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    M.P.E.C. 1997-R09                                Issued 1997 Sept. 7, 14:54 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
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                                   1997 QJ4

Observations:
     J97Q04J* C1997 08 28.50529 23 43 02.39 +01 11 43.2          22.5 R      568
     J97Q04J  C1997 08 28.55573 23 43 02.15 +01 11 42.2                      568
     J97Q04J  C1997 08 28.60615 23 43 01.87 +01 11 40.8                      568
     J97Q04J  C1997 08 29.46954 23 42 57.51 +01 11 19.0                      568
     J97Q04J  C1997 08 29.53183 23 42 57.21 +01 11 17.2                      568
     J97Q04J  C1997 09 01.38251 23 42 42.65 +01 10 03.9                      568
     J97Q04J  C1997 09 01.43666 23 42 42.34 +01 10 02.6                      568
     J97Q04J  C1997 09 01.48696 23 42 42.10 +01 10 01.2                      568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers J. X. Luu, C. Trujillo, D. Jewitt, K. Berney.  2.2-m
    University of Hawaii reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1997 QJ4
The following assumed 2:3 Neptune-resonance orbital elements keep the
object more than 13.2 AU from Neptune over a 14 000-year period.
Epoch 1997 Aug. 20.0 TT = JDT 2450680.5                 Williams
M 359.96711              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00395812     Peri.    9.63821     +0.99642430     +0.05424414
a  39.5800793      Node   346.72458     -0.08306274     +0.76925287
e   0.1206588      Incl.   16.38524     +0.01546575     +0.63663773
P 249              H    7.5           G   0.15
From 8 observations 1997 Aug. 28-Sept. 1.

Ephemeris:
1997 QJ4                 a,e,i = 39.58, 0.12, 16                 q = 34.804
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 08 30    23 42.91   +01 11.1   33.854   34.804   160.0     0.6    23.0
1997 09 09    23 42.04   +01 06.6   33.813   34.804   169.7     0.3    22.9
1997 09 19    23 41.14   +01 01.8   33.801   34.804   177.2     0.1    22.9
1997 09 29    23 40.25   +00 56.8   33.819   34.804   169.5     0.3    22.9
1997 10 09    23 39.39   +00 52.0   33.866   34.804   159.6     0.6    23.0
1997 10 19    23 38.60   +00 47.4   33.942   34.804   149.6     0.8    23.0
1997 10 29    23 37.91   +00 43.3   34.043   34.804   139.5     1.1    23.0
1997 11 08    23 37.35   +00 39.9   34.168   34.804   129.4     1.3    23.1
1997 11 18    23 36.94   +00 37.4   34.312   34.804   119.2     1.4    23.1
1997 11 28    23 36.69   +00 35.9   34.470   34.805   109.0     1.5    23.1
1997 12 08    23 36.62   +00 35.5   34.639   34.805    98.9     1.6    23.1
1997 12 18    23 36.74   +00 36.2   34.812   34.805    88.8     1.6    23.1
1997 12 28    23 37.04   +00 38.1   34.984   34.805    78.7     1.6    23.1
1998 01 07    23 37.51   +00 41.2   35.151   34.805    68.6     1.5    23.1
1998 01 17    23 38.15   +00 45.4   35.307   34.805    58.6     1.4    23.1
1998 01 27    23 38.93   +00 50.7   35.447   34.805    48.7     1.2    23.1
1998 02 06    23 39.84   +00 56.9   35.568   34.805    38.8     1.0    23.1

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-R09

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