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    M.P.E.C. 1999-W33                                Issued 1999 Nov. 30, 16:32 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 VM40
    
    Observations:
         J99V40M  C1999 10 20.45140 08 28 40.64 +26 10 02.5          16.6 R      699
         J99V40M  C1999 10 20.47176 08 28 44.85 +26 10 13.9                      699
         J99V40M  C1999 10 20.49213 08 28 49.05 +26 10 27.3                      699
         J99V40M* C1999 11 09.37020 09 32 39.79 +29 01 51.2          16.8 R      703
         J99V40M  C1999 11 09.38246 09 32 41.87 +29 01 57.3          16.6 R      703
         J99V40M  C1999 11 09.39473 09 32 43.97 +29 02 03.1          16.3 R      703
         J99V40M  C1999 11 09.40701 09 32 46.05 +29 02 09.7          16.3 R      703
         J99V40M  C1999 11 10.39334 09 35 35.00 +29 10 11.9          16.3 R      703
         J99V40M  C1999 11 10.39575 09 35 35.45 +29 10 13.3          16.3 R      703
         J99V40M  C1999 11 12.42302 09 41 15.38 +29 26 48.9          16.4 R      699
         J99V40M  C1999 11 12.45358 09 41 20.35 +29 27 04.7                      699
         J99V40M  C1999 11 12.48414 09 41 25.29 +29 27 20.2                      699
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.05872 10 03 31.29 +30 39 58.8          15.9 R      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.06034 10 03 31.53 +30 39 59.6                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.06145 10 03 31.68 +30 40 00.2                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.06257 10 03 31.84 +30 40 00.9                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.08456 10 03 34.96 +30 40 12.5                      557
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.08690 10 03 35.27 +30 40 13.9                      557
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.08925 10 03 35.61 +30 40 15.1          17.0 V      557
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.10701 10 03 38.08 +30 40 24.6                      557
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.46132 10 04 28.98 +30 43 37.2                      693
         J99V40M  C1999 11 21.46784 10 04 29.81 +30 43 40.2                      693
         J99V40M  C1999 11 22.23101 10 06 18.18 +30 50 22.1          16.1 V      734
         J99V40M  C1999 11 22.23547 10 06 18.80 +30 50 23.9                      734
         J99V40M  C1999 11 22.24153 10 06 19.64 +30 50 27.9                      734
         J99V40M  C1999 11 22.24605 10 06 20.23 +30 50 30.8          15.9 V      734
         J99V40M  C1999 11 26.86002 10 16 39.38 +31 33 19.7                      903
         J99V40M  C1999 11 26.86303 10 16 39.68 +31 33 21.1                      903
         J99V40M  C1999 11 26.86601 10 16 40.11 +31 33 22.5          16.5 V      903
         J99V40M  C1999 11 26.99382 10 16 56.96 +31 34 31.4                      557
         J99V40M  C1999 11 26.99591 10 16 57.20 +31 34 32.4                      557
         J99V40M  C1999 11 26.99801 10 16 57.46 +31 34 33.3                      557
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.03038 10 17 01.61 +31 34 53.2                      611
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.03935 10 17 02.60 +31 34 58.7                      611
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.05882 10 17 05.16 +31 35 10.1          16.0 R      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.05950 10 17 05.23 +31 35 10.6          15.8 V      595
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.06287 10 17 05.68 +31 35 12.3                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.06484 10 17 05.91 +31 35 13.6                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.06832 10 17 06.34 +31 35 15.8                      595
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.06924 10 17 06.46 +31 35 16.2                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.07539 10 17 07.23 +31 35 19.8                      595
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.28881 10 17 34.51 +31 37 21.9          16.7 V      734
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.29193 10 17 34.97 +31 37 24.4          16.7 V      734
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.29582 10 17 35.42 +31 37 25.7          17.0 V      734
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.93530 10 18 55.71 +31 43 34.5                      587
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.94120 10 18 56.44 +31 43 38.7                      587
         J99V40M  C1999 11 27.94410 10 18 56.79 +31 43 40.8                      587
         J99V40M  C1999 11 28.18588 10 19 26.48 +31 46 07.2          15.9 R      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 28.18735 10 19 26.66 +31 46 08.0                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 28.18847 10 19 26.79 +31 46 08.8                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 28.18957 10 19 26.93 +31 46 09.3                      046
         J99V40M  C1999 11 28.19078 10 19 27.06 +31 46 10.1                      046
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector
        + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers L. Sarounova, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector
        + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observers P. Sicoli, M. Cavagna.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
    595 Farra d'Isonzo.  Observers A. Olivieri, E. Pettarin, A. Toso.  0.40-m f/4.5
        reflector + CCD.
    611 Starkenburg.  Observers R. Stoss, R. Kresken, P. Geffert.  0.45-m f/4.4
        reflector + CCD.
    693 Catalina Station, Tucson.  Observer M. Hicks.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observers W. D. Ferris, B. A. Skiff.  Measurer
        B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
    703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers T. B. Spahr, J. W. Brownlee.  0.41-m f/3
        Schmidt + CCD.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observers G. Bell, G. Hug.  0.30-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    903 Fukuchiyama.  Observer M. Yoshimi.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1999 VM40
    Epoch 1999 Aug. 10.0 TT = JDT 2451400.5                 Williams
    M 347.25423              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.28164252     Peri.  354.14422     +0.69598329     -0.68745048
    a   2.3049981      Node    51.52197     +0.66909061     +0.51603794
    e   0.4840374      Incl.   15.36362     +0.26062428     +0.51099578
    P   3.50           H   14.6           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    991020 699  0.2+  0.1+    991121 557  0.1+  0.0     991127 046  0.6+  0.0
    991020 699  0.1+  0.7-    991121 557  0.4-  0.2-    991127 046  0.4+  0.1+
    991020 699  0.2-  0.6+    991121 693  1.0+  1.0+    991127 595  0.1-  0.2-
    991109 703  0.1+  0.2+    991121 693  0.1+  0.4+    991127 046  0.3+  0.1+
    991109 703  0.1-  0.0     991122 734  0.6+  0.4-    991127 595  0.0   0.4-
    991109 703  0.0   0.5-    991122 734  0.4+  1.2-    991127 734  0.5-  0.4-
    991109 703  0.2-  0.2-    991122 734  0.2+  0.6-    991127 734  0.4+  0.2+
    991110 703  0.2-  0.0     991122 734  0.4-  0.2-    991127 734  0.1-  0.9-
    991110 703  0.4+  0.2+    991126 903  0.3+  0.2+    991127 587  0.9-  1.2-
    991112 699  0.3-  0.1+    991126 903  0.6-  0.2-    991127 587  1.0-  0.6-
    991112 699  0.3-  0.2+    991126 903  0.2+  0.5-    991127 587  1.2-  0.3-
    991112 699  0.4-  0.1+    991126 557  0.4+  0.4+    991128 046  0.3+  0.4+
    991121 046  0.1-  0.3+    991126 557  0.1+  0.2+    991128 046  0.4+  0.4+
    991121 046  0.0   0.2+    991126 557  0.0   0.2-    991128 046  0.3+  0.5+
    991121 046  0.1-  0.2+    991127 611  0.5+  0.7+    991128 046  0.4+  0.4+
    991121 046  0.0   0.3+    991127 611  1.3-  0.9+    991128 046  0.2+  0.4+
    991121 557  0.2+  0.0     991127 046  0.4+  0.2+
    991121 557  0.0   0.1+    991127 595  0.2-  0.1-
    
