 32 31.3          19.0        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 19.35434 04 29 58.95 +57 34 00.4          18.6        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 19.37657 04 29 54.54 +57 35 30.0          19.1        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 20.82538 04 25 14.98 +59 10 50.9                      557
     J98W05P  C1998 11 20.82666 04 25 14.75 +59 10 56.0                      557
     J98W05P  C1998 11 20.82794 04 25 14.44 +59 11 01.5                      557
     J98W05P  C1998 11 20.82922 04 25 14.22 +59 11 06.6          18.0 V      557
     J98W05P  C1998 11 21.87581 04 21 27.94 +60 19 00.3          18.3 R      611
     J98W05P  C1998 11 21.88449 04 21 25.71 +60 19 34.5                      611
     J98W05P  C1998 11 21.89890 04 21 22.38 +60 20 29.1                      611
     J98W05P  C1998 11 22.69271 04 18 15.29 +61 11 19.1                      360
     J98W05P  C1998 11 22.69549 04 18 14.59 +61 11 29.4                      360
     J98W05P  C1998 11 22.69896 04 18 13.70 +61 11 42.3                      360
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.13707 04 16 30.56 +61 39 10.9          18.4        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.14234 04 16 29.44 +61 39 29.9                      704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.15269 04 16 26.78 +61 40 11.7                      704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.15797 04 16 25.11 +61 40 32.9          18.0        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.16314 04 16 23.81 +61 40 51.6                      704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.16833 04 16 22.52 +61 41 12.8                      704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.17351 04 16 21.30 +61 41 32.3                      704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.17878 04 16 19.41 +61 41 54.9          18.8        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.20678 04 16 12.27 +61 43 40.2          18.5        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.21196 04 16 10.97 +61 44 00.9          18.3        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.22233 04 16 08.10 +61 44 40.0                      704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.22753 04 16 06.73 +61 45 00.2          18.2        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.23280 04 16 05.35 +61 45 18.3          18.2        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.23795 04 16 04.18 +61 45 40.3          18.4        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.24323 04 16 02.48 +61 45 59.2          18.7        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.24842 04 16 01.03 +61 46 17.7          18.9        704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.25360 04 15 59.71 +61 46 40.1                      704
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.85485 04 13 26.35 +62 23 54.2                      557
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.85613 04 13 26.00 +62 23 59.4                      557
     J98W05P  C1998 11 23.85742 04 13 25.58 +62 24 03.8                      557
     J98W05P RC1998 11 23.92154 04 13 07.78 +62 28 05.1                      118
     J98W05P RC1998 11 23.92391 04 13 07.22 +62 28 13.4                      118
     J98W05P RC1998 11 23.92550 04 13 06.64 +62 28 19.4          17.9 R      118
     J98W05P  C1998 11 24.01878 04 12 40.53 +62 34 04.0          18.2 V      046
     J98W05P  C1998 11 24.02081 04 12 40.01 +62 34 11.3                      046
     J98W05P  C1998 11 24.02176 04 12 39.71 +62 34 14.9                      046
     J98W05P  C1998 11 24.02258 04 12 39.47 +62 34 17.8                      046

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
    reflector + CCD.
118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, P. Koleny.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
611 Starkenburg.  Observers M. Busch, L. Kurtze, A. Seib, E. Schwab.  Measurer
    R. Stoss.  0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
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.

Orbital elements:
1998 WP5
Epoch 1998 Nov. 3.0 TT = JDT 2451120.5                  Williams
M 299.40161              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.60522783     Peri.   96.56960     -0.64709019     -0.73531351
a   1.3841722      Node    36.43619     +0.49342135     -0.60534485
e   0.1977059      Incl.   19.82869     +0.58121395     -0.30474852
P   1.63           H   18.8           G   0.15
From 42 observations 1998 Nov. 19-24.

