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    M.P.E.C. 2003-Y87                                Issued 2003 Dec. 29, 11:22 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.
    
             Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       1998 KJ9
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1998-K31
    
    Additional Observations:
         J98K09J  C2003 12 28.40544 11 17 51.49 +14 01 24.8          19.3   EY087704
         J98K09J  C2003 12 28.43143 11 17 46.95 +14 02 35.7          19.8   EY087704
         J98K09J  C2003 12 28.44457 11 17 44.69 +14 03 11.4          20.2   EY087704
         J98K09J  C2003 12 28.45767 11 17 42.35 +14 03 46.9          20.1   EY087704
         J98K09J  C2003 12 29.32525 11 15 16.11 +14 42 41.5          19.9 R EY087854
         J98K09J  C2003 12 29.33186 11 15 14.79 +14 42 58.3          19.7 R EY087854
         J98K09J  C2003 12 29.33847 11 15 13.69 +14 43 15.7          19.6 R EY087854
    
    Observer details:
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
        H. Stange, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
        1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.356-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    031228 704 0.13- 0.46+    031229 854 0.22+ 0.18+    MPC 32333   -5.4 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 KJ9                                                             PHA 0.035A
    Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
    M  37.42226              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.56554797     Peri.  259.74097     +0.98204535     +0.02131960
    a   1.4481818      Node    98.85429     +0.04923565     +0.93018846
    e   0.6398942      Incl.   10.93510     -0.18210651     +0.36646269
    P   1.74           H   19.4           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    980527 704  0.8+  0.7-    980530 670  0.8+  1.4-    980602 046  0.7-  0.8+
    980527 704  0.4+  0.9-    980530 670  0.5+  1.6+    980602 046  0.4-  1.3+
    980527 704  0.2+  0.3+    980530 670  0.5-  0.0     980602 046  0.4-  1.0+
    980527 704  0.6+  1.3-    980530 670  0.5-  0.9+    980603 046  0.4-  0.5+
    980527 704  0.0   0.6-    980530 670  0.4+  0.5+    980603 046  0.5-  0.7+
    980528 046  0.1-  0.1-    980530 670  0.2-  1.3+    980603 046  0.3-  0.6+
    980528 046  0.1-  0.0     980530 422  0.2+  0.4+    980603 046  0.3-  0.8+
    980528 046  0.0   0.2-    980530 422  0.1+  0.0     980603 046  0.3-  0.7+
    980528 046  0.2-  0.3+    980530 422  0.3+  0.0     980604 046  0.2+  0.0
    980528 046  0.2-  0.3+    980530 402  0.1-  0.1-    980604 046  0.2+  0.1-
    980528 046  0.2-  0.2+    980530 402  0.2-  0.3+    980604 046  0.1+  0.4-
    980528 046  0.1+  0.5+    980530 402  0.1+  0.2-    980604 046  0.3-  0.2-
    980528 046  1.0-  0.9+    980530 609  0.3+  0.2+    980604 118  0.4+  0.4-
    980528 704  1.0+  1.2-    980531 609  0.1-  0.3+    980604 118  0.3+  0.2+
    980528 704  0.1-  0.7-    980531 609  0.1+  0.0     980604 118  0.4+  0.1-
    980528 704  0.4-  0.9-    980531 557  0.3-  0.5+    980605 557  0.5-  0.7+
    980528 704  0.7+  1.7-    980531 557  0.4-  0.3+    980605 557  0.3-  0.6+
    980528 704  0.9-  0.9+    980531 557  0.3-  0.2+    980605 557  0.2-  0.7+
    980528 422  0.2+  0.1+    980531 557  0.1+  0.7-    980605 557  0.0   0.7-
    980528 422  0.1-  0.3-    980531 670  0.3+  1.2+    980605 557  0.0   1.0-
    980528 422  0.1+  0.1+    980531 670  0.3+  0.3+    980605 557  0.2-  0.3-
