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    M.P.E.C. 1997-N13                                Issued 1997 July 7, 20:21 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
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                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                 URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/mpc.html

                                   1997 CU29

Observations:
     J97C29U* C1997 02 06.26545 07 35 44.16 +22 53 23.3          22.5 R      568
     J97C29U  C1997 02 06.31081 07 35 43.96 +22 53 23.8                      568
     J97C29U  C1997 02 06.36374 07 35 43.73 +22 53 24.2                      568
     J97C29U  C1997 02 07.34132 07 35 39.39 +22 53 33.2                      568
     J97C29U  C1997 02 07.39706 07 35 39.12 +22 53 33.6                      568
     J97C29U  C1997 02 09.27626 07 35 30.95 +22 53 50.6                      568
     J97C29U  C1997 02 09.30450 07 35 30.80 +22 53 50.9                      568
     J97C29U  C1997 02 09.33337 07 35 30.68 +22 53 51.0                      568
     J97C29U  C1997 03 03.17494 07 34 10.91 +22 56 20.7                      696
     J97C29U  C1997 03 03.25022 07 34 10.67 +22 56 21.2                      696
     J97C29U  C1997 03 03.30720 07 34 10.52 +22 56 21.2                      696
     J97C29U  C1997 03 07.25625 07 33 59.77 +22 56 39.0                      696

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers D. Jewitt, J. X. Luu, C. Trujillo, J. Chen.  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 CU29
Assumed circular orbit
Epoch 1997 Feb. 21.0 TT = JDT 2450500.5                 Williams
                         (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00331222  Arg.lat.  124.35408     -0.38232488     -0.92401244
a  44.5714268      Node   348.12011     +0.83900290     -0.34470960
e   0.0000000      Incl.    1.49139     +0.38717157     -0.16545788
P 297.57           H    6.5           G   0.15
From 12 observations 1997 Feb. 6-Mar. 7.

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-N13

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