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    M.P.E.C. 2000-N21                                Issued 2000 July  9, 15:27 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 NX3
    
    Observations:
         K00N03X* C2000 07 04.28604 21 12 30.76 -16 48 16.2          17.0 R      699
         K00N03X  C2000 07 04.30442 21 12 32.83 -16 48 19.1                      699
         K00N03X  C2000 07 04.32279 21 12 34.95 -16 48 21.8                      699
         K00N03X  C2000 07 04.34114 21 12 37.03 -16 48 25.0                      699
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.02371 21 20 08.56 -16 59 07.3          16.9        106
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.03847 21 20 10.30 -16 59 10.0          17.0        106
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.05270 21 20 12.02 -16 59 13.2          16.7        106
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.18058 21 20 28.51 -16 59 16.6          18.8 V      860
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.18481 21 20 28.88 -16 59 18.0          18.1 V      860
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.19402 21 20 29.94 -16 59 20.2          18.3 V      860
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.36709 21 20 51.58 -17 00 14.4          17.0        704
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.37917 21 20 53.06 -17 00 16.9          17.4        704
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.39124 21 20 54.48 -17 00 19.9          17.3        704
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.45573 21 21 03.60 -17 00 05.4          16.6 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.45931 21 21 04.15 -17 00 05.3          15.9 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.46128 21 21 04.34 -17 00 05.5          16.9 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.48301 21 21 06.95 -17 00 11.2          16.4 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.48598 21 21 07.33 -17 00 11.7          16.6 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.49043 21 21 07.83 -17 00 12.8          16.6 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.49278 21 21 08.11 -17 00 13.3          16.6 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.49413 21 21 08.26 -17 00 14.3          16.5 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.49711 21 21 08.66 -17 00 15.3          16.2 R      467
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.50010 21 21 08.97 -17 00 15.2          16.3 R      467
         K00N03X 1C2000 07 08.61748 21 21 23.490-17 00 42.89         17.2 R      413
         K00N03X 1C2000 07 08.61891 21 21 23.655-17 00 43.22         17.3 R      413
         K00N03X 1C2000 07 08.62071 21 21 23.870-17 00 43.60         17.3 R      413
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.67836 21 21 30.90 -17 01 19.2          17.4 V      900
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.67838 21 21 30.85 -17 01 19.2          17.4 V      355
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.68059 21 21 31.11 -17 01 19.7                      355
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.68263 21 21 31.41 -17 01 21.5                      355
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.68657 21 21 31.87 -17 01 22.5                      355
         K00N03X  C2000 07 08.69107 21 21 32.43 -17 01 22.6                      900
         K00N03X  C2000 07 09.39243 21 23 01.41 -17 03 52.3                      670
         K00N03X  C2000 07 09.41704 21 23 04.30 -17 03 58.1                      670
         K00N03X  C2000 07 09.44287 21 23 07.37 -17 04 03.6                      670
    
