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    M.P.E.C. 1997-N15                                Issued 1997 July 7, 20:45 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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                                   1997 CW29

Observations:
     J97C29W* C1997 02 08.30122 08 02 26.90 +23 13 48.8          22.5 R      568
     J97C29W  C1997 02 08.34998 08 02 26.66 +23 13 49.4                      568
     J97C29W  C1997 02 08.40345 08 02 26.40 +23 13 50.3                      568
     J97C29W  C1997 02 09.26711 08 02 22.18 +23 14 05.0                      568
     J97C29W  C1997 02 09.29503 08 02 22.03 +23 14 05.6                      568
     J97C29W  C1997 02 09.32301 08 02 21.89 +23 14 06.1                      568
     J97C29W  C1997 02 09.35228 08 02 21.77 +23 14 06.6                      568
     J97C29W  C1997 03 03.22184 08 00 49.54 +23 19 08.3                      696
     J97C29W  C1997 03 03.28507 08 00 49.26 +23 19 09.1                      696
     J97C29W  C1997 03 07.27905 08 00 36.08 +23 19 50.9                      696
     J97C29W  C1997 03 07.36241 08 00 35.80 +23 19 51.7                      696

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers J. X. Luu, D. Jewitt, 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 CW29
The following assumed 2:3 Neptune-resonance orbital elements keep the
object more than 12.5 AU from Neptune over a 14 000-year period
Epoch 1997 Feb. 21.0 TT = JDT 2450500.5                 Williams
M 179.65453              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00398904     Peri.  188.51888     +0.48041272     +0.82256400
a  39.3753043      Node   110.68694     -0.78428963     +0.55820839
e   0.0788442      Incl.   18.98138     -0.39254731     -0.10859035
P 247.08           H    6.5           G   0.15
From 11 observations 1997 Feb. 8-Mar. 7.

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-N15

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