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    M.P.E.C. 1998-F15                                Issued 1998 Mar. 24, 14:27 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 FX2
    
    Observations:
         J98F02X* C1998 03 22.14694 11 26 54.00 +01 51 08.0                      704
         J98F02X  C1998 03 22.16716 11 27 01.49 +01 52 37.1                      704
         J98F02X  C1998 03 22.18728 11 27 08.95 +01 54 07.0                      704
         J98F02X  C1998 03 22.20814 11 27 16.63 +01 55 39.0                      704
         J98F02X  C1998 03 22.22821 11 27 24.05 +01 57 08.1                      704
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.77760 11 37 59.98 +03 54 56.5          13.9 V      046
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.77894 11 38 00.52 +03 55 03.5                      046
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.78021 11 38 01.05 +03 55 09.8                      046
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.78160 11 38 01.62 +03 55 16.1                      046
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.86252 11 38 34.55 +04 01 38.5                      557
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.86392 11 38 35.12 +04 01 45.1          14.2 V      557
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.86510 11 38 35.61 +04 01 50.8                      557
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.86641 11 38 36.14 +04 01 57.0                      557
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.98736 11 39 25.20 +04 11 30.8          13.9 V      046
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.98859 11 39 25.70 +04 11 36.6                      046
         J98F02X  C1998 03 23.98949 11 39 26.08 +04 11 40.9                      046
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.08663 11 40 06.00 +04 19 19.6                      557
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.08851 11 40 06.78 +04 19 28.4                      557
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.09132 11 40 07.95 +04 19 41.8                      557
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.09318 11 40 08.73 +04 19 50.7          13.8 V      557
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.13120 11 40 29.34 +04 23 01.0          14.4 V      830
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.19868 11 40 56.77 +04 28 23.0          13.7 V      830
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.43844 11 42 44.71 +04 49 08.7          13.8 R      422
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.43931 11 42 45.09 +04 49 13.5          14.0 R      422
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.44124 11 42 45.89 +04 49 22.2          13.9 R      422
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.44610 11 42 47.92 +04 49 45.9          13.9 R      422
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.44692 11 42 48.25 +04 49 49.7          14.1 R      422
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.45825 11 42 52.96 +04 50 45.3          13.9 R      422
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.45909 11 42 53.36 +04 50 48.9          13.3 R      422
         J98F02X bC1998 03 24.46151 11 42 54.28 +04 51 00.3          13.8 R      422
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.46876 11 42 58.40 +04 51 37.1          12.2 R      426
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.47251 11 42 59.97 +04 51 55.2          12.3 R      426
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.47717 11 43 01.91 +04 52 17.7          12.5 R      426
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.47845 11 43 02.15 +04 50 52.2          14.0 V      355
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.48147 11 43 03.40 +04 51 06.6                      355
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.48943 11 43 06.72 +04 51 45.7                      355
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.49519 11 43 09.11 +04 52 13.5                      355
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.51100 11 43 15.66 +04 53 28.9          14.1 V      897
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.51259 11 43 16.31 +04 53 36.4                      897
         J98F02X  C1998 03 24.52299 11 43 20.58 +04 54 26.9                      897
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
        reflector + CCD.
    355 Hadano.  Observer A. Asami.  0.2-m f/4.0 reflector + CCD.
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.25-m f/4.1 reflector + CCD.
    426 Woomera.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.30-m f/3.3 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.
