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    M.P.E.C. 1997-V11                                Issued 1997 Nov. 4, 17:58 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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                                   1997 UT9

                           Revision to MPEC 1997-V02

Observations:
     J97U09T  C1997 11 01.71647 01 25 05.48 +11 52 14.5          18.0 V      046
     J97U09T  C1997 11 01.71980 01 25 05.44 +11 52 17.7                      046
     J97U09T  C1997 11 01.72179 01 25 05.35 +11 52 19.3                      046
     J97U09T  C1997 11 02.94516 01 24 44.68 +12 16 33.7          18.6 V      046
     J97U09T  C1997 11 02.95058 01 24 44.51 +12 16 40.1                      046
     J97U09T  C1997 11 02.95269 01 24 44.52 +12 16 42.3                      046

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  Measurer M. Tichy.
    0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1997 UT9
Epoch 1997 Oct. 19.0 TT = JDT 2450740.5                 Marsden
M   1.42996              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28295334     Peri.  351.90589     +0.93033109     -0.36018279
a   2.2978737      Node    29.50070     +0.34381389     +0.79127161
e   0.4060317      Incl.    8.04749     +0.12757769     +0.49412306
P   3.48           H   19.5           G   0.15
From 20 observations 1997 Oct. 30-Nov. 2.

Ephemeris:
1997 UT9                 a,e,i = 2.30, 0.41, 8                   q = 1.3649
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 10 29    01 26.36   +10 37.2    0.385    1.372   168.2     8.5    18.7
1997 11 03    01 24.74   +12 17.8    0.398    1.378   163.2    12.0    18.9
1997 11 08    01 23.98   +13 53.4    0.415    1.385   158.4    15.2    19.1
1997 11 13    01 24.25   +15 23.2    0.435    1.393   153.9    18.2    19.4
1997 11 18    01 25.59   +16 47.0    0.459    1.403   149.5    20.9    19.6
1997 11 23    01 28.01   +18 04.8    0.486    1.415   145.4    23.3    19.8
1997 11 28    01 31.50   +19 16.9    0.516    1.428   141.6    25.4    20.0
1997 12 03    01 36.02   +20 23.8    0.550    1.442   137.9    27.3    20.2
1997 12 08    01 41.51   +21 26.2    0.586    1.457   134.4    28.9    20.4
1997 12 13    01 47.87   +22 24.3    0.625    1.473   131.1    30.2    20.6
1997 12 18    01 55.00   +23 18.7    0.667    1.490   128.0    31.3    20.8
1997 12 23    02 02.82   +24 09.6    0.711    1.509   125.0    32.3    21.0
1997 12 28    02 11.26   +24 57.2    0.758    1.528   122.1    33.1    21.2

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-V11

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