    Observer details:
    106 Crni Vrh.  Observer J. Skvarc.  0.36-m f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    355 Hadano.  Observer A. Asami.  0.28-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    467 Auckland Observatory.  Observer I. P. Griffin.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  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, L. Manguso.  Measurers J. Stuart,
        R. Sayer, J. B. Evans.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    860 Valinhos.  Observer P. R. Holvorcem.  0.36-m f/3.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 NX3
    Epoch 2000 June 25.0 TT = JDT 2451720.5                 Williams
    M 341.48096              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25675708     Peri.  235.33336     +0.96241682     +0.26251554
    a   2.4516272      Node   109.36050     -0.21875098     +0.90115043
    e   0.5126187      Incl.    4.22860     -0.16094061     +0.34498332
    P   3.84           H   17.3           G   0.15
    From 35 observations 2000 July 4-9.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 NX3                 a,e,i = 2.45, 0.51, 4                   q = 1.1949
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 07 05    21 13.93   -16 49.8    0.405    1.376   147.5    23.4    17.1
    2000 07 10    21 24.31   -17 05.8    0.371    1.351   149.9    22.2    16.9
    2000 07 15    21 35.35   -17 28.0    0.340    1.327   152.2    20.9    16.6
    2000 07 20    21 47.17   -17 56.1    0.312    1.304   154.3    19.8    16.3
    2000 07 25    21 59.88   -18 30.0    0.287    1.284   156.0    18.7    16.1
    2000 07 30    22 13.55   -19 08.4    0.266    1.265   157.4    17.9    15.9
    2000 08 04    22 28.23   -19 49.5    0.247    1.248   158.4    17.4    15.7
    2000 08 09    22 43.91   -20 30.2    0.232    1.233   158.8    17.3    15.5
    2000 08 14    23 00.45   -21 07.1    0.220    1.220   158.7    17.5    15.4
    2000 08 19    23 17.54   -21 36.5    0.211    1.210   158.2    18.1    15.3
    2000 08 24    23 34.74   -21 54.8    0.205    1.203   157.6    18.7    15.2
    2000 08 29    23 51.52   -21 59.3    0.201    1.198   156.9    19.3    15.2
    2000 09 03    00 07.38   -21 47.8    0.201    1.195   156.3    19.8    15.2
    2000 09 08    00 21.92   -21 19.9    0.202    1.195   156.1    20.0    15.2
    2000 09 13    00 34.84   -20 36.3    0.207    1.198   156.1    19.9    15.3
    2000 09 18    00 45.95   -19 38.9    0.214    1.204   156.5    19.5    15.3
    2000 09 23    00 55.22   -18 29.9    0.223    1.212   157.1    18.8    15.4
    2000 09 28    01 02.75   -17 11.3    0.234    1.222   157.9    17.9    15.5
    2000 10 03    01 08.81   -15 44.9    0.248    1.235   158.8    17.1    15.6
    2000 10 08    01 13.69   -14 12.7    0.265    1.250   159.4    16.4    15.8
    2000 10 13    01 17.69   -12 36.6    0.284    1.267   159.6    16.0    15.9
    2000 10 18    01 21.06   -10 58.4    0.306    1.287   159.2    16.0    16.1
    2000 10 23    01 24.03   -09 19.6    0.331    1.308   158.2    16.4    16.4
    2000 10 28    01 26.84   -07 41.2    0.359    1.330   156.5    17.3    16.6
    2000 11 02    01 29.68   -06 04.0    0.390    1.354   154.4    18.5    16.9
    2000 11 07    01 32.71   -04 28.7    0.425    1.380   151.8    19.8    17.1
    2000 11 12    01 36.00   -02 56.0    0.463    1.407   149.0    21.3    17.4
    2000 11 17    01 39.61   -01 26.2    0.504    1.434   146.0    22.7    17.7
    2000 11 22    01 43.57   +00 00.5    0.549    1.463   142.8    24.1    17.9
    2000 11 27    01 47.90   +01 24.0    0.597    1.493   139.6    25.4    18.2
    2000 12 02    01 52.64   +02 44.6    0.649    1.523   136.4    26.5    18.5
    2000 12 07    01 57.76   +04 02.1    0.704    1.554   133.2    27.5    18.7
    2000 12 12    02 03.24   +05 16.6    0.762    1.585   129.9    28.4    19.0
    2000 12 17    02 09.07   +06 28.2    0.823    1.617   126.7    29.2    19.2
    2000 12 22    02 15.21   +07 37.0    0.887    1.649   123.5    29.8    19.4
    
    2001 01 01    02 28.39   +09 46.6    1.024    1.714   117.2    30.7    19.8
    2001 01 11    02 42.62   +11 46.2    1.171    1.779   111.0    31.1    20.2
    2001 01 21    02 57.72   +13 35.9    1.327    1.845   104.9    31.0    20.6
    2001 01 31    03 13.57   +15 16.1    1.490    1.910    98.9    30.6    20.9
    2001 02 10    03 30.04   +16 46.9    1.659    1.975    93.0    29.9    21.2
    2001 02 20    03 47.01   +18 08.2    1.833    2.039    87.2    29.0    21.4
    2001 03 02    04 04.40   +19 20.1    2.009    2.103    81.4    27.8    21.7
    2001 03 12    04 22.11   +20 22.5    2.185    2.165    75.7    26.4    21.9
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-N21
    

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