    830 Hudson.  Observer S. Brady.  0.25-m f/5.6 reflector + CCD.
    897 Chiyoda.  Observer T. Kojima.  0.25-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 FX2
    Epoch 1998 Mar. 8.0 TT = JDT 2450880.5                  Williams
    M 350.50327              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.30558796     Peri.   16.92333     -0.95016383     +0.31172713
    a   2.1829572      Node   181.25972     -0.30248474     -0.92484714
    e   0.5015817      Incl.   10.11118     -0.07544324     -0.21790817
    P   3.23           H   18.0           G   0.15
    From 40 observations 1998 Mar. 22-24.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 FX2                 a,e,i = 2.18, 0.50, 10                  q = 1.0880
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1998 03 18    11 02.46   -02 45.5    0.123    1.115   167.6    11.1    14.4
    1998 03 23    11 32.54   +02 55.7    0.109    1.104   170.4     8.7    14.0
    1998 03 28    12 10.64   +09 46.3    0.100    1.096   166.8    12.0    13.9
    1998 04 02    12 55.51   +16 52.0    0.097    1.090   158.2    19.9    14.1
    1998 04 07    13 43.20   +22 54.6    0.101    1.088   148.8    28.5    14.5
    1998 04 12    14 28.26   +27 04.8    0.109    1.089   140.8    35.5    14.8
    1998 04 17    15 06.65   +29 24.3    0.121    1.093   135.1    40.4    15.2
    1998 04 22    15 37.03   +30 21.5    0.136    1.100   131.4    43.3    15.6
    1998 04 27    16 00.01   +30 24.2    0.153    1.110   129.4    44.5    15.9
    1998 05 02    16 16.97   +29 51.6    0.171    1.123   128.7    44.4    16.1
    1998 05 07    16 29.31   +28 55.3    0.190    1.138   129.0    43.5    16.4
    1998 05 12    16 38.17   +27 42.2    0.210    1.156   130.0    42.0    16.6
    1998 05 17    16 44.41   +26 16.1    0.231    1.177   131.4    40.1    16.8
    1998 05 22    16 48.69   +24 39.0    0.252    1.199   133.1    38.0    16.9
    1998 05 27    16 51.59   +22 52.2    0.275    1.223   135.0    35.9    17.1
    1998 06 01    16 53.59   +20 57.0    0.299    1.249   136.8    33.7    17.3
    1998 06 06    16 55.07   +18 55.4    0.325    1.277   138.5    31.8    17.4
    1998 06 11    16 56.33   +16 49.2    0.353    1.305   139.8    30.1    17.6
    1998 06 16    16 57.55   +14 40.5    0.383    1.335   140.8    28.8    17.8
    1998 06 21    16 58.90   +12 30.8    0.416    1.366   141.3    27.7    18.0
    1998 06 26    17 00.53   +10 21.9    0.451    1.397   141.2    27.1    18.2
    1998 07 01    17 02.55   +08 15.2    0.489    1.429   140.7    26.8    18.4
    1998 07 06    17 05.01   +06 12.3    0.530    1.462   139.7    26.7    18.7
    1998 07 11    17 07.94   +04 14.3    0.574    1.495   138.2    26.9    18.9
    1998 07 16    17 11.33   +02 21.9    0.621    1.528   136.4    27.3    19.1
    1998 07 21    17 15.17   +00 35.5    0.672    1.561   134.3    27.7    19.3
    1998 07 26    17 19.49   -01 04.4    0.725    1.595   132.0    28.2    19.6
    1998 07 31    17 24.25   -02 37.8    0.782    1.629   129.5    28.7    19.8
    1998 08 05    17 29.43   -04 04.6    0.842    1.663   126.9    29.2    20.0
    1998 08 10    17 35.00   -05 24.7    0.904    1.696   124.2    29.6    20.2
    1998 08 15    17 40.91   -06 38.5    0.970    1.730   121.5    30.0    20.4
    1998 08 20    17 47.16   -07 46.0    1.038    1.763   118.7    30.2    20.6
    1998 08 25    17 53.71   -08 47.6    1.109    1.797   115.8    30.4    20.8
    1998 08 30    18 00.55   -09 43.4    1.182    1.830   113.0    30.5    21.0
    1998 09 04    18 07.63   -10 33.6    1.257    1.863   110.1    30.6    21.2
    1998 09 09    18 14.94   -11 18.6    1.335    1.895   107.2    30.5    21.3
    1998 09 14    18 22.44   -11 58.4    1.414    1.927   104.3    30.4    21.5
    1998 09 19    18 30.11   -12 33.5    1.496    1.959   101.4    30.2    21.6
    1998 09 24    18 37.95   -13 03.9    1.578    1.991    98.5    29.9    21.8
    1998 09 29    18 45.93   -13 29.8    1.662    2.023    95.6    29.5    21.9
    1998 10 04    18 54.03   -13 51.6    1.748    2.054    92.6    29.1    22.0
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-F15
    

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