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    M.P.E.C. 1997-S16                                Issued 1997 Sept. 30, 21:34 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   1997 SZ10

Observations:
     J97S10Z  C1997 09 07.44656 00 47 41.90 +05 47 57.8          23.0 R      675
     J97S10Z  C1997 09 07.46976 00 47 41.78 +05 47 57.3          23.1 R      675
     J97S10Z* C1997 09 24.43753 00 46 08.92 +05 39 50.7                      568
     J97S10Z  C1997 09 24.51529 00 46 08.55 +05 39 48.5                      568
     J97S10Z  C1997 09 27.34124 00 45 52.03 +05 38 18.8                      696
     J97S10Z  C1997 09 27.43969 00 45 51.43 +05 38 16.1          23.0 R      696

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observer D. Jewitt.  Measurer G. V. Williams.  2.2-m
    University of Hawaii reflector + CCD.
675 Palomar Mountain.  Observers B. Gladman, P. Nicholson, J. A. Burns.
    Measurer B. Gladman.  5-m Hale Telescope + CCD.
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observer C. W. Hergenrother.
    1.2-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1997 SZ10
The following assumed 2:3 Neptune-resonance orbital elements keep the
object more than 15 AU from Neptune over a 14 000-year period
Epoch 1997 Sept. 9.0 TT = JDT 2450700.5                 Marsden
M 359.54531              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00395749     Peri.    3.48096     +0.97408007     -0.22317901
a  39.5843033      Node     9.65563     +0.20186751     +0.78412258
e   0.2013448      Incl.   12.69742     +0.10206627     +0.57908799
P 249              H    8.5           G   0.15
From 6 observations 1997 Sept. 7-27.

Ephemeris:
1997 SZ10                a,e,i = 39.58, 0.20, 13                 q = 31.614
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 09 29    00 45.71   +05 37.5   30.620   31.614   173.2     0.2    23.5
1997 10 09    00 44.72   +05 32.1   30.617   31.614   176.6     0.1    23.5
1997 10 19    00 43.75   +05 26.8   30.645   31.614   166.5     0.4    23.5
1997 10 29    00 42.83   +05 21.8   30.702   31.614   156.3     0.7    23.6
1997 11 08    00 42.00   +05 17.3   30.787   31.614   146.1     1.0    23.6
1997 11 18    00 41.29   +05 13.6   30.898   31.614   135.8     1.2    23.6
1997 11 28    00 40.73   +05 10.7   31.030   31.614   125.6     1.5    23.7
1997 12 08    00 40.35   +05 08.9   31.180   31.614   115.3     1.6    23.7
1997 12 18    00 40.15   +05 08.3   31.343   31.614   105.1     1.7    23.7
1997 12 28    00 40.16   +05 08.9   31.514   31.614    94.9     1.8    23.7
1998 01 07    00 40.37   +05 10.8   31.688   31.614    84.8     1.8    23.7
1998 01 17    00 40.77   +05 14.0   31.859   31.614    74.7     1.7    23.7
1998 01 27    00 41.37   +05 18.4   32.022   31.614    64.7     1.6    23.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-S16

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