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    M.P.E.C. 1997-N11                                Issued 1997 July 7, 19:39 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   1997 CT29

Observations:
     J97C29T* C1997 02 02.40066 09 05 06.85 +17 36 30.8          21.2 R      568
     J97C29T  C1997 02 02.44503 09 05 06.63 +17 36 31.6                      568
     J97C29T  C1997 02 04.52575 09 04 56.83 +17 37 14.2                      568
     J97C29T  C1997 02 04.61478 09 04 56.39 +17 37 16.1                      568
     J97C29T  C1997 02 07.41331 09 04 43.27 +17 38 12.0                      568
     J97C29T  C1997 02 07.45203 09 04 43.09 +17 38 13.1                      568
     J97C29T  C1997 03 04.19008 09 02 54.35 +17 45 49.0                      696
     J97C29T  C1997 03 04.31560 09 02 53.90 +17 45 51.1                      696
     J97C29T  C1997 03 04.40192 09 02 53.64 +17 45 52.1                      696

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers D. Jewitt, J. X. Luu, J. Chen, C. Trujillo.
    2.2-m University of Hawaii reflector + CCD.
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observer W. R. Brown.
    1.2-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1997 CT29
Eccentricity assumed
Epoch 1997 Feb. 1.0 TT = JDT 2450480.5                  Marsden
M 187.36655              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00350839     Peri.  238.16124     +0.59968732     +0.80008216
a  42.8941305      Node    68.69422     -0.72842282     +0.55384471
e   0.0487561      Incl.    0.96000     -0.33132358     +0.23048767
P 280.93           H    5.0           G   0.15
From 9 observations 1997 Feb. 2-Mar. 4.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-N11

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