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MPEC 2001-C29: 2001 BW15

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M.P.E.C. 2001-C29                                Issued 2001 Feb. 13, 18:59 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
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                                   2001 BW15

                           Revision to MPEC 2001-B24

Observations:
     K01B15W 1 1989 08 28.37639 00 50 38.02 +54 40 00.4                      261
     K01B15W 1 1989 08 28.41806 00 50 27.96 +54 41 15.5                      261
     K01B15W  C1998 02 22.31713 09 11 36.90 +28 19 45.8          17.3 R      566
     K01B15W  C1998 02 22.32720 09 11 35.37 +28 19 40.6                      566
     K01B15W  C1998 02 22.33706 09 11 33.85 +28 19 35.5                      566

Observer details:
261 Palomar-DSS.  Trail located and measured by DANEOPS (R. Stoss).  Trail
    independently located and measured by ANEOPP (A. Boattini, G. Forti,
    G. D'Abramo, L. Tesi, M. Tombelli).  1.2-m Schmidt.
566 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. J. Lawrence,
    D. L. Rabinowitz for the NEAT team.  Images located and measured by
    DANEOPS (R. Stoss).  1.0-m f/2.2 GEODSS telescope + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 BW15
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Williams
M 304.46335              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31984485     Peri.  297.91942     +0.05993214     +0.93901661
a   2.1175962      Node   329.06863     -0.51246287     -0.26215918
e   0.5914654      Incl.   41.20522     -0.85661540     +0.22253174
P   3.08           H   14.9           G   0.15           U   3
Residuals in seconds of arc
890828 261  0.2-  0.6+    010119 704  0.1-  0.1-    010124 704  1.0+  0.3-
890828 261  0.4+  0.8-    010119 704  0.6-  0.2-    010124 704  0.1+  0.0
980222 566  0.8-  0.3-    010119 704  0.3-  0.7+    010124 704  0.2+  0.1+
980222 566  0.6-  0.4-    010119 704  0.5+  0.0     010124 704  0.5-  0.5-
980222 566  0.6-  0.4-    010120 046  0.4-  0.2-    010130 587  0.1-  0.4-
010117 704  0.4-  0.4+    010120 046  0.9-  0.1-    010130 587  0.8+  0.2-
010117 704  0.4-  0.6+    010120 046  0.7-  0.2+    010202 360  0.3+  0.1+
010117 704  0.2-  1.3-    010120 046  1.4-  0.0     010202 360  0.4+  0.7+
010117 704  0.7-  0.1+    010121 704  0.2+  0.5+    010202 360  0.5+  0.0
010117 704  0.5-  0.3-    010121 704  0.3-  0.3+    010203 118  0.3+  1.1+
010119 046  0.3-  0.1+    010121 704  0.6+  0.2-    010203 118  0.0   0.2+
010119 046  0.9+  0.2+    010121 704  0.5-  0.4+    010203 118  0.7+  0.0
010119 046  0.3+  0.3+    010121 704  0.7+  0.4-    010210 046  0.4-  0.3+
010119 046  0.8+  0.4-    010121 704  0.6+  0.0     010210 046  0.1-  0.1-
010119 046  0.1+  0.2+    010121 704 (2.1+  1.0+)   010211 046  0.4+  0.4-
010119 704  0.5-  0.3+    010121 704  0.1+  0.6-    010211 046  0.2-  0.5-
010119 704  0.6-  0.3+    010122 704  0.6-  0.6-    010211 104  1.2+  0.5+
010119 704  0.3+  0.2+    010122 704  0.4-  0.4-    010211 104  0.9+  0.8+
010119 704  0.1+  0.2-    010122 704  0.1-  0.2+    010211 104  0.3+  0.7+
010119 704  0.4+  0.4-    010124 704  0.2+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2001 BW15                a,e,i = 2.12, 0.59, 41                  q = 0.8651
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 02 10    09 15.23   +37 33.9    1.492    2.428   156.4     9.4    18.3
2001 02 20    08 51.75   +36 34.9    1.468    2.368   148.4    12.6    18.4
2001 03 02    08 30.64   +34 53.8    1.476    2.306   137.5    16.9    18.5
2001 03 12    08 13.93   +32 41.7    1.509    2.241   125.9    21.0    18.6
2001 03 22    08 02.39   +30 12.6    1.560    2.174   114.7    24.6    18.7
2001 04 01    07 55.95   +27 37.2    1.624    2.105   104.2    27.4    18.8
2001 04 11    07 54.01   +25 01.7    1.692    2.034    94.5    29.4    18.9
2001 04 21    07 55.85   +22 28.4    1.760    1.960    85.7    30.8    18.9
2001 05 01    08 00.82   +19 56.7    1.824    1.884    77.5    31.5    18.9
2001 05 11    08 08.33   +17 24.9    1.878    1.805    70.2    31.7    18.9
2001 05 21    08 17.96   +14 50.2    1.921    1.725    63.4    31.6    18.8

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-C29

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