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    M.P.E.C. 2000-J54                                Issued 2000 May 14, 22:32 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2000 JT66
    
    Observations:
         K00J66T* C2000 05 07.44309 18 24 26.01 +68 51 34.2          18.5 R      699
         K00J66T  C2000 05 07.45288 18 24 19.39 +68 51 16.4                      699
         K00J66T  C2000 05 07.46270 18 24 13.38 +68 50 56.5                      699
         K00J66T  C2000 05 07.47247 18 24 06.98 +68 50 39.3                      699
         K00J66T  C2000 05 09.92006 18 00 24.49 +67 25 46.9                      611
         K00J66T  C2000 05 09.92376 18 00 22.54 +67 25 39.6                      611
         K00J66T  C2000 05 09.93418 18 00 16.71 +67 25 17.1                      611
         K00J66T  C2000 05 09.93896 18 00 14.19 +67 25 06.7                      611
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.00961 17 59 34.70 +67 22 31.6          18.4 R      046
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.01046 17 59 34.24 +67 22 29.9                      046
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.01139 17 59 33.75 +67 22 27.7          18.2 R      046
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.01214 17 59 33.25 +67 22 26.1                      046
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.01289 17 59 32.97 +67 22 24.4                      046
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.01402 17 59 32.29 +67 22 22.0          18.2 R      046
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.07295 17 58 59.24 +67 20 10.2                      118
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.07538 17 58 57.96 +67 20 05.0                      118
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.07803 17 58 56.23 +67 19 58.5                      118
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.07902 17 58 55.99 +67 19 55.8          18.9 V      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.08051 17 58 55.19 +67 19 52.5                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.08207 17 58 54.36 +67 19 48.9                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.89725 17 51 43.76 +66 48 21.3          19.0 V      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.89876 17 51 42.88 +66 48 18.2                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.90028 17 51 42.15 +66 48 14.7                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 10.90179 17 51 41.37 +66 48 12.0                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 12.87395 17 35 30.21 +65 27 01.5                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 12.87546 17 35 29.52 +65 26 57.3                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 12.87698 17 35 28.87 +65 26 53.8                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 12.87850 17 35 28.17 +65 26 50.0                      557
         K00J66T 4C2000 05 13.29946 17 32 13.93 +65 08 45.0                      673
         K00J66T 1C2000 05 13.40039 17 31 26.88 +65 04 18.7                      658
         K00J66T 1C2000 05 13.40971 17 31 22.62 +65 03 53.8                      658
         K00J66T 1C2000 05 13.41816 17 31 18.69 +65 03 31.4                      658
         K00J66T  C2000 05 13.73648 17 28 55.32 +64 49 32.0          17.8 V      402
         K00J66T  C2000 05 13.73773 17 28 54.68 +64 49 30.0                      402
         K00J66T  C2000 05 13.88808 17 27 50.61 +64 42 42.9          18.5 R      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 13.89311 17 27 48.07 +64 42 26.4                      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 13.89801 17 27 45.90 +64 42 13.7                      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 13.90510 17 27 42.68 +64 41 56.0                      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 13.91037 17 27 40.33 +64 41 42.0                      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.01463 17 26 53.28 +64 37 06.2                      118
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.01796 17 26 51.70 +64 36 56.2                      118
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.01998 17 26 50.88 +64 36 51.9          17.6 R      118
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.04087 17 26 41.53 +64 35 54.8                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.04227 17 26 40.84 +64 35 50.9                      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.04367 17 26 40.24 +64 35 47.2          18.7 V      557
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.84132 17 21 01.32 +63 59 24.5          18.4 R      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.84601 17 20 59.37 +63 59 13.3                      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.85052 17 20 57.40 +63 58 59.4                      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.85521 17 20 55.53 +63 58 46.6                      540
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.88877 17 20 41.14 +63 57 14.0                      611
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.89160 17 20 39.99 +63 57 07.5                      611
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.90279 17 20 35.36 +63 56 37.9                      611
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.90523 17 20 34.33 +63 56 29.9                      611
         K00J66T  C2000 05 14.90745 17 20 33.33 +63 56 23.2                      611
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, P. Koleny, J. Toth.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector
        + CCD.
    402 Dynic Astronomical Observatory.  Observer A. Sugie.  0.60-m f/3.7 reflector
        + CCD.
    540 Linz.  Observers E. Meyer, E. Obermair.  0.6-m f/3.0 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers L. Sarounova, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector
        + CCD.
    611 Starkenburg.  Observers M. Busch, R. Stoss.  0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
    658 Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
        reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Deaver.  Measurer
        M. Hicks.  0.6-m reflector + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  Measurer B. W. Koehn.
        0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 JT66
    Epoch 2000 Apr. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451660.5                 Williams
    M  40.00729              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.71794899     Peri.  359.84419     -0.50250233     -0.78014131
    a   1.2352086      Node   120.30626     +0.79369903     -0.58717135
    e   0.4878330      Incl.   25.57181     +0.34283125     +0.21589197
    P   1.37           H   18.0           G   0.15
    From 54 observations 2000 May 7-14.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 JT66                a,e,i = 1.24, 0.49, 26                  q = 0.6326
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 05 06    18 39.83   +69 34.5    0.449    1.070    85.2    70.0    18.9
    2000 05 11    17 50.82   +66 44.3    0.456    1.111    90.4    65.4    18.8
    2000 05 16    17 13.18   +63 05.1    0.464    1.152    95.4    60.9    18.8
    2000 05 21    16 44.76   +58 51.2    0.474    1.191   100.2    56.7    18.8
    2000 05 26    16 23.35   +54 13.4    0.487    1.230   104.6    52.9    18.8
    2000 05 31    16 07.23   +49 20.3    0.504    1.267   108.5    49.4    18.9
    2000 06 05    15 55.19   +44 19.7    0.524    1.303   111.8    46.3    18.9
    2000 06 10    15 46.37   +39 18.6    0.548    1.338   114.4    43.7    19.0
    2000 06 15    15 40.12   +34 23.4    0.577    1.372   116.2    41.6    19.1
    2000 06 20    15 35.93   +29 38.9    0.611    1.405   117.2    40.1    19.2
    2000 06 25    15 33.43   +25 08.5    0.648    1.436   117.5    38.9    19.4
    2000 06 30    15 32.35   +20 54.4    0.691    1.466   117.0    38.2    19.6
    2000 07 05    15 32.48   +16 57.4    0.737    1.495   116.0    37.7    19.7
    2000 07 10    15 33.65   +13 17.9    0.787    1.522   114.5    37.4    19.9
    2000 07 15    15 35.73   +09 55.5    0.840    1.548   112.7    37.3    20.1
    
    2000 07 25    15 42.11   +03 58.0    0.956    1.597   108.2    37.2    20.4
    2000 08 04    15 50.95   -01 04.2    1.082    1.642   103.1    37.0    20.7
    2000 08 14    16 01.81   -05 20.2    1.214    1.681    97.7    36.7    21.0
    2000 08 24    16 14.32   -08 57.9    1.350    1.716    92.1    36.1    21.3
    2000 09 03    16 28.26   -12 03.8    1.489    1.747    86.5    35.2    21.5
    2000 09 13    16 43.46   -14 42.7    1.627    1.773    80.9    34.1    21.7
    2000 09 23    16 59.74   -16 58.3    1.763    1.794    75.3    32.8    21.9
    2000 10 03    17 17.03   -18 53.1    1.895    1.812    69.8    31.2    22.0
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-J54
    

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