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    M.P.E.C. 1999-C09                                Issued 1999 Feb. 5, 14:57 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 TU3
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1998-U03
    
    Observations:
         J98T03U  A1982 12 04.42439 22 15 56.20 -19 24 12.8                      413
         J98T03U  A1982 12 04.43481 22 15 57.09 -19 24 02.2                      413
         J98T03U  A1982 12 05.42581 22 17 21.17 -19 08 48.4                      413
         J98T03U  A1982 12 05.43623 22 17 22.06 -19 08 36.5                      413
         J98T03U  C1995 11 21.05541 18 52 02.25 -25 31 25.1          16.5 V      692
         J98T03U  C1995 11 21.05678 18 52 02.68 -25 31 25.9                      692
         J98T03U  C1995 11 21.05808 18 52 03.09 -25 31 24.6                      692
         J98T03U  C1999 02 03.40104 00 05 03.82 -01 48 07.7          16.7 R      428
         J98T03U  C1999 02 03.40421 00 05 04.14 -01 48 04.0          16.7 R      428
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observers M. Hartley, K. S. Russell, A. Savage.
        Measurer D. J. Asher.  1.2-m U.K. Schmidt.
    428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    692 Steward Observatory, Tucson.  Observer C. W. Hergenrother.  0.53-m f/15
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
    821204 413  0.3-  1.8-    990203 428  1.6+  0.1+    MPC 33760   -0.0047 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 TU3
    Id. D. J. Asher (1982 observations), G. V. Williams (1995 observations),
       S. Nakano (1995 observations)
    Epoch 1999 Jan. 22.0 TT = JDT 2451200.5                 Williams
    M 286.48175              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.41106984     Peri.   84.50039     -0.98842706     +0.12056174
    a   0.7872338      Node   102.40007     -0.14668282     -0.91434584
    e   0.4838811      Incl.    5.40923     +0.03867948     -0.38657025
    P   0.70           H   15.0           G   0.15           U   5
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    821204 413  1.2-  0.5-    981017 046  0.1-  0.6+    981128 104  0.6+  0.7+
    821204 413  0.6-  0.3+    981017 046  0.4+  0.1-    981201 426  0.2+  0.7+
    821205 413 (0.6-  3.3-)   981017 046  0.4-  0.1+    981201 426  0.1-  0.4+
    821205 413  0.1+  1.2-    981017 046  0.6-  0.3+    981201 426  0.1+  0.6+
    951121 692  0.4-  0.6-    981017 046  0.0   0.5+    981201 426  0.2+  0.3+
    951121 692  0.1-  1.7-    981018 670  0.4+  0.9+    981204 428  0.6+  0.2-
    951121 692  0.2+  0.7-    981018 670  0.2-  0.7-    981204 428  1.0+  0.2-
    981013 704  1.3+  0.3+    981018 670  0.2-  0.5+    981209 118  0.3-  1.8+
    981013 704  0.6+  0.4+    981018 673  0.9-  0.0     981209 118  0.3-  1.8+
    981013 704  0.8+  0.7+    981018 673  1.3-  0.2+    981209 118  0.6-  1.8+
    981013 704 (0.5+  2.5+)   981018 673  1.2-  0.3+    981211 360  0.0   0.2-
    981013 844  0.5+  0.1+    981018 428  0.1-  0.1+    981211 360  0.0   0.5-
    981014 844  0.1+  0.0     981018 428  0.5-  0.3+    981211 360  0.1+  0.2-
    981014 844  0.6+  0.2+    981018 360  0.2-  0.3+    981212 422  0.5-  0.7-
    981014 844  0.1+  0.0     981018 360  0.8-  0.1-    981212 422  0.7-  0.5-
    981014 844  0.3+  0.1-    981018 360  0.9-  0.1-    981212 422  0.7-  0.5-
    981014 844  0.0   0.1-    981021 428  0.2-  0.4+    981213 104  1.0-  0.7-
    981014 704  0.2-  0.6-    981021 428  0.3-  0.0     981213 104  0.8+  1.2+
    981014 704  0.7+  0.2-    981021 360  0.7-  0.4+    981213 104 (2.8+  2.9+)
    981014 704  0.4-  0.4+    981021 360  0.7-  0.4+    981221 422  0.3-  0.2+
    981014 704  0.6-  0.7+    981021 360  0.7-  0.1+    981221 422  0.0   0.2+
    981014 422  0.3+  0.0     981021 422  0.3-  0.3+    981221 422  0.1+  0.2+
    981014 422  0.4+  0.0     981021 422  0.5-  0.5+    981223 118  0.4+  0.1-
    981014 422  0.3+  0.0     981021 422  0.4-  0.4+    981223 118  0.2+  0.3-
    981014 422  0.3+  0.0     981022 587  0.7-  0.0     981226 428  0.7-  0.1-
    981014 104  0.3+  0.7+    981024 426  0.3-  0.0     981226 428  0.2-  0.0
    981014 104  0.4+  0.5+    981024 426  0.4-  0.2+    981226 428  0.1-  0.2+
    981014 104  0.4+  0.2+    981024 426  0.4-  0.1+    981228 046  0.8-  0.3-
    981014 104  0.5+  0.4+    981028 587  0.6+  0.6-    981228 046  0.4-  0.1-
    981015 670  0.5+  0.1-    981028 587  1.6+  1.4-    981228 046  0.6-  0.1-
    981015 670  0.6+  0.2-    981101 860  0.3+  0.6-    981228 046  0.7-  0.3-
    981015 844  0.0   0.1+    981102 860  0.6+  0.4-    990106 428  0.2-  0.3+
    981015 670  0.0   0.6-    981102 860  0.6+  0.0     990106 428  0.2-  0.2-
    981015 844  0.7+  0.5+    981104 428  0.8-  1.1-    990106 428  0.0   0.0
    981015 844  0.1-  0.6-    981104 428  0.2-  1.2-    990106 422  1.4-  0.2+
    981015 844  0.3-  0.6-    981104 428  0.3-  1.5-    990106 046  0.3+  0.6+
    981015 428  0.1+  0.1+    981104 428  0.2-  0.8-    990106 046  0.2+  0.7+
    981015 428  0.1-  0.3+    981108 360  0.0   0.6-    990106 046  0.5+  0.4+
    981015 422  0.2+  0.3+    981108 360  0.2+  0.6-    990106 046  0.0   0.6+
    981015 422  0.2+  0.3+    981108 360  0.0   0.6-    990114 428  0.5+  0.5-
    981015 422  0.3+  0.2+    981108 426  0.7+  0.4-    990115 428  0.0   0.1+
    981015 422  0.4+  0.1+    981108 426  0.4+  0.6-    990115 422  0.2+  0.3+
    981015 428  0.0   0.1+    981108 426  0.4+  0.4-    990115 422  0.3+  0.4+
    981016 758  0.2+  1.0+    981111 046  0.2+  0.5-    990115 422  0.5+  0.2+
    981016 758  1.0-  1.2+    981111 046  0.2+  0.1-    990118 428  0.1+  0.0
    981016 758  0.4-  0.2+    981111 046  0.1+  0.2-    990118 428  0.6-  0.7-
    981016 758  0.3-  0.3+    981112 360  0.2+  0.2-    990119 428  0.5+  0.3+
    981016 758  0.4-  0.1+    981112 360  0.3+  0.2-    990119 428  0.4+  0.6+
    981016 758  0.3-  0.4+    981112 360  0.4+  0.3-    990119 428  0.1+  0.5+
    981016 670  1.0+  1.6-    981115 428  0.6+  0.5+    990122 428  1.1-  0.2-
    981016 670  0.3+  1.2-    981115 428  1.0+  0.5+    990122 428  0.0   0.2-
    981016 670  0.3-  0.7-    981115 587  0.3+  0.4-    990123 428  0.2-  0.4-
    981016 422  0.2-  0.4-    981115 587  0.8+  0.4+    990123 428  0.1+  0.5-
    981016 422  0.1-  0.6-    981121 426  0.7+  0.5+    990126 428  0.5-  1.0-
    981016 422  0.4-  0.4-    981121 426  0.6+  0.2+    990126 428  0.5+  0.7-
    981017 428  0.2-  0.1-    981121 426  0.3+  0.4+    990126 428  0.6-  0.8-
    981017 428  0.6-  0.6-    981128 104  1.2+  0.0     990203 428  0.9+  0.3-
    981017 428  0.5-  0.2-    981128 104  0.4+  0.8+    990203 428  1.1+  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 TU3                 a,e,i = 0.79, 0.48, 5                   q = 0.4063
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1999 02 01    00 01.02   -02 30.7    0.910    0.768    47.6    71.3    16.7
    1999 02 06    00 09.16   -01 02.9    0.874    0.719    45.0    75.8    16.6
    1999 02 11    00 15.89   +00 20.4    0.830    0.667    42.0    81.7    16.6
    1999 02 16    00 20.33   +01 35.0    0.779    0.614    38.4    89.5    16.6
    1999 02 21    00 21.06   +02 33.4    0.723    0.560    33.9   100.0    16.7
    
