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  • MPEC 1998-C09 : 1998 BY7

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    M.P.E.C. 1998-C09                                Issued 1998 Feb. 4, 19:30 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.
    
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                       URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html
    
                                       1998 BY7
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1998-B17
    
    Observations:
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 27.01834 09 13 04.55 +17 48 46.6          18.8 V      046
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 27.02076 09 13 04.58 +17 48 49.1                      046
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 27.02310 09 13 04.58 +17 48 52.1                      046
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 27.15157 09 13 04.91 +17 51 04.5          19.1 R      118
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 27.15677 09 13 04.94 +17 51 10.2                      118
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 27.16112 09 13 04.95 +17 51 14.0                      118
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 28.06102 09 13 16.63 +18 07 56.8                      557
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 29.67726 09 13 36.49 +18 41 47.0          18.7 V      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 29.68212 09 13 36.48 +18 41 53.2                      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 29.68715 09 13 36.46 +18 41 59.8                      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 31.64375 09 14 01.48 +19 30 11.0          18.5 V      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 31.64826 09 14 01.46 +19 30 18.3                      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 31.65243 09 14 01.44 +19 30 25.0                      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 31.95471 09 14 05.73 +19 38 31.0          18.4 V      046
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 31.95663 09 14 05.83 +19 38 34.0                      046
         J98B07Y  C1998 01 31.95795 09 14 05.79 +19 38 36.7                      046
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 01.50549 09 14 14.54 +19 55 19.3          18.1 R      422
         J98B07Y IC1998 02 01.50706 09 14 14.58 +19 55 22.5                      422
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 01.54410 09 14 15.11 +19 55 34.7          17.7 V      367
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 01.55104 09 14 15.21 +19 55 45.5                      367
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 01.81429 09 14 19.23 +20 03 25.6                      557
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 01.81661 09 14 19.21 +20 03 30.2          18.4 V      557
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 01.81894 09 14 19.21 +20 03 34.7                      557
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 02.04362 09 14 19.42 +20 10 34.5          18.8 R      118
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 02.04572 09 14 19.35 +20 10 38.2                      118
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 02.04845 09 14 19.36 +20 10 43.1                      118
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 02.61493 09 14 29.56 +20 29 07.9          18.2 V      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 02.61806 09 14 29.54 +20 29 14.1                      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 02.62326 09 14 29.51 +20 29 24.5                      360
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 03.92032 09 14 51.22 +21 15 14.5          17.7 V      046
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 03.92208 09 14 51.22 +21 15 18.2                      046
         J98B07Y  C1998 02 03.92359 09 14 51.22 +21 15 21.7                      046
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  Measurer M. Tichy.
        0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    118 Modra.  Observers P. Koleny, L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 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.
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.25-m f/4.1 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 BY7
    Epoch 1998 Jan. 27.0 TT = JDT 2450840.5                 Williams
    M 337.18495              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.34887342     Peri.   88.97567     -0.84598850     +0.53105748
    a   1.9984385      Node   123.09962     -0.50907472     -0.77782028
    e   0.5971117      Incl.    3.26859     -0.15857614     -0.33611540
    P   2.83           H   21.5           G   0.15
    From 48 observations 1998 Jan. 22-Feb. 3.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 BY7                 a,e,i = 2.00, 0.60, 3                   q = 0.8051
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1998 01 27    09 13.08   +17 48.8    0.224    1.206   171.4     7.0    19.2
    1998 01 28    09 13.28   +18 07.2    0.214    1.197   172.4     6.3    19.0
    1998 01 29    09 13.48   +18 27.3    0.204    1.188   173.3     5.5    18.9
    1998 01 30    09 13.68   +18 49.3    0.195    1.179   174.2     4.9    18.7
    1998 01 31    09 13.88   +19 13.5    0.186    1.170   174.9     4.3    18.6
    1998 02 01    09 14.10   +19 40.2    0.177    1.161   175.4     3.9    18.4
    1998 02 02    09 14.33   +20 09.6    0.167    1.152   175.6     3.8    18.3
    1998 02 03    09 14.58   +20 42.3    0.158    1.144   175.4     3.9    18.2
    1998 02 04    09 14.86   +21 18.7    0.150    1.135   174.9     4.4    18.0
    1998 02 05    09 15.18   +21 59.5    0.141    1.126   174.0     5.2    17.9
    1998 02 06    09 15.54   +22 45.4    0.132    1.117   173.0     6.2    17.8
    1998 02 07    09 15.97   +23 37.4    0.123    1.108   171.7     7.4    17.7
    1998 02 08    09 16.47   +24 36.8    0.115    1.100   170.2     8.7    17.6
    1998 02 09    09 17.08   +25 45.2    0.106    1.091   168.6    10.3    17.5
    1998 02 10    09 17.82   +27 04.8    0.098    1.082   166.9    12.0    17.4
    1998 02 11    09 18.73   +28 38.5    0.090    1.074   164.8    13.9    17.2
    1998 02 12    09 19.87   +30 30.1    0.082    1.065   162.6    16.1    17.1
    1998 02 13    09 21.35   +32 45.3    0.074    1.057   159.9    18.7    16.9
    1998 02 14    09 23.31   +35 31.6    0.066    1.048   156.9    21.7    16.8
    1998 02 15    09 26.01   +39 00.5    0.058    1.040   153.1    25.4    16.6
    1998 02 16    09 29.94   +43 28.2    0.051    1.032   148.4    30.1    16.4
    1998 02 17    09 36.13   +49 18.7    0.044    1.024   142.4    36.0    16.3
    1998 02 18    09 47.23   +57 04.7    0.038    1.015   134.6    43.9    16.1
    1998 02 19    10 12.49   +67 20.2    0.033    1.007   124.1    54.4    16.1
    1998 02 20    11 53.5    +79 30.9    0.029    0.999   110.5    67.9    16.2
    1998 02 21    18 27.4    +78 39.1    0.028    0.991    94.5    83.9    16.6
    1998 02 22    20 04.32   +63 23.7    0.029    0.984    78.2   100.2    17.4
    1998 02 23    20 29.10   +49 06.5    0.032    0.976    64.3   114.0    18.4
    1998 02 24    20 40.15   +37 49.0    0.037    0.968    53.7   124.5    19.5
    1998 02 25    20 46.41   +29 20.4    0.043    0.961    46.2   132.0    20.5
    1998 02 26    20 50.48   +23 00.5    0.049    0.953    41.0   137.1    21.3
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-C09
    

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