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    M.P.E.C. 1998-N06                                Issued 1998 July 2, 20:00 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
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                                       1998 MT24
    
    Observations:
         J98M24T* C1998 06 29.34818 22 58 46.67 -02 44 41.8          17.9        704
         J98M24T  C1998 06 29.35980 22 58 45.81 -02 44 29.9          18.1        704
         J98M24T  C1998 06 29.37143 22 58 44.91 -02 44 19.9          17.9        704
         J98M24T  C1998 06 29.38301 22 58 44.31 -02 44 08.6          17.5        704
         J98M24T  C1998 06 30.36418 22 57 39.62 -02 29 06.4          18.3        704
         J98M24T  C1998 06 30.37573 22 57 38.78 -02 28 55.2          18.9        704
         J98M24T  C1998 06 30.38730 22 57 37.88 -02 28 43.8          18.1        704
         J98M24T  C1998 06 30.39888 22 57 37.02 -02 28 34.2          18.2        704
         J98M24T  C1998 06 30.41050 22 57 36.37 -02 28 22.9          18.4        704
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.03543 22 56 53.54 -02 18 56.4                      557
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.03969 22 56 53.25 -02 18 52.7                      557
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.04618 22 56 52.77 -02 18 45.8          18.3 V      557
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.35887 22 56 30.98 -02 14 02.7                      734
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.36344 22 56 30.75 -02 13 58.5                      734
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.36738 22 56 30.39 -02 13 55.1                      734
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.67221 22 56 08.96 -02 09 10.9          16.7 R      426
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.67669 22 56 08.66 -02 09 06.7          16.8 R      426
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.68185 22 56 08.24 -02 09 01.9          16.9 R      426
         J98M24T  C1998 07 01.68645 22 56 07.96 -02 08 57.5          17.1 R      426
         J98M24T  C1998 07 02.23559 22 55 28.60 -02 00 54.4          17.3 R      784
         J98M24T  C1998 07 02.24410 22 55 27.96 -02 00 46.4          17.3 R      784
         J98M24T  C1998 07 02.25660 22 55 27.03 -02 00 35.1          17.4 R      784
         J98M24T  C1998 07 02.26545 22 55 26.37 -02 00 27.4          17.2 R      784
         J98M24T  C1998 07 02.28038 22 55 25.27 -02 00 14.4          17.7 R      784
         J98M24T  C1998 07 02.68866 22 54 55.42 -01 54 09.5          18.3 V      402
         J98M24T  C1998 07 02.69282 22 54 55.11 -01 54 05.9                      402
         J98M24T  C1998 07 02.69699 22 54 54.79 -01 54 01.9                      402
    
    Observer details:
    402 Dynic Astronomical Observatory.  Observer A. Sugie.  0.60-m f/3.7 reflector
        + CCD.
    426 Woomera.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  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, R. Sayer.  1.0-m f/2.15
        reflector + CCD.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    784 Stull Observatory, Alfred University.  Observers J. Hilt, S. Thorndike,
        K. Bean, D. DeGraff.  Measurers A. Robbins, D. DeGraff.  0.81-m f/4
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 MT24
    Epoch 1998 June 16.0 TT = JDT 2450980.5                 Williams
    M  33.97087              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.29976303     Peri.  250.58866     -0.81535671     +0.39151739
    a   2.2111456      Node   309.81004     -0.01824723     -0.75368992
    e   0.6270183      Incl.   33.72606     -0.57867130     -0.52788790
    P   3.29           H   14.5           G   0.15
    From 27 observations 1998 June 29-July 2.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 MT24                a,e,i = 2.21, 0.63, 34                  q = 0.8247
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1998 06 26    23 02.12   -03 37.2    1.142    1.758   108.9    33.2    17.4
    1998 07 01    22 56.93   -02 19.4    1.125    1.801   114.4    31.0    17.4
    1998 07 06    22 50.60   -01 06.1    1.110    1.843   120.0    28.5    17.3
    1998 07 11    22 43.17   +00 02.0    1.099    1.885   125.9    25.9    17.3
    1998 07 16    22 34.71   +01 04.1    1.092    1.926   131.9    23.1    17.2
    1998 07 21    22 25.34   +01 59.3    1.090    1.966   138.0    20.2    17.2
    1998 07 26    22 15.24   +02 47.0    1.093    2.006   144.1    17.3    17.1
    1998 07 31    22 04.66   +03 26.4    1.103    2.045   149.9    14.4    17.1
    1998 08 05    21 53.89   +03 57.4    1.120    2.084   155.1    11.9    17.1
    1998 08 10    21 43.22   +04 19.9    1.144    2.122   159.1     9.8    17.1
    1998 08 15    21 32.91   +04 34.5    1.176    2.159   161.2     8.7    17.1
    1998 08 20    21 23.22   +04 41.8    1.215    2.196   160.9     8.7    17.2
    1998 08 25    21 14.34   +04 42.9    1.261    2.232   158.4     9.6    17.4
    1998 08 30    21 06.44   +04 38.9    1.315    2.268   154.4    11.1    17.6
    1998 09 04    20 59.61   +04 31.2    1.375    2.303   149.8    12.7    17.8
    1998 09 09    20 53.86   +04 20.9    1.441    2.337   144.9    14.4    17.9
    1998 09 14    20 49.20   +04 09.0    1.512    2.371   139.8    15.9    18.1
    1998 09 19    20 45.59   +03 56.3    1.588    2.405   134.9    17.2    18.3
    1998 09 24    20 42.98   +03 43.7    1.668    2.437   130.0    18.4    18.5
    1998 09 29    20 41.30   +03 31.8    1.753    2.469   125.2    19.4    18.7
    1998 10 04    20 40.49   +03 21.1    1.840    2.501   120.5    20.2    18.8
    1998 10 09    20 40.45   +03 11.9    1.930    2.532   116.0    20.8    19.0
    1998 10 14    20 41.12   +03 04.5    2.022    2.563   111.6    21.2    19.1
    1998 10 19    20 42.43   +02 59.1    2.116    2.593   107.3    21.5    19.2
    1998 10 24    20 44.32   +02 55.8    2.211    2.622   103.1    21.7    19.4
    1998 10 29    20 46.73   +02 54.8    2.307    2.651    99.0    21.7    19.5
    1998 11 03    20 49.59   +02 56.1    2.404    2.680    95.0    21.6    19.6
    1998 11 08    20 52.86   +02 59.8    2.500    2.707    91.1    21.5    19.7
    1998 11 13    20 56.50   +03 05.8    2.597    2.735    87.3    21.2    19.8
    1998 11 18    21 00.45   +03 14.2    2.693    2.762    83.5    20.8    19.9
    1998 11 23    21 04.70   +03 24.9    2.788    2.788    79.8    20.4    20.0
    1998 11 28    21 09.20   +03 38.0    2.882    2.814    76.2    19.9    20.0
    1998 12 03    21 13.92   +03 53.3    2.974    2.839    72.6    19.3    20.1
    1998 12 08    21 18.84   +04 10.9    3.065    2.864    69.1    18.7    20.2
    1998 12 13    21 23.92   +04 30.6    3.153    2.889    65.6    18.1    20.2
    1998 12 18    21 29.15   +04 52.4    3.240    2.913    62.1    17.4    20.3
    1998 12 23    21 34.52   +05 16.3    3.323    2.936    58.8    16.6    20.3
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-N06
    

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