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    M.P.E.C. 2000-L13                                Issued 2000 June 3, 18:30 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2000 KP44

Observations:
     K00K44P* C2000 05 31.19986 14 44 25.77 +11 33 51.7          18.4 R      699
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.21877 14 44 20.25 +11 35 30.0                      699
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.23774 14 44 14.72 +11 37 08.3                      699
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.25675 14 44 09.20 +11 38 47.2                      699
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.93703 14 40 54.79 +12 37 44.2          17.6 R      046
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.93801 14 40 54.44 +12 37 50.2                      046
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.93874 14 40 54.28 +12 37 53.0                      046
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.93959 14 40 54.03 +12 37 56.5                      046
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.94061 14 40 53.74 +12 38 03.6          17.4 R      046
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.98995 14 40 39.25 +12 42 19.6                      557
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.99115 14 40 38.91 +12 42 26.2          18.8 V      557
     K00K44P  C2000 05 31.99226 14 40 38.56 +12 42 31.3                      557
     K00K44P  C2000 06 01.85532 14 36 28.10 +13 57 58.5          19.0 R      540
     K00K44P  C2000 06 01.85995 14 36 26.67 +13 58 23.5          18.6 R      540
     K00K44P  C2000 06 01.86442 14 36 25.37 +13 58 47.0          18.9 R      540
     K00K44P  C2000 06 01.86898 14 36 23.95 +13 59 10.9          18.7 R      540
     K00K44P  C2000 06 01.88723 14 36 18.43 +14 00 46.6                      557
     K00K44P  C2000 06 01.88823 14 36 18.13 +14 00 51.6                      557
     K00K44P  C2000 06 01.89013 14 36 17.55 +14 01 01.8                      557
     K00K44P  C2000 06 01.89203 14 36 16.99 +14 01 11.8                      557
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.02399 14 35 37.35 +14 12 44.8                      118
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.02615 14 35 36.68 +14 12 55.8                      118
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.02810 14 35 36.12 +14 13 06.6                      118
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.91178 14 31 13.33 +15 30 51.0                      118
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.91345 14 31 12.78 +15 31 00.0                      118
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.92175 14 31 10.23 +15 31 42.9                      118
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.93997 14 31 04.80 +15 33 20.3                      611
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.94192 14 31 04.13 +15 33 29.5                      611
     K00K44P  C2000 06 02.94591 14 31 02.93 +15 33 50.9                      611

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
118 Modra.  Observers L. Kornos, P. Koleny, S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector
    + CCD.
540 Linz.  Observers E. Meyer, E. Obermair.  0.6-m f/3.0 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
611 Starkenburg.  Observers M. Busch, S. Kluegl, R. Stoss, E. Schwab.  0.45-m
    f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  Measurer B. W. Koehn.
    0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2000 KP44
Epoch 2000 May 16.0 TT = JDT 2451680.5                  Williams
M 328.88987              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36417127     Peri.  134.76565     +0.93622194     +0.01951830
a   1.9420732      Node   227.68908     -0.04220287     +0.99747480
e   0.7570190      Incl.   28.32440     +0.34886586     +0.06828654
P   2.71           H   19.0           G   0.15
From 29 observations 2000 May 31-June 2.

Ephemeris:
2000 KP44                a,e,i = 1.94, 0.76, 28                  q = 0.4719
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2000 05 26    15 07.32   +04 22.1    0.408    1.381   149.9    21.6    18.8
2000 05 31    14 45.37   +11 16.7    0.380    1.319   137.6    31.2    18.8
2000 06 05    14 20.53   +18 35.2    0.363    1.256   124.4    41.8    18.9
2000 06 10    13 53.18   +25 47.5    0.357    1.192   111.1    52.6    19.1
2000 06 15    13 23.71   +32 26.2    0.361    1.125    98.2    63.3    19.3
2000 06 20    12 52.38   +38 13.4    0.371    1.057    86.0    73.5    19.5
2000 06 25    12 19.22   +43 01.4    0.387    0.988    74.8    83.0    19.8
2000 06 30    11 44.00   +46 48.6    0.407    0.918    64.5    91.9    20.1
2000 07 05    11 06.41   +49 33.6    0.431    0.847    55.0   100.4    20.5

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-L13

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