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    M.P.E.C. 1998-F12                                Issued 1998 Mar. 23, 13:40 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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                                       1998 FF2
    
    Observations:
         J98F02F* C1998 03 20.13498 11 48 40.89 +05 54 06.6          18.4        704
         J98F02F  C1998 03 20.15536 11 48 38.21 +05 53 57.7          18.5        704
         J98F02F  C1998 03 20.19561 11 48 32.82 +05 53 39.4          18.9        704
         J98F02F  C1998 03 20.21613 11 48 30.08 +05 53 31.1          18.9        704
         J98F02F SC1998 03 21.79597 11 45 03.49 +05 42 00.5          17.7 R      046
         J98F02F SC1998 03 21.80113 11 45 02.83 +05 41 57.0                      046
         J98F02F  C1998 03 21.85955 11 44 54.83 +05 41 33.9          18.3 R      106
         J98F02F  C1998 03 21.86884 11 44 53.55 +05 41 29.6                      106
         J98F02F  C1998 03 21.89914 11 44 49.40 +05 41 16.4                      106
         J98F02F  C1998 03 21.95044 11 44 42.24 +05 40 52.2                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 21.95207 11 44 42.10 +05 40 50.2          18.3 V      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 21.95370 11 44 41.87 +05 40 50.0                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 21.95697 11 44 41.39 +05 40 48.4                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 22.01668 11 44 33.23 +05 40 22.3                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 22.82747 11 42 46.32 +05 34 09.1                      108
         J98F02F  C1998 03 22.83031 11 42 45.53 +05 34 07.0                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 22.83265 11 42 45.29 +05 34 05.3          18.6 V      557
         J98F02F SC1998 03 22.83498 11 42 44.98 +05 34 04.5                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 22.84370 11 42 44.00 +05 34 02.8          18.0 V      108
         J98F02F  C1998 03 23.04471 11 42 15.76 +05 32 25.6                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 23.04669 11 42 15.52 +05 32 24.2                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 23.04867 11 42 15.23 +05 32 23.1                      557
         J98F02F  C1998 03 23.05065 11 42 14.98 +05 32 22.9          18.6 V      557
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
        reflector + CCD.
    106 Crni Vrh.  Observers H. Mikuz, B. Dintinjana.  0.36-m f/6.7
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    108 Montelupo.  Observers M. Tombelli, A. Boattini, G. Forti.  0.30-m f/5.7
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 FF2
    Epoch 1998 Mar. 8.0 TT = JDT 2450880.5                  Williams
    M 294.19146              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.51304314     Peri.  264.66869     -0.00779644     +0.99983876
    a   1.5453735      Node     4.97149     -0.82754142     +0.00262969
    e   0.2827086      Incl.   10.75790     -0.56135053     -0.01776315
    P   1.92           H   19.0           G   0.15
    From 23 observations 1998 Mar. 20-23.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 FF2                 a,e,i = 1.55, 0.28, 11                  q = 1.1085
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1998 03 18    11 53.18   +06 08.5    0.449    1.443   174.9     3.5    18.4
    1998 03 23    11 42.37   +05 33.0    0.430    1.422   170.9     6.3    18.4
    1998 03 28    11 31.00   +04 49.5    0.415    1.402   164.2    11.2    18.5
    1998 04 02    11 19.61   +03 57.3    0.405    1.382   157.1    16.4    18.6
    1998 04 07    11 08.77   +02 56.6    0.399    1.362   150.0    21.6    18.7
    1998 04 12    10 58.97   +01 48.2    0.397    1.341   143.1    26.6    18.8
