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MPEC 2001-U52: 2001 UQ16

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M.P.E.C. 2001-U52                                Issued 2001 Oct. 26, 20:48 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 UQ16

Observations:
     K01U16Q* C2001 10 21.33661 02 17 04.15 +13 33 42.7          19.5        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 21.36927 02 16 56.44 +13 38 00.2          19.3        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 21.38561 02 16 52.53 +13 40 08.6          19.5        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 21.40195 02 16 48.69 +13 42 17.5          19.2        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 23.27082 02 09 35.18 +17 50 29.9          19.6        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 23.28722 02 09 30.99 +17 52 41.5          19.4        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 23.30363 02 09 26.86 +17 54 51.9          19.2        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 23.32005 02 09 22.69 +17 57 03.5          19.7        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 23.37502 02 09 08.97 +18 04 23.1          18.7 R      651
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 23.37671 02 09 08.30 +18 04 38.7          18.7 R      651
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 23.37826 02 09 08.26 +18 04 55.0          18.7 R      651
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 24.24235 02 05 38.68 +19 59 52.8          19.0        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 24.25887 02 05 34.37 +20 02 04.4          19.1        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 24.27541 02 05 30.09 +20 04 16.3          19.5        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 24.29196 02 05 25.73 +20 06 27.9          19.6        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 24.30850 02 05 21.43 +20 08 40.4          19.7        704
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 26.28646 01 56 57.65 +24 29 24.1          19.2 R      711
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 26.30080 01 56 53.69 +24 31 15.2          19.0 R      711
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 26.30374 01 56 52.81 +24 31 39.4          19.1 R      711
     K01U16Q  C2001 10 26.30668 01 56 51.89 +24 32 02.4          19.5 R      711

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    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.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer P. J. Shelus.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 UQ16
Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 Spahr
M 356.77282              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22269597     Peri.   10.01185     +0.78163964     -0.57027531
a   2.6956353      Node    29.67124     +0.53114859     +0.39623286
e   0.5461621      Incl.   30.68747     +0.32698725     +0.71957321
P   4.43           H   21.0           G   0.15
From 20 observations 2001 Oct. 21-26.

Ephemeris:
2001 UQ16                a,e,i = 2.70, 0.55, 31                  q = 1.2234
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 10 18    02 28.81   +06 25.4    0.245    1.235   165.4    11.7    19.1
2001 10 23    02 10.66   +17 14.5    0.235    1.228   172.3     6.2    18.8
2001 10 28    01 49.35   +28 08.9    0.238    1.224   164.2    12.8    19.1
2001 11 02    01 25.81   +37 50.0    0.253    1.223   153.0    21.6    19.5
2001 11 07    01 01.50   +45 33.8    0.278    1.225   143.1    29.1    19.9
2001 11 12    00 38.20   +51 18.5    0.310    1.229   135.1    34.6    20.3
2001 11 17    00 17.60   +55 26.2    0.347    1.236   128.8    38.5    20.7
2001 11 22    00 00.86   +58 24.0    0.387    1.246   123.9    41.1    21.0
2001 11 27    23 48.51   +60 34.8    0.429    1.258   120.1    42.7    21.3
2001 12 02    23 40.58   +62 15.2    0.471    1.272   117.2    43.6    21.6
2001 12 07    23 36.86   +63 36.1    0.514    1.289   114.8    44.0    21.8
2001 12 12    23 37.10   +64 44.5    0.558    1.307   112.9    43.9    22.0
2001 12 17    23 41.06   +65 45.0    0.602    1.328   111.4    43.6    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-U52

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