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M.P.E.C. 1999-R47 Issued 1999 Sept. 15, 20:48 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 ISSN 1523-6714
COMET P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS)
Observations:
PJ99R28O C1999 09 11.40308 23 54 01.45 -16 09 25.7 19.1 N 848
PJ99R28O C1999 09 11.40510 23 54 01.79 -16 09 28.6 19.0 N 848
PJ99R28O C1999 09 11.40772 23 54 02.25 -16 09 32.1 19.2 N 848
PJ99R28O C1999 09 12.93715 23 58 51.86 -16 45 27.3 587
PJ99R28O C1999 09 12.94063 23 58 52.43 -16 45 31.9 587
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.28578 23 59 57.97 -16 53 28.5 18.7 N 704
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.28615 23 59 58.14 -16 53 30.4 18.8 N 704
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.29701 23 59 59.93 -16 53 44.5 18.5 N 704
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.29739 00 00 00.09 -16 53 44.8 19.2 N 704
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.30830 00 00 01.98 -16 53 59.9 18.7 N 704
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.30869 00 00 02.09 -16 54 01.3 19.1 N 704
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.31990 00 00 04.11 -16 54 16.4 18.9 N 704
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.32036 00 00 04.23 -16 54 15.9 19.2 N 704
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.92647 00 02 00.74 -17 08 18.5 16.8 N 046
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.92834 00 02 01.06 -17 08 21.5 046
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.93247 00 02 01.80 -17 08 27.3 046
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.93354 00 02 02.02 -17 08 28.8 046
PJ99R28O C1999 09 13.93464 00 02 02.24 -17 08 31.1 046
PJ99R28O C1999 09 15.34394 00 06 33.82 -17 40 20.1 21.0 N 691
PJ99R28O C1999 09 15.34812 00 06 34.67 -17 40 25.7 18.7 T 691
PJ99R28O C1999 09 15.35534 00 06 35.92 -17 40 35.4 20.6 N 691
PJ99R28O C1999 09 15.36122 00 06 37.02 -17 40 43.4 18.6 T 691
PJ99R28O C1999 09 15.36717 00 06 38.07 -17 40 51.0 18.6 T 691
Observer details:
046 Klet. Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, Z. Moravec. 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector
+ CCD.
587 Sormano. Observers F. Manca, M. Cavagna. 0.5-m reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak. Observer J. V. Scotti. 0.9-m Spacewatch
telescope.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico. Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz. Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, R. Sayer. 1.0-m
f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
848 Tenagra Observatory, Cottage Grove. Observer M. Schwartz. Measurer
P. R. Holvorcem. 0.36-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS)
T 1999 Oct. 2.3499 TT Marsden
q 1.230165 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1525410 Peri. 219.8861 +0.9861039 -0.1486712
a 3.469058 Node 148.4294 +0.1637580 +0.9450126
e 0.645389 Incl. 8.1405 -0.0279729 +0.2912870
P 6.46
From 56 observations 1999 Sept. 7-15.
Ephemeris:
P/1999 RO28
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
1999 09 09 23 46.65 -15 11.6 0.262 1.264 166.5 10.7 18.3
1999 09 14 00 02.24 -17 09.5 0.253 1.251 163.8 12.9 18.3
1999 09 19 00 18.55 -18 58.0 0.248 1.241 160.8 15.4 18.3
1999 09 24 00 35.19 -20 29.9 0.246 1.235 157.8 17.9 18.3
1999 09 29 00 51.63 -21 39.4 0.248 1.231 155.0 20.2 18.4
1999 10 04 01 07.36 -22 23.2 0.253 1.230 152.6 22.0 18.5
1999 10 09 01 21.97 -22 39.7 0.261 1.233 150.6 23.4 18.6
1999 10 14 01 35.22 -22 29.7 0.272 1.239 149.2 24.4 18.8
1999 10 19 01 47.02 -21 55.2 0.285 1.247 148.2 24.9 18.9
1999 10 24 01 57.40 -20 59.5 0.301 1.259 147.5 25.1 19.0
1999 10 29 02 06.45 -19 46.2 0.320 1.274 147.0 25.2 19.2
1999 11 03 02 14.34 -18 18.8 0.342 1.291 146.6 25.0 19.4
1999 11 08 02 21.28 -16 40.3 0.366 1.311 146.2 24.9 19.6
1999 11 13 02 27.53 -14 53.6 0.393 1.333 145.6 24.8 19.7
1999 11 18 02 33.29 -13 01.3 0.424 1.357 144.9 24.8 19.9
1999 11 23 02 38.75 -11 06.2 0.457 1.383 143.8 24.9 20.2
1999 11 28 02 44.03 -09 10.1 0.494 1.412 142.5 25.2 20.4
1999 12 03 02 49.25 -07 14.8 0.535 1.441 140.9 25.5 20.6
1999 12 08 02 54.52 -05 21.5 0.579 1.472 139.0 26.0 20.8
1999 12 13 02 59.90 -03 31.2 0.627 1.505 136.9 26.5 21.1
1999 12 18 03 05.47 -01 44.6 0.678 1.538 134.6 27.1 21.3
1999 12 23 03 11.24 -00 02.4 0.733 1.573 132.2 27.6 21.5
1999 12 28 03 17.22 +01 35.0 0.792 1.608 129.6 28.1 21.8
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 1999 MPC M.P.E.C. 1999-R47
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