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MPEC 2001-G03 : COMET C/2001 G1

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M.P.E.C. 2001-G03                                Issued 2001 Apr. 2, 22:02 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                COMET C/2001 G1

Observations:
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.19878 11 31 41.97 -21 01 28.7          17.4 N      699
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.21444 11 31 41.70 -21 01 24.0                      699
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.23012 11 31 41.45 -21 01 19.0                      699
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.24584 11 31 41.28 -21 01 15.4                      699
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.85824 11 31 32.82 -20 58 17.0          17.1 T      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.85966 11 31 32.78 -20 58 16.1                      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.86475 11 31 32.71 -20 58 14.4                      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.86694 11 31 32.67 -20 58 14.3                      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.86909 11 31 32.65 -20 58 10.8          18.8 T      611
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.87041 11 31 32.63 -20 58 13.6                      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.87245 11 31 32.63 -20 58 12.7          17.2 T      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.88336 11 31 32.55 -20 58 08.5                      611
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.90772 11 31 32.08 -20 58 03.8                      595
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.91233 11 31 32.05 -20 58 01.2                      557
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.91517 11 31 31.99 -20 58 01.1          18.7 N      595
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.92187 11 31 31.83 -20 57 59.1                      595
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.92941 11 31 31.73 -20 57 55.8                      595
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.93370 11 31 31.71 -20 57 54.6                      557
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.93994 11 31 31.64 -20 57 52.9                      557
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.95079 11 31 31.42 -20 57 49.6                      557
    CK01G010  C2001 04 01.95722 11 31 31.39 -20 57 48.2                      557
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.08946 11 31 29.63 -20 57 06.3                      808
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.18692 11 31 28.20 -20 56 37.5                      808
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.21563 11 31 27.88 -20 56 29.0                      808
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.49994 11 31 23.99 -20 55 07.0          18.3 T      428
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.51231 11 31 23.89 -20 55 04.0          18.3 T      428
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.53925 11 31 23.50 -20 54 55.8          18.4 T      428
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.89431 11 31 18.64 -20 53 13.6          17.5 T      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.89703 11 31 18.60 -20 53 12.3                      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.89838 11 31 18.56 -20 53 12.1                      046
    CK01G010  C2001 04 02.90252 11 31 18.55 -20 53 11.5                      046

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, P. Jelinek.  Measurer M. Tichy.
    0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
595 Farra d'Isonzo.  Observers G. Lombardi, E. Pettarin.  0.40-m f/4.5
    reflector + CCD.
611 Starkenburg.  Observers M. Busch, S. Kluegl.  0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
808 El Leoncito.  Observers C. E. Lopez, M. R. Cesco.  0.5-m f/7.5 double
    astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2001 G1
T 2001 Apr. 1.160 TT                                    Marsden
q   7.54645              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  327.859       -0.942503       -0.129909
                   Node   209.869       +0.076622       -0.980811
e   1.0            Incl.   38.190       -0.325294       +0.145370
From 30 observations 2001 Apr. 1-2.

Ephemeris:
    C/2001 G1
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2001 04 01    11 31.74   -21 02.4    6.621    7.546   156.3     3.1  16.9
2001 04 11    11 29.63   -20 12.5    6.653    7.547   151.2     3.7  16.9
2001 04 21    11 28.05   -19 20.6    6.713    7.547   143.8     4.5  16.9
2001 05 01    11 27.12   -18 28.8    6.797    7.549   135.5     5.4  16.9
2001 05 11    11 26.93   -17 38.9    6.903    7.551   126.7     6.2  17.0
2001 05 21    11 27.53   -16 52.5    7.028    7.553   117.8     6.8  17.0
2001 05 31    11 28.93   -16 10.8    7.166    7.556   108.9     7.3  17.1
2001 06 10    11 31.10   -15 34.6    7.315    7.559   100.1     7.6  17.1
2001 06 20    11 34.00   -15 04.5    7.470    7.563    91.4     7.7  17.2
2001 06 30    11 37.59   -14 40.6    7.626    7.567    82.8     7.7  17.2
2001 07 10    11 41.78   -14 23.0    7.781    7.572    74.4     7.4  17.2
2001 07 20    11 46.53   -14 11.5    7.931    7.578    66.2     7.0  17.3
2001 07 30    11 51.76   -14 05.6    8.073    7.584    58.0     6.5  17.3
2001 08 09    11 57.40   -14 05.1    8.203    7.590    49.9     5.9  17.4
2001 08 19    12 03.38   -14 09.2    8.319    7.597    42.0     5.1  17.4
2001 08 29    12 09.64   -14 17.6    8.418    7.604    34.2     4.3  17.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-G03

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