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    M.P.E.C. 1998-E05                                Issued 1998 Mar. 2, 21:59 UT

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                                   1997 RL13

Observations:
     J97R13L* C1997 09 05.25799 00 09 37.34 +06 03 40.0                      675
     J97R13L  C1997 09 05.40772 00 09 36.73 +06 03 36.3                      675
     J97R13L  C1997 09 06.30822 00 09 33.14 +06 03 16.1          25.8 R      675
     J97R13L  C1997 09 06.39352 00 09 32.81 +06 03 14.3                      675

Observer details:
675 Palomar Mountain.  Observers B. Gladman, P. Nicholson, J. A. Burns.
    Measurers B. Gladman, J. J. Kavelaars.  5-m Hale reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1997 RL13
Assumed circular orbit
Epoch 1997 Aug. 20.0 TT = JDT 2450680.5                 Marsden
                         (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00331845  Arg.lat.   51.69205     +0.99438191     -0.07593162
a  44.5156285      Node   312.53093     +0.03388052     +0.88838370
e   0.0000000      Incl.    5.74373     +0.10028321     +0.45277897
P 297              H    9.5           G   0.15
From 4 observations 1997 Sept. 5-6.

     This very faint object (R = 25.8 +/- 0.3) was found as the only
transneptunian candidate in the Hale Sept. 6 data when they were searched
for orbital inclinations up to 30 deg (i.e., for objects near opposition,
on the ecliptic and at either node) and for angular rates spanning 2.3-4.3
arcsec/hr (which spans all low-e orbits having 50 > a > 30 AU).  A check
of the Sept. 5 data showed the object to be there, and it moves along in
recombinations of subsets of the data as expected.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-E05

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