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MPEC 2001-W30: 2001 WN1

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M.P.E.C. 2001-W30                                Issued 2001 Nov. 19, 20:37 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.

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                                   2001 WN1

Observations:
     K01W01N  C2001 11 12.45260 07 48 59.11 +20 40 14.6          19.1        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 12.46672 07 48 58.72 +20 39 32.8          19.4        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 12.48077 07 48 58.24 +20 38 54.6          19.5        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 12.49492 07 48 57.77 +20 38 14.3          19.6        704
     K01W01N* C2001 11 17.42900 07 46 17.69 +16 49 17.2          18.9        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.43050 07 46 17.59 +16 49 12.7          18.9        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.44335 07 46 16.91 +16 48 37.7          19.4        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.44485 07 46 16.84 +16 48 33.5          19.5        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.45767 07 46 16.12 +16 47 58.9          19.6        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.45917 07 46 16.11 +16 47 54.6          19.8        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.47200 07 46 15.40 +16 47 18.0          20.3        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.47350 07 46 15.27 +16 47 15.1          19.3        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.48633 07 46 14.60 +16 46 39.5          19.1        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 17.48783 07 46 14.49 +16 46 35.8          19.0        704
     K01W01N 7C2001 11 18.31986 07 45 38.02 +16 08 27.5                      696
     K01W01N 7C2001 11 18.32257 07 45 37.85 +16 08 20.1                      696
     K01W01N  C2001 11 18.43743 07 45 31.25 +16 03 08.1          19.5        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 18.45227 07 45 30.37 +16 02 28.3          19.8        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 18.48200 07 45 28.60 +16 01 05.4          19.0        704
     K01W01N  C2001 11 18.49685 07 45 27.75 +16 00 24.8          19.4        704

Observer details:
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observer T. B. Spahr.  1.2-m reflector
    + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli.  Measurers
    J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 WN1
Epoch 2001 Nov. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452220.5                  MPC
M  25.77513              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52863421     Peri.  127.26558     +0.95880249     -0.17812283
a   1.5148369      Node   243.97215     +0.11070682     +0.95169899
e   0.3080952      Incl.   14.25678     +0.26161379     +0.25008256
P   1.86           H   19.0           G   0.15
From 20 observations 2001 Nov. 12-18.

Ephemeris:
2001 WN1                 a,e,i = 1.51, 0.31, 14                  q = 1.0481
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 11 17    07 46.60   +17 09.2    0.314    1.174   119.2    47.3    18.6
2001 11 27    07 36.08   +09 46.1    0.317    1.214   129.6    38.8    18.5
2001 12 07    07 19.50   +03 19.9    0.330    1.256   140.0    30.3    18.4
2001 12 17    06 59.36   -01 34.1    0.355    1.300   148.3    23.5    18.4
2001 12 27    06 39.35   -04 35.6    0.395    1.345   151.8    20.2    18.6
2002 01 06    06 22.90   -05 51.3    0.450    1.390   149.6    21.0    19.0
2002 01 16    06 11.85   -05 46.1    0.518    1.435   143.9    23.8    19.5
2002 01 26    06 06.68   -04 49.2    0.599    1.480   137.0    27.0    19.9
2002 02 05    06 06.84   -03 25.5    0.690    1.523   129.9    29.8    20.4
2002 02 15    06 11.43   -01 51.6    0.790    1.565   123.0    31.9    20.8
2002 02 25    06 19.63   -00 18.5    0.897    1.606   116.5    33.5    21.2
2002 03 07    06 30.62   +01 06.9    1.011    1.645   110.4    34.4    21.5
2002 03 17    06 43.78   +02 20.9    1.130    1.682   104.5    34.9    21.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-W30

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