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MPEC 2001-B39 : 2001 BA40

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M.P.E.C. 2001-B39                                Issued 2001 Jan. 25, 19:59 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
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                                   2001 BA40

Observations:
     K01B40A* C2001 01 23.52598 09 16 05.15 -14 52 09.7          18.4        608
     K01B40A  C2001 01 23.53666 09 16 03.48 -14 52 29.9          18.2        608
     K01B40A  C2001 01 23.54701 09 16 01.88 -14 52 49.2          18.3        608
     K01B40A SC2001 01 24.18594 09 14 27.45 -15 12 32.3                      808
     K01B40A SC2001 01 24.20602 09 14 24.32 -15 13 10.5                      808
     K01B40A SC2001 01 24.23530 09 14 19.70 -15 14 05.5                      808
     K01B40A  C2001 01 24.25406 09 14 17.48 -15 15 08.0          18.5 R      918
     K01B40A SC2001 01 24.25613 09 14 16.39 -15 14 44.3                      808
     K01B40A  C2001 01 24.25851 09 14 16.64 -15 15 16.0          17.8 R      918
     K01B40A  C2001 01 24.26680 09 14 15.38 -15 15 31.5          18.8 R      918
     K01B40A SC2001 01 24.27407 09 14 13.48 -15 15 18.4                      808
     K01B40A  C2001 01 24.28293 09 14 12.83 -15 16 02.4          18.3 R      918
     K01B40A  C2001 01 24.47894 09 13 42.71 -15 22 04.4          18.0        608
     K01B40A  C2001 01 24.48995 09 13 40.90 -15 22 24.9          18.5        608
     K01B40A  C2001 01 24.50119 09 13 39.07 -15 22 45.4          18.3        608
     K01B40A  C2001 01 25.60693 09 10 46.17 -15 57 01.7          18.4        608
     K01B40A  C2001 01 25.61741 09 10 44.44 -15 57 20.7          19.1        608
     K01B40A  C2001 01 25.62913 09 10 42.54 -15 57 42.1          18.7        608

Observer details:
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, M. Skinner.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
808 El Leoncito.  Observer C. E. Lopez.  0.5-m f/7.5 double astrograph + CCD.
918 Badlands Observatory, Quinn.  Observer R. Dyvig.  0.66-m f/4.8 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 BA40
Epoch 2001 Jan. 11.0 TT = JDT 2451920.5                 Spahr
M 230.62425              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.83393515     Peri.  359.98582     +0.01216274     +0.97524853
a   1.1178440      Node   270.71072     -0.91739246     -0.07695407
e   0.2573652      Incl.   12.75566     -0.39779787     +0.20728813
P   1.18           H   18.4           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2001 Jan. 23-25.

Ephemeris:
2001 BA40                a,e,i = 1.12, 0.26, 13                  q = 0.8301
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 01 11    09 39.52   -08 09.2    0.438    1.335   136.3    30.6    18.6
2001 01 21    09 22.00   -13 31.5    0.385    1.310   142.5    27.2    18.1
2001 01 31    08 55.36   -18 35.8    0.347    1.282   144.0    26.9    17.8
2001 02 10    08 22.14   -22 33.4    0.325    1.250   139.0    31.2    17.8
2001 02 20    07 47.84   -24 48.5    0.317    1.216   129.6    38.8    17.9
2001 03 02    07 18.55   -25 23.7    0.319    1.178   118.8    47.5    18.1
2001 03 12    06 57.39   -24 54.7    0.323    1.138   108.5    55.9    18.3
2001 03 22    06 43.96   -23 55.7    0.326    1.096    99.1    63.8    18.4
2001 04 01    06 36.39   -22 48.3    0.324    1.053    90.5    71.6    18.6
2001 04 11    06 32.00   -21 41.1    0.314    1.010    82.5    79.6    18.7
2001 04 21    06 27.74   -20 27.0    0.295    0.968    74.3    88.6    18.8
2001 05 01    06 20.08   -18 43.8    0.268    0.928    65.3    99.5    19.0
2001 05 11    06 04.11   -15 41.6    0.235    0.893    54.1   113.6    19.4
2001 05 21    05 34.53   -09 45.7    0.204    0.863    39.2   132.1    20.6

2001 07 20    03 23.00   +40 53.6    0.401    0.892    60.7    96.2    19.6
2001 07 30    03 41.25   +43 44.5    0.448    0.927    65.9    88.0    19.6
2001 08 09    04 03.16   +45 55.8    0.486    0.967    70.5    81.3    19.6
2001 08 19    04 26.56   +47 36.4    0.512    1.009    75.0    75.7    19.6
2001 08 29    04 49.56   +48 52.3    0.526    1.052    79.7    70.8    19.6
2001 09 08    05 10.68   +49 48.7    0.528    1.095    84.9    66.4    19.6
2001 09 18    05 28.40   +50 31.3    0.520    1.137    90.7    62.1    19.5
2001 09 28    05 40.92   +51 03.7    0.502    1.177    97.4    57.6    19.3
2001 10 08    05 46.36   +51 27.1    0.478    1.215   105.1    52.6    19.2
2001 10 18    05 42.34   +51 36.1    0.449    1.250   114.2    46.6    18.9
2001 10 28    05 26.53   +51 11.6    0.419    1.281   125.1    39.4    18.6
2001 11 07    04 58.83   +49 37.6    0.395    1.310   137.5    30.8    18.3
2001 11 17    04 23.55   +46 13.2    0.382    1.334   150.5    21.4    18.0
2001 11 27    03 49.56   +40 53.6    0.386    1.356   159.7    14.6    17.8
2001 12 07    03 24.25   +34 37.9    0.412    1.373   156.9    16.4    18.0
2001 12 17    03 09.65   +28 44.3    0.457    1.387   146.2    23.2    18.5
2001 12 27    03 04.50   +24 00.1    0.517    1.397   134.8    30.0    19.0
2002 01 06    03 06.53   +20 33.8    0.589    1.403   124.4    35.3    19.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-B39

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