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    M.P.E.C. 1998-M22                                Issued 1998 June 26, 17:17 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 MX5
    
    Observations:
         J98M05X* C1998 06 24.25253 18 47 10.69 -16 49 39.1          17.3        704
         J98M05X  C1998 06 24.27086 18 47 11.69 -16 48 51.4          17.8        704
         J98M05X  C1998 06 24.28913 18 47 12.66 -16 48 04.6          17.6        704
         J98M05X  C1998 06 24.30751 18 47 13.67 -16 47 14.4          16.8        704
         J98M05X  C1998 06 25.90220 18 48 59.68 -15 33 50.0          17.2 V      596
         J98M05X  C1998 06 25.90935 18 49 00.10 -15 33 29.3                      596
         J98M05X  C1998 06 25.91547 18 49 00.49 -15 33 12.4                      596
         J98M05X  C1998 06 25.93385 18 49 01.45 -15 32 22.9          16.7 V      046
         J98M05X  C1998 06 25.93497 18 49 01.50 -15 32 20.1                      046
         J98M05X  C1998 06 25.93641 18 49 01.60 -15 32 15.8                      046
         J98M05X  C1998 06 25.93750 18 49 01.66 -15 32 12.5                      046
         J98M05X  C1998 06 25.93862 18 49 01.73 -15 32 09.3                      046
         J98M05X IC1998 06 26.35149 18 49 28.68 -15 12 18.3                      711
         J98M05X IC1998 06 26.35612 18 49 28.93 -15 12 04.9                      711
         J98M05X IC1998 06 26.36054 18 49 29.13 -15 11 51.3                      711
         J98M05X  C1998 06 26.57290 18 49 45.04 -15 01 01.9          16.5 R      426
         J98M05X  C1998 06 26.57697 18 49 45.29 -15 00 50.2          16.4 R      426
         J98M05X  C1998 06 26.59007 18 49 46.00 -15 00 11.9          16.5 R      426
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
        reflector + CCD.
    426 Woomera.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    596 Colleverde di Guidonia.  Observer V. S. Casulli.  0.40-m f/2.95 reflector
        + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, R. Sayer.  1.0-m f/2.15
        reflector + CCD.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer P. J. Shelus.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 MX5
    Epoch 1998 June 16.0 TT = JDT 2450980.5                 Williams
    M 348.24422              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.20065905     Peri.   55.57970     +0.77855726     +0.60473145
    a   2.8895500      Node   266.63112     -0.61670935     +0.68770362
    e   0.6079080      Incl.    9.67536     -0.11626763     +0.40170089
    P   4.91           H   18.5           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 1998 June 24-26.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 MX5                 a,e,i = 2.89, 0.61, 10                  q = 1.1330
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1998 06 26    18 49.09   -15 28.8    0.270    1.282   169.3     8.5    16.8
    1998 07 01    18 55.03   -11 08.3    0.244    1.255   167.4    10.2    16.6
    1998 07 06    19 01.85   -06 01.6    0.222    1.231   163.3    13.7    16.5
    1998 07 11    19 09.83   -00 10.0    0.204    1.208   157.9    18.5    16.4
    1998 07 16    19 19.22   +06 18.9    0.191    1.188   151.8    23.9    16.4
    1998 07 21    19 30.26   +13 09.7    0.182    1.171   145.5    29.5    16.4
    1998 07 26    19 43.18   +20 01.2    0.178    1.157   139.4    34.8    16.5
    1998 07 31    19 58.13   +26 30.3    0.178    1.146   134.0    39.6    16.6
    1998 08 05    20 15.12   +32 17.6    0.181    1.138   129.5    43.5    16.7
    1998 08 10    20 33.90   +37 10.3    0.187    1.134   126.1    46.2    16.9
    1998 08 15    20 54.01   +41 02.2    0.195    1.133   123.9    47.9    17.0
    1998 08 20    21 14.82   +43 52.5    0.205    1.136   122.8    48.5    17.2
    1998 08 25    21 35.68   +45 44.5    0.216    1.142   122.7    48.2    17.3
    1998 08 30    21 55.93   +46 43.8    0.228    1.152   123.5    47.0    17.4
    1998 09 04    22 15.00   +46 57.4    0.242    1.164   125.1    45.1    17.5
    1998 09 09    22 32.48   +46 32.2    0.256    1.180   127.4    42.7    17.6
    1998 09 14    22 48.13   +45 34.4    0.272    1.199   130.1    39.9    17.6
    1998 09 19    23 01.97   +44 09.6    0.289    1.221   133.2    36.9    17.7
    1998 09 24    23 14.16   +42 23.6    0.307    1.244   136.5    33.7    17.8
    1998 09 29    23 24.95   +40 22.4    0.328    1.271   139.8    30.6    17.9
    1998 10 04    23 34.59   +38 11.5    0.352    1.299   143.0    27.6    18.0
    1998 10 09    23 43.30   +35 56.1    0.378    1.328   145.7    25.1    18.2
    1998 10 14    23 51.29   +33 40.5    0.408    1.360   147.8    23.0    18.3
    1998 10 19    23 58.75   +31 28.5    0.441    1.393   149.0    21.6    18.5
    1998 10 24    00 05.88   +29 23.2    0.478    1.427   149.4    20.8    18.7
    1998 10 29    00 12.81   +27 27.2    0.518    1.462   148.7    20.7    18.9
    1998 11 03    00 19.62   +25 42.0    0.563    1.497   147.3    21.0    19.2
    1998 11 08    00 26.38   +24 08.4    0.612    1.534   145.2    21.7    19.4
    1998 11 13    00 33.12   +22 46.4    0.665    1.571   142.6    22.5    19.7
    1998 11 18    00 39.90   +21 35.9    0.723    1.609   139.6    23.5    19.9
    1998 11 23    00 46.75   +20 36.3    0.784    1.647   136.4    24.4    20.2
    1998 11 28    00 53.69   +19 47.0    0.849    1.685   133.1    25.3    20.4
    1998 12 03    01 00.71   +19 07.2    0.917    1.723   129.8    26.1    20.7
    1998 12 08    01 07.82   +18 35.9    0.989    1.762   126.3    26.8    20.9
    1998 12 13    01 15.01   +18 12.1    1.065    1.801   122.9    27.3    21.1
    1998 12 18    01 22.29   +17 55.1    1.143    1.839   119.5    27.8    21.3
    1998 12 23    01 29.66   +17 44.0    1.225    1.878   116.1    28.1    21.6
    1998 12 28    01 37.12   +17 38.1    1.309    1.917   112.7    28.3    21.7
    1999 01 02    01 44.67   +17 36.7    1.396    1.955   109.3    28.3    21.9
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-M22
    

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