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MPEC 2001-O05 : 2001 KZ66

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M.P.E.C. 2001-O05                                Issued 2001 July 18, 22:06 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 KZ66

                           Revision to MPEC 2001-K51

Observations:
     K01K66Z 1 1979 12 28.66363 08 19 03.39 -20 48 54.7                      260
     K01K66Z 1 1979 12 28.70530 08 18 58.40 -20 49 06.7                      260
     K01K66Z  C2001 04 18.46189 13 56 15.75 -17 39 45.0                      608
     K01K66Z  C2001 04 18.47249 13 56 14.74 -17 39 32.3          18.3 V      608
     K01K66Z  C2001 04 18.48299 13 56 13.72 -17 39 20.8                      608
     K01K66Z  C2001 04 27.36372 13 42 09.14 -14 47 19.2                      608
     K01K66Z  C2001 04 27.37500 13 42 08.00 -14 47 05.0          18.6 V      608
     K01K66Z  C2001 04 27.38525 13 42 06.98 -14 46 52.3                      608

Observer details:
260 Siding Spring-DSS.  Trail located and measured by DANEOPS (A. Gnadig).
    1.2-m Schmidt.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  Images located and measured
    by DANEOPS (A. Gnadig).  1.2-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 KZ66
Id. DANEOPS (1979 observations)
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Williams
M 234.35943              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.53228644     Peri.  140.11295     +0.98280611     +0.02671039
a   1.5078997      Node   219.53411     -0.05977352     +0.98222340
e   0.4167036      Incl.   16.67958     +0.17469769     +0.18580568
P   1.85           H   17.0           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
791228 260  0.4-  0.1+    010530 658  0.4-  0.3+    010611 587 (0.8+  2.6-)
791228 260  0.4+  0.0     010530 644  0.3+  1.1-    010611 587  0.5-  0.1-
010418 608  0.6+  1.0-    010530 644  0.5+  1.0-    010613 691  0.3+  0.6-
010418 608  0.9+  0.2+    010531 711  1.0+  0.2+    010613 691  0.4+  0.3-
010418 608  0.9+  0.2+    010531 711  0.3+  0.8+    010613 691  0.4+  0.5-
010427 608  0.7-  0.1-    010531 290  0.3+  0.0     010619 493  0.1+  0.0
010427 608  1.1-  0.3+    010531 290  0.2+  0.1-    010619 493  0.0   0.4-
010427 608  1.2-  0.6+    010531 711  0.1+  1.4+    010703 413  0.1-  0.1+
010529 608  0.5+  0.0     010531 290  0.2-  0.0     010703 413  0.0   0.0
010529 608  0.2-  0.0     010531 413  0.1-  0.4+    010703 413  0.2-  0.4+
010529 608  0.1+  0.2+    010531 413  0.3+  0.4+    010704 413  0.0   0.3+
010530 658  1.5-  0.3-    010602 413  0.0   0.3+    010704 413  0.2-  0.0
010530 658  0.3-  0.2-    010602 413  0.2-  0.7+    010704 413  0.1-  0.2+
010530 644  0.0   1.1-    010602 413  0.0   0.1-

Ephemeris:
2001 KZ66                a,e,i = 1.51, 0.42, 17                  q = 0.8796
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 07 10    13 18.99   -00 17.9    1.194    1.575    90.5    40.2    20.0
2001 07 20    13 30.74   -00 27.2    1.242    1.518    83.9    41.7    20.0
2001 07 30    13 45.03   -00 54.9    1.282    1.459    78.0    42.9    20.0
2001 08 09    14 01.64   -01 36.8    1.311    1.398    72.7    43.8    20.0
2001 08 19    14 20.45   -02 29.5    1.329    1.336    68.0    44.6    20.0
2001 08 29    14 41.48   -03 30.3    1.335    1.272    63.9    45.5    19.9
2001 09 08    15 04.75   -04 36.2    1.328    1.208    60.4    46.5    19.8

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-O05

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