Ephemeris:
1998 WP5                 a,e,i = 1.38, 0.20, 20                  q = 1.1105
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1998 11 23    04 17.03   +61 30.5    0.313    1.240   138.5    31.8    18.1
1998 11 28    03 52.28   +66 26.1    0.312    1.226   134.7    34.9    18.2
1998 12 03    03 17.8    +70 31.4    0.315    1.213   130.2    38.4    18.2
1998 12 08    02 33.2    +73 32.0    0.321    1.200   125.5    41.9    18.4
1998 12 13    01 41.9    +75 22.3    0.330    1.188   121.0    45.3    18.5
1998 12 18    00 51.4    +76 10.8    0.340    1.177   116.8    48.3    18.6
1998 12 23    00 08.6    +76 18.1    0.351    1.166   113.0    50.9    18.7
1998 12 28    23 36.2    +76 06.4    0.361    1.156   109.6    53.2    18.9
1999 01 02    23 13.3    +75 51.9    0.372    1.147   106.7    55.2    19.0
1999 01 07    22 57.8    +75 44.1    0.382    1.139   104.2    56.8    19.0
1999 01 12    22 48.2    +75 47.7    0.390    1.131   102.1    58.2    19.1
1999 01 17    22 43.3    +76 05.8    0.397    1.125   100.4    59.3    19.2
1999 01 22    22 42.2    +76 39.6    0.403    1.120    99.0    60.2    19.2
1999 01 27    22 44.6    +77 29.8    0.407    1.116    97.9    60.9    19.3
1999 02 01    22 50.6    +78 36.0    0.409    1.113    97.2    61.4    19.3
1999 02 06    23 01.4    +79 58.0    0.409    1.111    96.8    61.8    19.3
1999 02 11    23 19.9    +81 34.8    0.408    1.111    96.6    62.0    19.3
1999 02 16    23 53.1    +83 23.8    0.405    1.111    96.8    62.0    19.3
1999 02 21    01 01      +85 14.0    0.401    1.113    97.2    61.8    19.3
1999 02 26    03 27      +86 21.3    0.396    1.116    97.9    61.5    19.2
1999 03 03    06 23      +85 20.9    0.391    1.120    98.8    61.0    19.2
1999 03 08    07 55.3    +82 32.7    0.385    1.125   100.0    60.3    19.1
1999 03 13    08 39.9    +78 50.5    0.379    1.131   101.3    59.5    19.1
1999 03 18    09 05.8    +74 31.6    0.374    1.138   102.8    58.5    19.1
1999 03 23    09 23.48   +69 42.1    0.371    1.147   104.5    57.3    19.0
1999 03 28    09 37.06   +64 26.2    0.369    1.156   106.1    56.1    19.0
1999 04 02    09 48.30   +58 48.8    0.369    1.166   107.6    54.8    19.0

1999 04 12    10 07.15   +46 53.9    0.380    1.188   110.1    52.4    19.0
1999 04 22    10 23.93   +34 56.2    0.407    1.212   111.1    50.7    19.1
1999 05 02    10 40.13   +23 51.6    0.449    1.239   110.6    49.6    19.4
1999 05 12    10 56.30   +14 11.0    0.505    1.267   108.9    49.0    19.7
1999 05 22    11 12.89   +05 59.0    0.573    1.296   106.3    48.6    20.0
1999 06 01    11 30.07   -00 54.4    0.651    1.325   103.4    48.1    20.3
1999 06 11    11 47.92   -06 43.3    0.735    1.355   100.2    47.5    20.6
1999 06 21    12 06.60   -11 41.8    0.826    1.384    96.9    46.8    20.9
1999 07 01    12 26.15   -16 01.1    0.919    1.412    93.6    45.9    21.1
1999 07 11    12 46.62   -19 49.1    1.016    1.440    90.2    44.9    21.3
1999 07 21    13 08.13   -23 11.8    1.113    1.467    86.9    43.8    21.6
1999 07 31    13 30.70   -26 13.2    1.212    1.492    83.6    42.5    21.7
1999 08 10    13 54.39   -28 55.2    1.310    1.516    80.3    41.2    21.9

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-W29

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