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MPEC 2000-Y03: 2000 YA

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M.P.E.C. 2000-Y03                                Issued 2000 Dec. 17, 17:30 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

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                                    2000 YA

Observations:
     K00Y00A* C2000 12 16.17450 04 19 04.07 +18 55 08.9          17.5 R      699
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.19639 04 18 58.73 +18 56 00.7                      699
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.21840 04 18 53.58 +18 56 53.2                      699
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.24036 04 18 48.27 +18 57 45.4                      699
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.79418 04 17 04.99 +19 20 25.5          17.2 R      046
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.79661 04 17 04.33 +19 20 33.3                      046
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.79764 04 17 04.11 +19 20 36.8                      046
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.79866 04 17 03.75 +19 20 39.3                      046
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.79973 04 17 03.55 +19 20 42.7                      046
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.85343 04 16 49.16 +19 23 21.2                      046
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.85678 04 16 48.24 +19 23 31.1                      046
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.85940 04 16 47.48 +19 23 39.0                      046
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.88307 04 16 43.50 +19 25 09.9          17.8 R      946
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.88887 04 16 41.92 +19 25 26.7                      946
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.91273 04 16 35.07 +19 26 37.6          17.7 R      946
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.96140 04 16 20.67 +19 29 00.3          17.2 R      165
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.96535 04 16 19.44 +19 29 12.2          17.2 R      165
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.96846 04 16 18.55 +19 29 21.3          17.7 R      165
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 16.97090 04 16 17.84 +19 29 27.8          17.9 R      165
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 17.03824 04 15 58.24 +19 32 45.5                      946
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 17.05150 04 15 54.32 +19 33 22.5          17.8 R      946
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 17.05615 04 15 52.94 +19 33 35.1                      946
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 17.20119 04 15 30.32 +19 41 48.3                      670
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 17.25842 04 15 11.58 +19 45 03.5                      670
     K00Y00A  C2000 12 17.33084 04 14 47.24 +19 49 04.2                      670

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
165 Piera Observatory, Barcelona.  Observer J. Guarro.  0.40-m f/2 Schmidt
    + CCD.
670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  Measurer B. W. Koehn.
    0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
946 Ametlla de Mar.  Observer J. Nomen.  0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2000 YA
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Williams
M  17.19611              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26812600     Peri.   57.87344     -0.80477000     -0.59159566
a   2.3818264      Node    85.81149     +0.52688046     -0.74962755
e   0.6524470      Incl.    2.79187     +0.27339025     -0.29677115
P   3.68           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
001216 699 (3.3+  0.2+)   001216 046  0.1-  0.2+    001216 165  0.3+  0.1-
001216 699  0.4-  0.4-    001216 046  0.1-  0.3+    001217 946  0.9+  0.4+
001216 699  0.4+  0.2-    001216 046  0.7-  0.5+    001217 946  0.2-  0.6-
001216 699  0.0   0.3+    001216 946  0.5-  0.1+    001217 946  0.7-  1.3-
001216 046  0.5+  0.6-    001216 946  0.5+  0.5-    001217 670  0.2+  0.5-
001216 046  0.0   0.0     001216 946  0.6+  0.8-    001217 670  0.2-  0.4+
001216 046  0.7+  0.5+    001216 165  0.8+  0.1+    001217 670  0.2+  0.1+
001216 046  0.7-  0.1-    001216 165  0.2-  0.5+
001216 046  0.4+  0.2+    001216 165  0.2+  0.5+

Ephemeris:
2000 YA                  a,e,i = 2.38, 0.65, 3                   q = 0.8278
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2000 12 17.0  04 16.23   +19 32.2    0.044    1.025   160.2    19.0    17.9
2000 12 17.5  04 14.11   +20 00.0    0.040    1.021   159.3    19.9    17.7
2000 12 18.0  04 11.49   +20 34.2    0.035    1.017   158.4    20.9    17.5
2000 12 18.5  04 08.19   +21 17.2    0.031    1.013   157.2    22.1    17.3
2000 12 19.0  04 03.88   +22 12.5    0.027    1.009   155.9    23.5    17.0
2000 12 19.5  03 58.01   +23 26.3    0.023    1.005   154.2    25.3    16.7
2000 12 20.0  03 49.55   +25 09.3    0.019    1.001   151.9    27.6    16.4
2000 12 20.5  03 36.29   +27 41.6    0.015    0.997   148.5    31.1    16.0
2000 12 21.0  03 12.80   +31 44.2    0.012    0.993   142.8    36.8    15.5
2000 12 21.5  02 21.85   +38 35.8    0.0081   0.989   131.7    48.0    15.0
2000 12 22.0  23 58.80   +46 59.3    0.0055   0.985   106.4    73.3    14.9
2000 12 22.5  20 06.73   +33 53.4    0.0053   0.981    64.3   115.4    16.8
2000 12 23.0  18 26.28   +14 01.5    0.0077   0.978    37.8   142.0    20.2
2000 12 23.5  17 47.87   +04 04.0    0.011    0.974    28.0   151.7    22.7
2000 12 24.0  17 28.75   -01 05.4    0.015    0.970    24.5   155.1    24.0

     The orbit above indicates a minimum distance from the earth of 0.0049 AU
on 2000 Dec. 22.28 UT.

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-Y03

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