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MPEC 2001-W12 : COMET P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)

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M.P.E.C. 2001-W12                                Issued 2001 Nov. 16, 22:53 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

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

                           COMET P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)

Observations:
    PK01R010 2C2001 10 23.10692 21 23 05.72 -23 10 09.6                      696
    PK01R010 2C2001 10 23.11004 21 23 05.78 -23 10 07.7                      696
    PK01R010  C2001 11 04.04738 21 32 02.23 -21 17 01.7          13.7 T      844
    PK01R010  C2001 11 04.05255 21 32 02.56 -21 16 58.8          15.2 T      844
    PK01R010  C2001 11 04.07315 21 32 03.63 -21 16 43.2          14.6 T      844
    PK01R010  C2001 11 06.07241 21 34 03.48 -20 55 34.3          17.9 T      704
    PK01R010  C2001 11 06.08614 21 34 04.34 -20 55 24.4          18.2 T      704
    PK01R010  C2001 11 06.09996 21 34 05.14 -20 55 15.9          18.6 T      704
    PK01R010  C2001 11 10.38078 21 38 47.91 -20 07 25.0                      300
    PK01R010  C2001 11 10.39082 21 38 48.75 -20 07 17.0                      300

Observer details:
300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS.  Observers A. Asami, D. J. Asher,
    S. Hashimoto, S. Isobe, S. Nakano, Y. Oshima, J. Terazono, T. Urata,
    M. Yoshikawa.  0.50-m f/2.0 reflector + CCD.
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observer M. J. Holman.  1.2-m 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.
844 Los Molinos.  Observer R. Salvo.  0.35-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)
T 2002 Feb. 17.6068 TT                                  MPC
q   1.360549             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1521516      Peri.   24.7559      +0.4982122      -0.8641302
a   3.474975       Node    35.4834      +0.7736922      +0.4060194
e   0.608472       Incl.    7.0416      +0.3913886      +0.2973672
P   6.48
From 70 observations 2001 Aug. 19-Nov. 10.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-W12

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