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    M.P.E.C. 1999-Y14                                Issued 1999 Dec. 20, 20:51 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                 BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        1999 YA
    
    Observations:
         J99Y00A* C1999 12 16.29578 07 43 34.24 -04 34 57.9          18.8        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 16.31059 07 43 32.35 -04 34 06.2          19.5        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 16.32534 07 43 30.51 -04 33 13.7          18.9        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 16.34047 07 43 28.62 -04 32 20.6          18.9        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 18.28088 07 39 28.14 -02 35 50.8          18.6        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 18.31107 07 39 24.09 -02 33 59.2          18.8        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 18.32578 07 39 22.16 -02 33 05.8          19.2        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 18.34050 07 39 20.21 -02 32 10.3          19.0        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 18.35567 07 39 18.20 -02 31 14.6                      651
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 18.35874 07 39 17.77 -02 31 03.6                      651
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 18.36152 07 39 17.43 -02 30 52.9          19.5 V      651
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 19.34861 07 37 09.51 -01 29 43.5          18.3        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 19.36400 07 37 07.32 -01 28 46.5          19.3        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 19.37937 07 37 05.28 -01 27 48.2          18.9        704
         J99Y00A  C1999 12 19.39465 07 37 03.19 -01 26 50.3          18.6        704
    
    Observer details:
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  Measurer
        J. E. Rogers.  0.62-m f/5.1 reflector + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh,
        R. Sayer, J. B. Evans.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    1999 YA
    Epoch 1999 Dec. 8.0 TT = JDT 2451520.5                  Williams
    M  40.50430              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.45698270     Peri.  265.11096     +0.77809837     -0.21545190
    a   1.6693070      Node   106.31885     +0.37120117     +0.91548635
    e   0.3388914      Incl.   37.93779     -0.50672736     +0.33980173
    P   2.16           H   18.9           G   0.15
    From 15 observations 1999 Dec. 16-19.
    
    Ephemeris:
    1999 YA                  a,e,i = 1.67, 0.34, 38                  q = 1.1036
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1999 12 18    07 40.06   -02 52.9    0.498    1.406   140.9    26.2    19.3
    1999 12 23    07 28.82   +02 25.6    0.489    1.430   150.5    19.8    19.1
    1999 12 28    07 16.47   +08 02.4    0.489    1.454   160.4    13.1    18.9
    2000 01 02    07 03.50   +13 40.6    0.499    1.478   169.9     6.7    18.7
    2000 01 07    06 50.55   +19 02.2    0.520    1.502   174.4     3.7    18.7
    2000 01 12    06 38.24   +23 53.1    0.550    1.526   167.6     7.9    19.1
    2000 01 17    06 27.16   +28 05.5    0.590    1.549   159.3    13.0    19.5
    2000 01 22    06 17.70   +31 38.1    0.637    1.573   151.4    17.4    19.8
    2000 01 27    06 10.10   +34 33.6    0.690    1.597   144.2    21.1    20.1
    
    2000 02 06    06 00.77   +38 53.3    0.813    1.643   131.7    26.6    20.7
    2000 02 16    05 58.88   +41 45.1    0.949    1.688   121.3    30.0    21.2
    2000 02 26    06 03.23   +43 39.6    1.094    1.732   112.4    31.9    21.6
    2000 03 07    06 12.53   +44 55.4    1.243    1.774   104.5    32.8    22.0
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-Y14
    

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