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    M.P.E.C. 2000-A18                                Issued 2000 Jan. 6, 20:06 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
              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 AC6
    
    Observations:
         K00A06C* C2000 01 04.36898 09 20 23.18 +19 04 10.7          18.2        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 04.38364 09 20 19.36 +19 04 57.9          18.3        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 04.39839 09 20 15.44 +19 05 45.0          18.2        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 04.41329 09 20 11.53 +19 06 32.3          18.3        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 04.42805 09 20 07.62 +19 07 19.8          18.5        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.33403 09 16 26.51 +19 56 11.7          17.9 R      699
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.35440 09 16 20.78 +19 57 19.7                      699
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.36452 09 16 17.49 +19 57 55.6          18.2        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.37030 09 16 16.89 +19 58 13.6                      670
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.37479 09 16 15.12 +19 58 27.7                      699
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.37942 09 16 13.34 +19 58 45.1          18.9        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.39420 09 16 09.19 +19 59 34.2          18.5        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.39671 09 16 09.39 +19 59 40.8                      670
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.40900 09 16 05.08 +20 00 22.3          18.2        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.42432 09 16 00.71 +20 01 13.0          18.7        704
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.50591 09 15 38.60 +20 05 39.2                      670
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.58186 09 15 23.24 +20 11 00.7          17.9 R      422
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.58298 09 15 22.92 +20 11 04.7          18.1 R      422
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.58528 09 15 22.31 +20 11 11.9          18.3 R      422
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.87670 09 14 06.89 +20 25 55.6                      587
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.88125 09 14 05.74 +20 26 11.0                      587
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.92213 09 13 54.05 +20 28 29.3                      557
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.92307 09 13 53.77 +20 28 32.8                      557
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.92400 09 13 53.54 +20 28 36.5          18.2 V      557
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.92494 09 13 53.30 +20 28 39.7                      557
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.99088 09 13 34.86 +20 32 29.0                      595
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.99366 09 13 34.00 +20 32 37.7                      595
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.99532 09 13 33.48 +20 32 41.3          17.4 R      046
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.99645 09 13 33.29 +20 32 46.8          17.8 V      595
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.99647 09 13 33.17 +20 32 44.4                      046
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.99740 09 13 32.91 +20 32 47.7                      046
         K00A06C  C2000 01 05.99833 09 13 32.61 +20 32 51.3                      046
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.00480 09 13 30.86 +20 33 15.9                      595
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.01037 09 13 29.30 +20 33 35.1                      595
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.03966 09 13 20.87 +20 35 08.4          17.9 R      113
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.04285 09 13 19.96 +20 35 18.9          17.8 R      113
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.05178 09 13 17.40 +20 35 49.8          17.8 R      113
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.08446 09 13 07.72 +20 37 42.4                      118
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.08690 09 13 07.04 +20 37 50.5          17.4 R      118
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.09040 09 13 06.01 +20 38 02.4                      118
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.29321 09 12 14.76 +20 49 43.3                      651
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.29485 09 12 14.27 +20 49 49.2                      651
         K00A06C  C2000 01 06.29686 09 12 13.69 +20 49 56.3          18.5 V      651
         K00A06C WC2000 01 06.38185 09 11 49.08 +20 54 44.1                      670
         K00A06C WC2000 01 06.38571 09 11 47.78 +20 54 57.7                      670
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    113 Volkssternwarte Drebach, Schoenbrunn.  Observers G. Lehmann, J. Kandler.
        0.50-m f/4.0 reflector + CCD.
    118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, P. Koleny.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observers P. Sicoli, A. Testa, P. Chiavenna.  0.5-m reflector
        + CCD.
    595 Farra d'Isonzo.  Observers G. Lombardi, E. Pettarin.  0.40-m f/4.5
        reflector + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        reflector + CCD.
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observers W. D. Ferris.  Measurer B. W. Koehn.
        0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh,
        R. Sayer, J. B. Evans.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 AC6                                                             PHA 0.045
    Epoch 1999 Dec. 28.0 TT = JDT 2451540.5                 Williams
    M 166.55762              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.25197414     Peri.  187.40418     +0.33453027     +0.93895233
    a   0.8525879      Node   102.16572     -0.86035266     +0.33909556
    e   0.2870037      Incl.    4.71550     -0.38455533     +0.05816124
    P   0.79           H   21.2           G   0.15
    From 45 observations 2000 Jan. 4-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 AC6                 a,e,i = 0.85, 0.29, 5                   q = 0.6079
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    1999 12 28    09 42.84   +13 29.2    0.154    1.093   132.3    41.7    19.0
    2000 01 02    09 29.03   +17 04.5    0.139    1.096   141.7    33.8    18.5
    2000 01 07    09 08.93   +21 30.4    0.127    1.097   152.3    24.6    18.1
    2000 01 12    08 41.25   +26 36.0    0.118    1.097   163.3    14.9    17.6
    2000 01 17    08 05.65   +31 48.5    0.112    1.094   168.7    10.1    17.3
    2000 01 22    07 23.89   +36 19.9    0.112    1.090   160.2    17.8    17.6
    2000 01 27    06 40.19   +39 31.3    0.116    1.084   147.7    29.1    18.0
    2000 02 01    05 59.70   +41 15.5    0.123    1.077   135.5    39.9    18.4
    2000 02 06    05 25.95   +41 53.4    0.133    1.067   124.6    49.5    18.8
    2000 02 11    04 59.72   +41 53.2    0.144    1.056   115.1    57.8    19.2
    2000 02 16    04 40.01   +41 36.0    0.156    1.043   106.6    65.1    19.6
    2000 02 21    04 25.17   +41 13.2    0.167    1.029    99.1    71.7    19.9
    2000 02 26    04 13.68   +40 49.6    0.178    1.012    92.2    77.7    20.2
    2000 03 02    04 04.32   +40 26.5    0.188    0.995    85.6    83.5    20.5
    2000 03 07    03 56.09   +40 03.4    0.197    0.975    79.3    89.3    20.8
    2000 03 12    03 48.06   +39 38.4    0.204    0.954    73.0    95.3    21.0
    2000 03 17    03 39.39   +39 07.8    0.210    0.932    66.5   101.5    21.4
    2000 03 22    03 29.36   +38 26.6    0.215    0.908    59.9   108.4    21.7
    2000 03 27    03 17.49   +37 28.6    0.219    0.883    52.8   115.8    22.2
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-A18
    

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