    1999 04 02    22 47.47   -06 15.1    0.911    0.517    31.0    84.0    16.3
    1999 04 07    22 58.79   -05 48.0    0.997    0.569    33.1    73.8    16.3
    1999 04 12    23 11.97   -05 02.9    1.074    0.622    34.7    66.4    16.5
    1999 04 17    23 25.95   -04 06.8    1.140    0.675    36.0    60.9    16.6
    1999 04 22    23 40.19   -03 04.4    1.198    0.727    37.2    56.8    16.8
    
    1999 05 02    00 08.48   -00 50.2    1.289    0.822    39.6    51.4    17.0
    1999 05 12    00 36.03   +01 27.1    1.351    0.905    42.1    48.4    17.3
    1999 05 22    01 02.84   +03 41.8    1.389    0.977    44.7    46.8    17.4
    1999 06 01    01 29.09   +05 50.9    1.405    1.037    47.4    46.1    17.6
    1999 06 11    01 55.11   +07 53.1    1.403    1.085    50.2    46.0    17.7
    1999 06 21    02 21.18   +09 47.2    1.384    1.122    53.1    46.4    17.7
    1999 07 01    02 47.61   +11 32.4    1.351    1.148    55.9    47.2    17.7
    1999 07 11    03 14.79   +13 08.1    1.305    1.163    58.6    48.2    17.7
    1999 07 21    03 43.10   +14 33.1    1.249    1.168    61.1    49.6    17.7
    1999 07 31    04 13.02   +15 45.9    1.184    1.163    63.3    51.3    17.6
    1999 08 10    04 45.21   +16 44.3    1.113    1.146    65.1    53.3    17.5
    1999 08 20    05 20.40   +17 24.4    1.038    1.120    66.2    55.8    17.4
    1999 08 30    05 59.56   +17 40.4    0.964    1.082    66.4    58.8    17.2
    1999 09 09    06 43.83   +17 22.7    0.893    1.033    65.5    62.6    17.1
    1999 09 19    07 34.22   +16 17.6    0.833    0.973    63.1    67.1    16.9
    1999 09 29    08 31.27   +14 08.6    0.790    0.900    58.9    72.4    16.8
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-C09
    

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