    Ephemeris:
    1999 VM40                a,e,i = 2.30, 0.48, 15                  q = 1.1893
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1999 11 28    10 19.05   +31 44.3    0.804    1.375    99.8    45.0    16.5
    1999 12 08    10 37.30   +33 30.6    0.796    1.428   106.1    41.5    16.5
    1999 12 18    10 50.01   +35 36.1    0.789    1.485   113.3    37.5    16.5
    1999 12 28    10 56.52   +37 59.1    0.785    1.543   121.1    33.1    16.4
    2000 01 07    10 56.14   +40 31.3    0.789    1.604   129.4    28.3    16.4
    2000 01 17    10 48.65   +42 55.3    0.803    1.666   137.3    23.6    16.3
    2000 01 27    10 34.99   +44 48.0    0.832    1.728   143.9    19.6    16.4
    2000 02 06    10 17.46   +45 49.3    0.880    1.791   147.4    17.3    16.5
    2000 02 16    09 59.51   +45 49.8    0.946    1.853   146.8    17.0    16.7
    2000 02 26    09 44.34   +44 55.2    1.032    1.915   142.6    18.3    17.0
    2000 03 07    09 33.75   +43 20.1    1.137    1.977   136.3    20.3    17.4
    2000 03 17    09 28.17   +41 20.2    1.258    2.038   129.1    22.3    17.7
    2000 03 27    09 27.11   +39 08.0    1.393    2.097   121.7    23.9    18.0
    2000 04 06    09 29.71   +36 51.1    1.540    2.156   114.4    25.0    18.4
    2000 04 16    09 35.18   +34 33.9    1.697    2.213   107.3    25.6    18.6
    2000 04 26    09 42.78   +32 18.4    1.860    2.270   100.5    25.8    18.9
    2000 05 06    09 51.97   +30 05.3    2.028    2.325    93.9    25.7    19.1
    2000 05 16    10 02.33   +27 54.8    2.198    2.378    87.4    25.1    19.3
    2000 05 26    10 13.52   +25 46.8    2.370    2.431    81.2    24.3    19.5
    2000 06 05    10 25.32   +23 41.1    2.541    2.482    75.1    23.3    19.7
    2000 06 15    10 37.55   +21 37.4    2.709    2.531    69.1    22.0    19.8
    2000 06 25    10 50.08   +19 35.8    2.873    2.579    63.2    20.6    20.0
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-W33
    

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