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MPEC 1999-T20 : 1999 TY2

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M.P.E.C. 1999-T20                                Issued 1999 Oct. 4, 15:20 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

                                   1999 TY2

Observations:
     J99T02Y* C1999 10 03.23503 00 03 33.41 +25 14 35.5          17.5 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 03.24497 00 03 41.41 +25 12 08.5          17.5 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 03.25475 00 03 49.18 +25 09 43.7          18.0 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 03.26431 00 03 56.83 +25 07 21.9          17.9 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 04.09388 00 17 38.89 +21 03 09.6          17.2 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 04.09690 00 17 42.09 +21 02 08.6          16.8 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 04.17854 00 19 09.87 +20 33 58.8          17.1 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 04.18170 00 19 13.29 +20 32 52.1          17.1 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 04.47212 00 24 38.66 +18 42 38.3          17.0 R      703
     J99T02Y  C1999 10 04.47688 00 24 44.37 +18 40 41.2          16.7 R      703

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers C. W. Hergenrother, T. B. Spahr.  0.41-m
    f/3 Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1999 TY2
Epoch 1999 Sept. 19.0 TT = JDT 2451440.5                Williams
M 344.38644              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28809748     Peri.  230.10675     +0.47669429     -0.87510072
a   2.2704385      Node   192.27318     +0.87751641     +0.47934286
e   0.6071145      Incl.   23.10998     +0.05222555     -0.06655192
P   3.42           H   23.3           G   0.15
From 10 observations 1999 Oct. 3-4.

Ephemeris:
1999 TY2                 a,e,i = 2.27, 0.61, 23                  q = 0.8920
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1999 09 29    23 25.74   +34 44.6    0.094    1.080   145.1    32.1    19.7
1999 09 30    23 31.75   +33 24.8    0.084    1.073   146.8    30.7    19.4
1999 10 01    23 39.15   +31 41.0    0.074    1.065   149.1    28.9    19.0
1999 10 02    23 48.40   +29 22.2    0.064    1.058   152.1    26.3    18.7
1999 10 03    00 00.24   +26 10.7    0.055    1.051   156.1    22.7    18.2
1999 10 04    00 15.75   +21 36.3    0.046    1.044   161.7    17.5    17.6
1999 10 05    00 36.68   +14 47.5    0.038    1.037   169.6    10.0    16.9
1999 10 06    01 05.78   +04 23.9    0.031    1.031   174.9     5.0    16.2
1999 10 07    01 47.14   -10 47.8    0.026    1.024   158.4    21.1    16.5
1999 10 08    02 45.39   -29 02.6    0.025    1.018   136.0    43.0    17.0
1999 10 09    04 00.65   -44 08.7    0.028    1.011   115.0    63.6    17.8
1999 10 10    05 21.04   -52 24.2    0.034    1.005    99.5    78.6    18.7
1999 10 11    06 29.58   -55 29.5    0.041    0.999    89.2    88.4    19.5
1999 10 12    07 20.09   -56 05.0    0.050    0.993    82.3    94.9    20.2
1999 10 13    07 55.69   -55 43.0    0.059    0.987    77.5    99.2    20.7
1999 10 14    08 21.05   -55 02.9    0.068    0.981    74.1   102.1    21.2
1999 10 15    08 39.65   -54 19.7    0.077    0.976    71.5   104.2    21.5
1999 10 16    08 53.77   -53 38.4    0.087    0.970    69.6   105.6    21.9
1999 10 17    09 04.80   -53 00.8    0.097    0.965    68.0   106.6    22.1
1999 10 18    09 13.67   -52 27.0    0.106    0.960    66.9   107.3    22.4
1999 10 19    09 20.97   -51 56.7    0.116    0.955    65.9   107.7    22.6

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-T20

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