MPEC 1998-F15 : 1998 FX2
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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. BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html 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. 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