    980528 422  0.5+  0.3+    980531 670  1.0+  0.5-    980605 557  0.5-  0.4-
    980528 422  0.5-  0.2-    980531 540 (2.2-  1.0+)   980606 118  0.9+  0.7-
    980528 557  0.1+  0.6-    980531 540  0.0   0.7-    980606 118  0.2-  0.3+
    980528 557  0.1+  0.5-    980531 046  0.0   0.4-    980606 118  0.2-  0.4-
    980528 557  0.4+  0.8-    980531 046  0.2+  0.4-    980606 557  0.8-  0.1+
    980528 620  0.5+  1.0+    980531 046  0.1+  0.3-    980606 557  0.4-  0.3-
    980528 620  0.0   0.6+    980531 046  0.0   0.1+    980606 557  0.5-  0.7-
    980528 620  0.3-  0.4+    980531 118  0.4-  0.3-    980607 557  0.6-  0.2-
    980528 620  0.6-  0.1-    980531 118  0.4-  0.4-    980607 557  0.6-  0.6-
    980528 620  1.0-  0.5-    980531 118  0.5-  0.5-    980607 557  0.4-  0.0
    980528 046  0.1+  0.7-    980601 557  0.4-  0.1-    980607 557  0.2-  0.4-
    980528 046  0.0   0.5-    980601 557  0.3-  0.1-    980607 658  0.8-  0.7-
    980528 046  0.2-  0.4-    980601 557  0.4-  0.0     980607 658  0.4-  0.8-
    980528 046  0.7+  0.6-    980601 540  0.7+  1.4-    980607 658  0.2-  1.1-
    980529 734  0.5+  0.3-    980601 540  0.7+  0.3+    980607 118  1.4+  0.1+
    980529 734  1.1+  0.1+    980601 540  1.6-  0.9+    980607 118  0.7+  0.4+
    980529 734  0.1+  0.2+    980601 046  0.1+  0.0     980607 118  0.4+  0.7+
    980529 704  0.8+  0.4-    980601 046  0.0   0.0     980608 557  1.0+  1.0+
    980529 734  0.8+  0.3+    980601 046  0.2+  0.2+    980608 557  0.7+  0.5-
    980529 704  0.6+  0.1-    980601 046  0.1+  0.1-    980608 557  0.5+  0.6+
    980529 704  0.1-  0.5-    980601 046  0.0   0.1+    980609 046  0.2+  0.5+
    980529 711  0.1+  0.1-    980601 118  0.7+  0.1+    980609 046  0.2-  0.1-
    980529 711 (1.0-  2.5+)   980601 118  1.5+  0.1-    980609 046  0.5-  0.2-
    980529 711  0.1+  0.0     980601 118  1.2+  0.1+    980609 046  0.9+  0.2+
    980529 704  0.2+  0.4-    980602 557  0.1+  0.3-    980609 046  1.2-  0.5-
    980529 704  0.0   0.7+    980602 557  0.1+  0.1-    031228 704  0.3-  0.7-
    980529 422  0.5+  0.2-    980602 557  0.1+  0.5-    031228 704  0.3-  0.1-
    980529 422  0.3-  0.1+    980602 557  0.4+  0.5-    031228 704  0.3+  0.0
    980529 422  0.6+  0.0     980602 540  0.9-  0.7+    031228 704  0.3-  0.2+
    980529 422  0.3+  0.1+    980602 540  0.2-  1.1+    031229 854  1.3+  1.4+
    980529 046  0.1+  0.4-    980602 540  1.1-  1.1+    031229 854  1.0-  0.2+
    980529 046  0.4+  0.2-    980602 540  0.3-  0.3+    031229 854  0.1-  0.4-
    980529 046  0.5+  0.6-    980602 046  0.7-  1.7+
    980529 046  0.7+  0.4-    980602 046  0.3-  0.8+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 KJ9                 a,e,i = 1.45, 0.64, 11                  q = 0.5215
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 12 27    11 21.70   +12 58.5    0.390    1.167   108.5    53.0    19.6
    2004 01 06    10 51.16   +20 21.7    0.406    1.273   127.6    37.7    19.5
    2004 01 16    10 14.21   +26 54.4    0.440    1.372   146.3    23.4    19.4
    2004 01 26    09 35.32   +31 36.9    0.499    1.465   160.7    12.8    19.5
    2004 02 05    09 01.20   +34 10.3    0.585    1.553   161.9    11.4    19.9
    2004 02 15    08 36.17   +35 03.7    0.695    1.635   152.1    16.4    20.6
    2004 02 25    08 20.74   +34 57.1    0.825    1.711   141.0    21.3    21.2
    2004 03 06    08 13.49   +34 19.2    0.970    1.783   130.7    25.0    21.7
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Y87
    

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