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MPEC 2001-P18: 2001 PJ

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M.P.E.C. 2001-P18                                Issued 2001 Aug. 6, 14:23 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 PJ

Observations:
     K01P00J* C2001 08 04.25776 15 45 43.12 +08 02 16.0          20.5        608
     K01P00J  C2001 08 04.26809 15 45 46.28 +08 02 40.3          20.3        608
     K01P00J  C2001 08 04.27941 15 45 49.78 +08 03 06.5          20.2        608
     K01P00J  C2001 08 05.16039 15 50 43.45 +08 36 58.1          19.6        644
     K01P00J  C2001 08 05.17100 15 50 46.85 +08 37 23.0          20.3        644
     K01P00J  C2001 08 05.18165 15 50 50.22 +08 37 47.4          19.6        644
     K01P00J  C2001 08 05.19476 15 50 54.42 +08 38 17.8          20.1        644
     K01P00J  C2001 08 05.20498 15 50 57.71 +08 38 41.4          19.5        644
     K01P00J  C2001 08 05.21539 15 51 01.08 +08 39 05.5          19.6        644
     K01P00J  C2001 08 06.15971 15 56 26.81 +09 15 57.7          19.8        644
     K01P00J  C2001 08 06.17233 15 56 30.92 +09 16 27.3          19.5        644
     K01P00J  C2001 08 06.18393 15 56 34.76 +09 16 54.4          19.2        644

Observer details:
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
    A. Deetz.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 PJ
Epoch 2001 July 30.0 TT = JDT 2452120.5                 Spahr
M 358.01257              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.32490017     Peri.   44.17595     +0.57612780     +0.81128992
a   2.0955728      Node   261.24798     -0.77503463     +0.50360140
e   0.4985136      Incl.    5.77354     -0.25961139     +0.29697524
P   3.03           H   20.4           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2001 Aug. 4-6.

Ephemeris:
2001 PJ                  a,e,i = 2.10, 0.50, 6                   q = 1.0509
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 07 30    15 19.44   +04 47.5    0.169    1.053    98.4    72.4    19.2
2001 08 09    16 13.76   +11 08.6    0.151    1.052   100.6    71.3    18.9
2001 08 19    17 26.75   +17 25.2    0.142    1.064   107.6    65.1    18.6
2001 08 29    18 51.64   +21 19.3    0.148    1.088   118.2    54.9    18.4
2001 09 08    20 10.48   +21 38.1    0.172    1.123   129.0    44.2    18.5
2001 09 18    21 11.48   +19 33.2    0.210    1.168   137.2    35.7    18.8
2001 09 28    21 55.88   +16 45.8    0.263    1.221   142.0    30.3    19.2
2001 10 08    22 28.89   +14 11.1    0.330    1.279   143.3    27.9    19.8
2001 10 18    22 54.87   +12 08.1    0.409    1.341   141.5    27.5    20.3
2001 10 28    23 16.83   +10 41.5    0.502    1.406   137.8    28.4    20.9
2001 11 07    23 36.43   +09 49.1    0.608    1.473   132.8    29.5    21.4
2001 11 17    23 54.69   +09 25.9    0.726    1.541   127.3    30.7    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-P18

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