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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1331      1998 Aug 22 19.00UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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Possible new asteroid in Aries
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Further to the report in EC 1329 Mark Armstrong reports further
astrometry on the (presumed) same object as listed below:-

                                 RA  (2000)  Dec            Mag
               YEAR MM DD.DDDDD HH MM SS.SS  DD  '  "
     MWA001 * C1998 08 20.09758 02 03 52.06 +16 00 13.3     16.9 V
     MWA001   C1998 08 20.11819 02 03 52.56 +16 00 12.4     17.0 V
     MWA001   C1998 08 20.13178 02 03 52.92 +16 00 11.1     17.1 V
     MWA001   C1998 08 22.06553 02 04 42.29 +15 57 50.6     17.2 V
     MWA001   C1998 08 22.09979 02 04 43.08 +15 57 45.5     17.2 V
     MWA001   C1998 08 22.11650 02 04 43.44 +15 57 44.2     17.2 V

Assuming the object is identical to that reported in EC 1329, new
provisional elements, by Mark, have been computed as follows:-

Integrated to current epoch by Computer-Aided Astrometry
MWA001
Epoch 1998 Aug. 20.1 TT = JDT 2451045.6
M 116.97300              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.82726934     Peri.   20.41450     -0.86339320     +0.50444197
a   1.1238407      Node   189.89620     -0.47023895     -0.81139791
e   0.2256928      Incl.    3.17273     -0.18283191     -0.29524859
P   1.19           H   16.4           G   0.15           U   ?
CAA Three-Point Orbit: From 3 observations over 3 days; rms=0.0

Martin Mobberley