MPEC 1997-R02 : 1997 RT
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M.P.E.C. 1997-R02 Issued 1997 Sept. 3, 13:12 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/cfa/ps/mpc.html 1997 RT Observations: J97R00T* C1997 09 02.07126 00 40 30.27 +27 32 46.0 16.6 V 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.11307 00 40 40.05 +27 35 45.7 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.11919 00 40 41.49 +27 36 12.0 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.12744 00 40 43.44 +27 36 47.2 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.13307 00 40 44.78 +27 37 11.2 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.13869 00 40 46.11 +27 37 35.1 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.55628 00 42 40.44 +28 07 28.2 897 J97R00T C1997 09 02.55878 00 42 41.15 +28 07 40.1 897 J97R00T C1997 09 02.56317 00 42 42.13 +28 07 58.5 15.8 R 897 J97R00T C1997 09 02.56832 00 42 43.19 +28 08 20.0 897 J97R00T C1997 09 02.57361 00 42 44.42 +28 08 44.1 897 J97R00T C1997 09 02.58368 00 42 47.24 +28 09 26.2 16.2 V 367 J97R00T C1997 09 02.58715 00 42 48.01 +28 09 41.5 367 J97R00T C1997 09 02.59063 00 42 48.82 +28 09 56.4 367 J97R00T C1997 09 02.59410 00 42 49.61 +28 10 11.5 367 J97R00T C1997 09 02.59756 00 42 50.39 +28 10 26.8 367 J97R00T C1997 09 02.69073 00 43 10.34 +28 17 01.7 16.8 V 355 J97R00T C1997 09 02.69638 00 43 11.53 +28 17 24.3 355 J97R00T C1997 09 02.69867 00 43 11.91 +28 17 33.3 355 J97R00T C1997 09 02.70193 00 43 12.91 +28 17 47.4 16.1 V 402 J97R00T C1997 09 02.70454 00 43 13.20 +28 17 57.5 355 J97R00T C1997 09 02.70471 00 43 13.51 +28 17 58.7 402 J97R00T C1997 09 02.70749 00 43 14.09 +28 18 10.3 402 J97R00T C1997 09 02.70903 00 43 14.14 +28 18 16.0 355 J97R00T C1997 09 02.74913 00 43 23.37 +28 21 03.1 360 J97R00T C1997 09 02.75122 00 43 23.83 +28 21 11.4 360 J97R00T C1997 09 02.75920 00 43 25.53 +28 21 43.8 360 J97R00T C1997 09 02.80170 00 43 42.59 +28 23 48.0 16.3 V 046 J97R00T C1997 09 02.80299 00 43 42.93 +28 23 53.6 046 J97R00T C1997 09 02.80458 00 43 43.33 +28 24 00.6 046 J97R00T C1997 09 02.80616 00 43 43.70 +28 24 06.7 046 J97R00T C1997 09 02.80938 00 43 44.47 +28 24 20.7 046 J97R00T C1997 09 02.84925 00 43 46.70 +28 27 36.3 327 J97R00T C1997 09 02.85358 00 43 47.76 +28 27 54.3 327 J97R00T C1997 09 02.85734 00 43 55.94 +28 27 43.8 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.85740 00 43 48.56 +28 28 09.4 327 J97R00T C1997 09 02.86016 00 43 56.65 +28 27 55.5 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.86671 00 43 58.18 +28 28 23.6 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.89019 00 44 03.67 +28 30 02.1 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.89844 00 44 05.55 +28 30 37.0 557 J97R00T C1997 09 02.92605 00 44 12.00 +28 32 35.5 15.8 R 473 J97R00T C1997 09 02.93271 00 44 13.72 +28 33 04.8 15.9 R 473 J97R00T C1997 09 02.94726 00 44 17.01 +28 34 05.8 16.0 R 473 J97R00T C1997 09 02.95490 00 44 18.60 +28 34 36.5 16.0 R 473 J97R00T C1997 09 02.95877 00 44 19.53 +28 34 54.6 15.9 R 473 J97R00T C1997 09 03.34654 00 45 54.09 +29 00 48.0 673 J97R00T C1997 09 03.34916 00 45 54.62 +29 00 58.4 673 Observer details: 046 Klet. Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec. Measurer M. Tichy. 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD. 327 Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station. Observers H. J. Yan, X. Y. Li. Measurer C. M. Ma. 0.6-m Schmidt + CCD. 355 Hadano. Observer A. Asami. 0.2-m f/4.0 reflector + CCD. 360 Kuma Kogen. Observer A. Nakamura. 0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD. 367 Yatsuka. Observer H. Abe. 0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD. 402 Dynic Astronomical Observatory. Observer A. Sugie. 0.60-m f/3.7 reflector + CCD. 473 Remanzacco. Observers M. Dal Bo, L. Donato, V. Gonano, G. Sostero, F. Verlezza. Measurer F. Verlezza. 0.31-m f/2.8 Baker-Schmidt + CCD. 557 Ondrejov. Observers P. Pravec, L. Sarounova. 0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD. 673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observers M. Hicks, D. L. Rabinowitz. 0.6-m reflector + CCD. 897 Chiyoda. Observer T. Kojima. 0.25-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD. Orbital elements: 1997 RT Epoch 1997 Aug. 20.0 TT = JDT 2450680.5 Williams M 359.07898 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28583881 Peri. 5.72902 +0.88209996 +0.46715911 a 2.2823833 Node 326.20783 -0.43639662 +0.76204578 e 0.5315513 Incl. 6.24636 -0.17736305 +0.44838442 P 3.45 H 19.5 G 0.15 From 47 observations 1997 Sept. 2-3. Ephemeris: 1997 RT a,e,i = 2.28, 0.53, 6 q = 1.0692 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 1997 08 30 00 25.79 +23 16.8 0.083 1.072 137.6 39.4 15.8 1997 09 01 00 35.69 +26 11.6 0.089 1.074 135.6 41.0 16.0 1997 09 03 00 44.45 +28 38.1 0.095 1.077 134.2 42.2 16.2 1997 09 05 00 52.17 +30 40.5 0.102 1.080 133.2 42.9 16.4 1997 09 07 00 58.94 +32 22.5 0.108 1.084 132.6 43.2 16.5 1997 09 09 01 04.84 +33 47.4 0.115 1.088 132.3 43.2 16.7 1997 09 11 01 09.97 +34 57.7 0.123 1.093 132.4 42.9 16.8 1997 09 13 01 14.40 +35 55.6 0.130 1.098 132.6 42.4 16.9 1997 09 15 01 18.19 +36 43.0 0.137 1.104 133.1 41.7 17.0 1997 09 17 01 21.41 +37 21.4 0.145 1.110 133.7 40.9 17.1 1997 09 19 01 24.12 +37 51.7 0.152 1.117 134.5 39.9 17.2 1997 09 24 01 28.90 +38 38.7 0.172 1.135 137.1 37.0 17.5 1997 09 29 01 31.43 +38 52.0 0.193 1.156 140.2 33.7 17.6 1997 10 04 01 32.38 +38 38.9 0.214 1.180 143.6 30.2 17.8 1997 10 09 01 32.35 +38 05.1 0.237 1.205 147.2 26.7 18.0 1997 10 14 01 31.86 +37 15.8 0.262 1.232 150.6 23.4 18.1 1997 10 19 01 31.26 +36 15.3 0.289 1.261 153.7 20.5 18.3 1997 10 24 01 30.81 +35 07.4 0.318 1.291 156.0 18.3 18.5 1997 10 29 01 30.76 +33 55.4 0.350 1.323 157.3 16.8 18.7 1997 11 03 01 31.25 +32 42.7 0.384 1.355 157.4 16.3 19.0 1997 11 08 01 32.42 +31 31.9 0.423 1.388 156.4 16.6 19.2 1997 11 13 01 34.28 +30 25.3 0.464 1.422 154.3 17.5 19.5 1997 11 18 01 36.83 +29 24.1 0.509 1.457 151.6 18.8 19.8 1997 11 23 01 40.00 +28 29.2 0.558 1.492 148.4 20.3 20.1 1997 11 28 01 43.79 +27 40.9 0.610 1.527 145.0 21.8 20.4 1997 12 03 01 48.15 +26 59.4 0.666 1.563 141.4 23.2 20.7 1997 12 08 01 53.04 +26 24.7 0.725 1.598 137.8 24.5 21.0 Gareth V. 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