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    M.P.E.C. 2000-P35                                Issued 2000 Aug. 7, 21:00 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 PY5
    
    Observations:
         K00P05Y* C2000 08 02.23453 20 10 04.38 -11 04 52.0          18.2        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 02.24877 20 10 06.32 -11 05 21.7          18.7        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 02.26301 20 10 08.29 -11 05 50.2          19.1        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 02.27726 20 10 10.17 -11 06 17.9          18.4        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 02.29154 20 10 12.06 -11 06 47.8          18.2        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.22188 20 12 28.76 -11 37 16.4          18.3        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.23027 20 12 29.73 -11 37 29.4                      711
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.23616 20 12 30.51 -11 37 42.7          19.2        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.23630 20 12 30.47 -11 37 40.7                      711
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.24172 20 12 31.15 -11 37 51.0                      711
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.25046 20 12 32.29 -11 38 09.2          18.4        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.26465 20 12 34.01 -11 38 35.7          18.7        704
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.27887 20 12 35.83 -11 39 02.3          18.9        704
         K00P05Y IC2000 08 03.44932 20 13 01.32 -11 43 31.6                      422
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.45146 20 13 01.62 -11 43 35.1                      422
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.45422 20 13 01.99 -11 43 40.5          18.7        422
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.67701 20 13 28.91 -11 50 18.3          18.5 R      474
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.67830 20 13 29.10 -11 50 20.5          18.6 R      474
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 03.68031 20 13 29.36 -11 50 24.4          18.6 R      474
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 04.19925 20 14 41.91 -12 06 46.2                      711
         K00P05Y IC2000 08 04.20481 20 14 42.59 -12 06 54.8                      711
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 04.21018 20 14 43.29 -12 07 05.0                      711
         K00P05Y IC2000 08 05.23982 20 16 53.18 -12 35 47.2                      711
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 05.24575 20 16 53.84 -12 35 55.9                      711
         K00P05Y  C2000 08 05.25141 20 16 54.45 -12 36 05.9                      711
         K00P05Y FC2000 08 06.56193 20 19 27.87 -13 08 41.6          19.2        422
         K00P05Y FC2000 08 06.56590 20 19 28.25 -13 08 47.6                      422
    
    Observer details:
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore, A. P.
        Marles.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + 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, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observers P. J. Shelus, J. G. Ries.  0.76-m
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 PY5                                                             PHA 0.050
    Epoch 2000 Aug. 4.0 TT = JDT 2451760.5                  Hergenrother
    M  16.19721              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.27586392     Peri.   92.11304     -0.47567815     +0.87897076
    a   2.3370757      Node   149.41038     -0.83111984     -0.43654571
    e   0.6091573      Incl.    3.80547     -0.28804534     -0.19193293
    P   3.57           H   21.1           G   0.15
    From 27 observations 2000 Aug. 2-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 PY5                 a,e,i = 2.34, 0.61, 4                   q = 0.9134
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 08 04    20 14.24   -12 00.4    0.195    1.206   168.3     9.8    18.6
    2000 08 14    20 30.99   -15 27.0    0.284    1.289   164.4    12.2    19.6
    2000 08 24    20 42.19   -17 08.0    0.384    1.374   157.3    16.5    20.6
    2000 09 03    20 51.82   -17 54.1    0.498    1.460   149.6    20.5    21.4
    2000 09 13    21 01.49   -18 05.8    0.624    1.546   142.1    23.6    22.1
    2000 09 23    21 11.70   -17 53.9    0.762    1.632   134.7    25.9    22.8
    
    Carl W. Hergenrother         (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-P35
    

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