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MPEC 2000-Q03 : 2000 PJ6

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M.P.E.C. 2000-Q03                                Issued 2000 Aug. 17, 15:40 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

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2000 PJ6

                           Revision to MPEC 2000-P40

Observations:
     K00P06J 1 1951 09 09.27778 22 43 09.87 +00 31 31.1                      261
     K00P06J 1 1951 09 09.28472 22 43 08.87 +00 31 31.8                      261
     K00P06J 1 1994 01 10.14792 04 21 24.16 +71 39 42.1                      261
     K00P06J 1 1994 01 10.18264 04 21 08.79 +71 39 05.4                      261
     K00P06J 1 1996 12 20.45069 10 09 28.98 +59 03 51.4                      261
     K00P06J 1 1996 12 20.48889 10 09 36.27 +59 04 28.2                      261

Observer details:
261 Palomar Mountain-DSS.  Measurers R. Stoss, A. Gnadig.  1.2-m Schmidt.

Orbital elements:
2000 PJ6
Id. DANEOPS (1951, 1994, 1996 observations)
Epoch 2000 Sep. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5                 Gnadig
M 122.80103              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.66395011     Peri.  225.14444     -0.93981500     +0.32165919
a   1.3013050      Node   332.98558     -0.19498418     -0.78187421
e   0.3462540      Incl.   14.69894     -0.28058678     -0.53404877
P   1.48           H   18.0           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc
510909 261  1.2+  0.0     000804 711  0.4+  0.8-    000807 587 (0.9-  2.4-)
510909 261  1.5+  0.6+    000804 422  0.6+  1.7+    000807 587  0.3+  1.0-
940110 675  0.5+  0.1-    000804 422  1.5+  1.3+    000808 557  0.1+  0.3-
940110 675 (5.8+  0.8-)   000805 711  1.0-  0.0     000808 557  0.1+  0.5-
961220 261  0.4+  0.2-    000805 711  0.0   0.8-    000808 557  0.3-  0.9-
961220 261  0.2-  0.7+    000805 711  0.2+  1.1-    000810 413  0.5-  0.1+
000803 704  0.2+  0.2+    000806 474  0.1-  1.5+    000810 413  0.4-  0.1+
000803 704  0.4-  0.1+    000806 474  0.2-  1.5+    000811 413  0.2-  0.3+
000803 704  1.3-  0.1+    000806 474  0.3-  0.6+    000811 413  0.1-  0.1-
000803 704  0.2+  0.4+    000807 474  0.1-  0.4+    000811 413  0.2-  0.1-
000804 711  0.3+  1.5-    000807 474  0.0   0.5+
000804 711  0.3+  1.1-    000807 474  0.0   0.4+

Ephemeris:
2000 PJ6                 a,e,i = 1.30, 0.35, 15                  q = 0.8507
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2000 08 14    23 47.08   -00 25.3    0.584    1.527   144.6    22.6    18.8
2000 08 24    23 23.25   +00 20.9    0.577    1.564   159.1    13.3    18.6
2000 09 03    22 57.31   +00 41.8    0.593    1.598   171.5     5.3    18.3
2000 09 13    22 33.41   +00 43.7    0.633    1.628   166.3     8.4    18.6
2000 09 23    22 14.69   +00 36.5    0.696    1.655   153.4    15.7    19.2
2000 10 03    22 02.46   +00 29.5    0.777    1.679   141.2    21.9    19.6
2000 10 13    21 56.54   +00 29.9    0.874    1.699   130.3    26.6    20.1
2000 10 23    21 55.98   +00 40.9    0.980    1.716   120.7    29.9    20.4
2000 11 02    21 59.76   +01 04.2    1.094    1.730   112.0    32.1    20.7
2000 11 12    22 06.95   +01 40.2    1.211    1.740   104.1    33.5    21.0
2000 11 22    22 16.77   +02 28.6    1.329    1.748    96.8    34.1    21.2
2000 12 02    22 28.69   +03 28.7    1.446    1.751    90.1    34.3    21.4
2000 12 12    22 42.28   +04 40.1    1.560    1.752    83.7    34.0    21.6
2000 12 22    22 57.22   +06 01.5    1.670    1.749    77.7    33.3    21.7
2001 01 01    23 13.33   +07 32.0    1.774    1.742    72.0    32.5    21.8
2001 01 11    23 30.45   +09 10.8    1.870    1.733    66.6    31.4    21.9
2001 01 21    23 48.48   +10 56.3    1.959    1.720    61.4    30.2    21.9
2001 01 31    00 07.42   +12 47.6    2.038    1.703    56.4    28.8    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-Q03

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