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MPEC 1999-R47 : COMET P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS)

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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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