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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
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                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
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                                        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. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-R02
    

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