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MPEC 2001-W63: 2001 WK15

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M.P.E.C. 2001-W63                                Issued 2001 Nov. 26, 17:51 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,
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                                   2001 WK15

Observations:
     K01W15K* C2001 11 21.44654 06 34 01.71 +20 29 40.4          18.8        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 21.46121 06 34 01.47 +20 31 15.9          19.5        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 21.47590 06 34 01.18 +20 32 53.0          19.5        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 21.49059 06 34 00.92 +20 34 29.7          19.8        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 21.50529 06 34 00.74 +20 36 06.6          19.3        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 24.37326 06 33 31.02 +26 16 10.8          19.6        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 24.38773 06 33 30.51 +26 18 01.8          19.3        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 24.40220 06 33 29.99 +26 19 52.0          19.5        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 24.41667 06 33 29.35 +26 21 42.5          19.1        704
     K01W15K  C2001 11 25.15856 06 33 11.37 +27 57 25.6                      557
     K01W15K  C2001 11 25.15926 06 33 11.35 +27 57 31.2                      557
     K01W15K  C2001 11 25.15997 06 33 11.37 +27 57 37.1                      557

Observer details:
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 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 WK15
Epoch 2001 Nov. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452220.5                  MPC
M 259.91282              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.82090275     Peri.  102.23957     -0.90410782     -0.21544946
a   1.1296439      Node    66.28279     -0.00470703     -0.85850945
e   0.1331054      Incl.   23.76925     +0.42727847     -0.46534187
P   1.20           H   20.6           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2001 Nov. 21-25.

Ephemeris:
2001 WK15                a,e,i = 1.13, 0.13, 24                  q = 0.9793
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 11 17    06 33.45   +13 16.2    0.218    1.154   135.5    36.9    19.1
2001 11 22    06 34.00   +21 31.4    0.191    1.144   141.8    32.3    18.7
2001 11 27    06 32.21   +32 09.4    0.170    1.133   146.8    28.5    18.3
2001 12 02    06 26.61   +44 54.6    0.158    1.122   147.3    28.4    18.1
2001 12 07    06 13.67   +58 30.8    0.156    1.111   141.4    33.6    18.2
2001 12 12    05 43.0    +71 01.3    0.164    1.101   131.9    41.8    18.5
2001 12 17    04 14.4    +80 30.3    0.179    1.090   122.2    49.9    18.9
2001 12 22    00 15.0    +83 31.7    0.199    1.079   113.7    56.6    19.3
2001 12 27    21 41.3    +80 04.2    0.222    1.069   106.7    61.8    19.7
2002 01 01    20 51.3    +76 05.6    0.246    1.058   101.0    65.8    20.0
2002 01 06    20 29.5    +72 50.1    0.270    1.048    96.4    68.8    20.3
2002 01 11    20 17.7    +70 16.3    0.293    1.039    92.5    71.1    20.5
2002 01 16    20 10.09   +68 15.6    0.316    1.030    89.3    72.8    20.7
2002 01 21    20 04.56   +66 39.5    0.336    1.021    86.7    74.2    20.9
2002 01 26    20 00.08   +65 21.1    0.354    1.013    84.4    75.3    21.0
2002 01 31    19 56.24   +64 14.9    0.370    1.006    82.5    76.2    21.1
2002 02 05    19 52.83   +63 17.1    0.383    0.999    80.9    76.9    21.2
2002 02 10    19 49.74   +62 25.1    0.393    0.994    79.6    77.6    21.3
2002 02 15    19 46.87   +61 36.7    0.400    0.989    78.5    78.1    21.3
2002 02 20    19 44.17   +60 49.8    0.405    0.985    77.7    78.7    21.4
2002 02 25    19 41.66   +60 02.8    0.406    0.982    77.1    79.2    21.4
2002 03 02    19 39.40   +59 14.2    0.405    0.980    76.7    79.6    21.4
2002 03 07    19 37.46   +58 23.3    0.400    0.979    76.5    80.1    21.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-W63

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