    1998 04 17    10 50.55   +00 32.9    0.398    1.322   136.6    31.5    18.9
    1998 04 22    10 43.76   -00 48.1    0.401    1.302   130.5    35.9    19.1
    1998 04 27    10 38.74   -02 14.0    0.407    1.283   124.9    40.0    19.2
    1998 05 02    10 35.53   -03 44.4    0.413    1.265   119.8    43.8    19.3
    1998 05 07    10 34.07   -05 18.9    0.419    1.247   115.2    47.1    19.4
    1998 05 12    10 34.24   -06 57.1    0.426    1.229   111.0    50.1    19.5
    1998 05 17    10 35.94   -08 39.1    0.433    1.213   107.3    52.8    19.5
    1998 05 22    10 39.06   -10 24.7    0.440    1.197   104.0    55.2    19.6
    1998 05 27    10 43.52   -12 14.0    0.445    1.182   101.0    57.3    19.7
    1998 06 01    10 49.25   -14 07.1    0.450    1.169    98.5    59.1    19.7
    1998 06 06    10 56.17   -16 04.1    0.454    1.156    96.3    60.7    19.8
    1998 06 11    11 04.25   -18 04.8    0.457    1.145    94.4    62.2    19.8
    1998 06 16    11 13.47   -20 08.8    0.459    1.135    92.8    63.4    19.8
    1998 06 21    11 23.86   -22 15.9    0.461    1.127    91.5    64.4    19.9
    1998 06 26    11 35.50   -24 25.6    0.461    1.120    90.5    65.2    19.9
    1998 07 01    11 48.45   -26 37.4    0.461    1.114    89.7    65.8    19.9
    1998 07 06    12 02.82   -28 50.3    0.461    1.111    89.3    66.2    19.9
    1998 07 11    12 18.71   -31 02.9    0.460    1.109    89.1    66.4    19.9
    1998 07 16    12 36.28   -33 13.4    0.459    1.109    89.1    66.5    19.9
    1998 07 21    12 55.71   -35 19.4    0.458    1.110    89.4    66.3    19.9
    1998 07 26    13 17.16   -37 18.2    0.458    1.113    89.9    65.8    19.9
    1998 07 31    13 40.71   -39 06.6    0.458    1.118    90.6    65.2    19.9
    1998 08 05    14 06.38   -40 40.5    0.460    1.124    91.4    64.4    19.9
    1998 08 10    14 34.03   -41 55.7    0.464    1.132    92.4    63.4    19.9
    1998 08 15    15 03.37   -42 48.0    0.469    1.142    93.5    62.3    19.9
    1998 08 20    15 33.92   -43 14.2    0.476    1.152    94.6    61.1    19.9
    1998 08 25    16 05.08   -43 12.6    0.486    1.165    95.7    59.7    19.9
    1998 08 30    16 36.13   -42 43.0    0.499    1.178    96.8    58.4    19.9
    1998 09 04    17 06.39   -41 47.2    0.514    1.192    97.7    57.0    20.0
    1998 09 09    17 35.32   -40 28.4    0.533    1.208    98.5    55.6    20.1
    1998 09 14    18 02.57   -38 50.8    0.555    1.224    99.2    54.2    20.1
    1998 09 19    18 27.98   -36 58.9    0.580    1.241    99.6    53.0    20.2
    1998 09 24    18 51.56   -34 57.1    0.609    1.259    99.8    51.8    20.3
    1998 09 29    19 13.38   -32 49.3    0.641    1.277    99.8    50.6    20.4
    1998 10 04    19 33.59   -30 38.6    0.675    1.296    99.5    49.6    20.6
    1998 10 09    19 52.35   -28 27.4    0.713    1.316    99.1    48.6    20.7
    1998 10 14    20 09.84   -26 17.4    0.753    1.335    98.4    47.6    20.8
    1998 10 19    20 26.24   -24 09.7    0.797    1.355    97.6    46.8    20.9
    1998 10 24    20 41.70   -22 05.0    0.842    1.375    96.6    45.9    21.1
    1998 10 29    20 56.37   -20 03.8    0.890    1.396    95.5    45.1    21.2
    1998 11 03    21 10.35   -18 06.3    0.940    1.416    94.2    44.3    21.3
    1998 11 08    21 23.74   -16 12.5    0.992    1.437    92.8    43.5    21.5
    1998 11 13    21 36.63   -14 22.2    1.046    1.457    91.3    42.8    21.6
    1998 11 18    21 49.09   -12 35.3    1.102    1.477    89.7    42.0    21.7
    1998 11 23    22 01.20   -10 51.5    1.159    1.497    88.1    41.2    21.8
    1998 11 28    22 13.01   -09 10.6    1.218    1.517    86.3    40.5    21.9
    1998 12 03    22 24.55   -07 32.4    1.277    1.537    84.5    39.7    22.0
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-F12
    

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