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    M.P.E.C. 1999-O02                                Issued 1999 July 16, 19:52 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  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       1999 NZ4
    
    Observations:
         J99N04Z* C1999 07 13.35601 21 30 29.37 -11 50 18.0          18.5        704
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 13.36846 21 30 29.08 -11 49 46.2          18.9        704
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 13.38087 21 30 28.75 -11 49 14.0          18.5        704
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 13.39322 21 30 28.44 -11 48 42.0          18.7        704
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 13.40560 21 30 28.08 -11 48 11.0          18.6        704
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 14.29011 21 30 10.25 -11 10 10.7          18.5        704
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 14.31536 21 30 09.50 -11 09 06.5          19.4        704
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 14.34067 21 30 08.80 -11 08 00.5          18.5        704
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 15.00433 21 29 53.18 -10 39 19.7                      118
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 15.00573 21 29 53.17 -10 39 16.8                      118
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 15.00823 21 29 53.07 -10 39 11.6          17.8 R      118
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 15.22281 21 29 48.60 -10 29 47.0          17.5 R      734
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 15.22830 21 29 48.24 -10 29 33.8          17.3 R      734
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 15.23575 21 29 48.14 -10 29 15.5          18.1 R      734
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 15.68378 21 29 35.85 -10 09 22.0          18.2 R      428
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 15.68843 21 29 35.69 -10 09 09.7          18.1 R      428
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.00448 21 29 27.77 -09 55 40.1          18.5        120
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.01387 21 29 27.45 -09 55 15.1          18.5        120
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.01771 21 29 27.35 -09 55 05.4          17.7 R      046
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.01899 21 29 27.29 -09 55 01.9                      046
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.02020 21 29 27.26 -09 54 58.9                      046
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.02157 21 29 27.23 -09 54 55.0                      046
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.02382 21 29 27.15 -09 54 48.7          18.5        120
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.73537 21 29 07.00 -09 23 09.9          17.7 R      426
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.74031 21 29 06.81 -09 22 56.5          17.7 R      426
         J99N04Z  C1999 07 16.74378 21 29 06.71 -09 22 47.5          17.8 R      426
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Toth.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    120 Visnjan.  Observers M. Juric, K. Korlevic, B. Lukic, T. Pilizota.  Measurer
        M. Juric.  0.41-m f/4.3 reflector + CCD.
    426 Woomera.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, R. Sayer.  1.0-m
        f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observers G. Hug, G. Bell.  0.30-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1999 NZ4
    Epoch 1999 July 1.0 TT = JDT 2451360.5                  Williams
    M 352.29080              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.20497003     Peri.   20.23902     +0.72551948     +0.62043116
    a   2.8488908      Node   297.78104     -0.66862724     +0.53299862
    e   0.4954573      Incl.   19.66994     -0.16296962     +0.57530657
    P   4.81           H   17.9           G   0.15
    From 26 observations 1999 July 13-16.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1999 NZ4                 a,e,i = 2.85, 0.50, 20                  q = 1.4374
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1999 07 11    21 31.13   -13 29.4    0.501    1.464   147.5    21.9    18.3
    1999 07 16    21 29.46   -09 55.6    0.480    1.455   151.2    19.7    18.1
    1999 07 21    21 26.70   -06 12.4    0.464    1.448   154.5    17.6    18.0
    1999 07 26    21 23.01   -02 24.8    0.453    1.443   156.9    16.1    17.8
    1999 07 31    21 18.59   +01 20.6    0.447    1.439   158.0    15.3    17.8
    1999 08 05    21 13.71   +04 57.0    0.447    1.438   157.6    15.6    17.8
    1999 08 10    21 08.66   +08 17.8    0.451    1.438   155.8    16.8    17.9
    1999 08 15    21 03.76   +11 17.8    0.461    1.439   153.2    18.5    18.0
    1999 08 20    20 59.35   +13 54.1    0.475    1.443   150.1    20.5    18.1
    1999 08 25    20 55.69   +16 05.6    0.492    1.448   146.8    22.5    18.2
    1999 08 30    20 52.98   +17 53.1    0.513    1.455   143.5    24.4    18.4
    1999 09 04    20 51.33   +19 18.3    0.538    1.464   140.4    26.1    18.6
    1999 09 09    20 50.84   +20 23.5    0.565    1.474   137.5    27.5    18.7
    1999 09 14    20 51.54   +21 11.5    0.594    1.486   134.7    28.8    18.9
    1999 09 19    20 53.44   +21 45.4    0.626    1.499   132.2    29.8    19.1
    1999 09 24    20 56.46   +22 07.8    0.660    1.514   129.8    30.6    19.2
    1999 09 29    21 00.52   +22 21.2    0.696    1.530   127.6    31.3    19.4
    1999 10 04    21 05.53   +22 27.5    0.734    1.547   125.5    31.8    19.5
    1999 10 09    21 11.42   +22 28.6    0.775    1.566   123.4    32.2    19.7
    1999 10 14    21 18.09   +22 25.9    0.817    1.585   121.5    32.5    19.8
    1999 10 19    21 25.47   +22 21.0    0.861    1.606   119.5    32.7    20.0
    1999 10 24    21 33.44   +22 15.0    0.907    1.628   117.6    32.8    20.1
    1999 10 29    21 41.93   +22 08.7    0.956    1.650   115.7    32.9    20.3
    1999 11 03    21 50.86   +22 02.6    1.006    1.674   113.7    32.9    20.4
    1999 11 08    22 00.17   +21 57.5    1.059    1.698   111.8    32.8    20.6
    1999 11 13    22 09.80   +21 53.8    1.114    1.723   109.8    32.7    20.7
    1999 11 18    22 19.69   +21 52.0    1.171    1.748   107.8    32.6    20.8
    1999 11 23    22 29.79   +21 52.2    1.231    1.774   105.7    32.4    21.0
    1999 11 28    22 40.06   +21 54.5    1.292    1.801   103.6    32.2    21.1
    1999 12 03    22 50.45   +21 58.9    1.356    1.828   101.4    31.9    21.2
    1999 12 08    23 00.95   +22 05.6    1.422    1.855    99.2    31.6    21.4
    1999 12 13    23 11.52   +22 14.6    1.490    1.883    97.0    31.3    21.5
    1999 12 18    23 22.14   +22 25.7    1.559    1.911    94.7    30.9    21.6
    1999 12 23    23 32.78   +22 38.9    1.630    1.939    92.4    30.5    21.7
    1999 12 28    23 43.44   +22 54.0    1.703    1.967    90.0    30.0    21.8
    2000 01 02    23 54.10   +23 10.8    1.778    1.996    87.6    29.5    21.9
    2000 01 07    00 04.75   +23 29.1    1.854    2.025    85.2    28.9    22.0
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-O02
    

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