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    M.P.E.C. 2000-Q17                                Issued 2000 Aug. 23, 10:53 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 QP
    
    Observations:
         K00Q00P* C2000 08 21.19517 18 09 42.41 +54 37 24.4          17.5        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.20810 18 09 36.06 +54 37 17.7          18.1        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.22119 18 09 29.60 +54 37 11.3          18.2        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.23408 18 09 23.26 +54 37 05.1          18.8        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.24718 18 09 16.76 +54 36 58.0          18.6        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.80235 18 04 52.74 +54 32 07.2          17.3 R      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.80507 18 04 51.40 +54 32 06.3                      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.80675 18 04 50.47 +54 32 04.3                      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.80765 18 04 50.19 +54 32 04.1                      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.80986 18 04 49.01 +54 32 02.4          17.5 R      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.81095 18 04 48.66 +54 32 02.2                      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.81255 18 04 47.72 +54 32 01.6                      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 21.81329 18 04 47.48 +54 32 01.2          17.5 R      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.13190 18 02 17.99 +54 29 03.8          17.7        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.14452 18 02 11.96 +54 28 56.2          18.2        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.15715 18 02 05.93 +54 28 48.1          18.1        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.16979 18 01 59.86 +54 28 40.7          18.2        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.18015 18 01 55.28 +54 28 34.3                      670
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.18244 18 01 53.74 +54 28 32.8          18.1        704
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.19730 18 01 47.06 +54 28 23.8                      670
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.21656 18 01 37.76 +54 28 11.8                      670
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.84007 17 56 51.65 +54 21 27.1          18.3 V      557
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.84226 17 56 50.96 +54 21 26.5          17.0 R      163
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.84336 17 56 50.39 +54 21 25.2          16.9 R      163
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.84411 17 56 49.99 +54 21 24.4          17.0 R      163
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.84544 17 56 49.17 +54 21 23.6                      557
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.84632 17 56 49.03 +54 21 23.0          17.0 R      163
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.84694 17 56 48.52 +54 21 22.3                      557
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.84850 17 56 47.79 +54 21 21.5                      557
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.85002 17 56 47.08 +54 21 20.1                      557
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.86779 17 56 38.85 +54 21 07.6                      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.86935 17 56 38.04 +54 21 05.5                      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.87016 17 56 37.88 +54 21 05.6          17.2 R      046
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.99289 17 55 41.42 +54 19 36.8                      587
         K00Q00P  C2000 08 22.99728 17 55 39.46 +54 19 33.4                      587
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, P. Jelinek.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    163 Roeser Observatory, Luxembourg.  Observer M. Dawson.  0.457-m f/4.5
        reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, P. Sicoli.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 QP
    Epoch 2000 Aug. 4.0 TT = JDT 2451760.5                  Spahr
    M 221.38232              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.25909099     Peri.  187.72254     -0.51535008     -0.67584196
    a   0.8493721      Node   294.82569     +0.81403162     -0.19384580
    e   0.4629225      Incl.   35.49124     +0.26789331     -0.71109876
    P   0.78           H   17.5           G   0.15
    From 35 observations 2000 Aug. 21-22.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 QP                  a,e,i = 0.85, 0.46, 35                  q = 0.4562
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 07 25    22 04.61   +36 12.4    0.344    1.219   118.8    46.9    17.4
    2000 07 30    21 32.41   +42 46.8    0.337    1.208   117.5    48.2    17.4
    2000 08 04    20 51.80   +48 19.6    0.337    1.194   114.4    50.7    17.4
    2000 08 09    20 04.43   +52 15.6    0.346    1.179   110.1    53.9    17.5
    2000 08 14    19 14.74   +54 21.1    0.361    1.160   105.1    57.4    17.7
    2000 08 19    18 28.15   +54 48.9    0.380    1.140    99.8    61.1    17.9
    2000 08 24    17 48.32   +54 07.2    0.403    1.117    94.4    64.5    18.0
    2000 08 29    17 16.08   +52 45.0    0.427    1.092    89.3    67.7    18.2
    2000 09 03    16 50.50   +51 03.8    0.451    1.064    84.4    70.7    18.4
    2000 09 08    16 29.99   +49 16.3    0.475    1.034    79.7    73.5    18.5
    2000 09 13    16 13.04   +47 28.4    0.497    1.001    75.1    76.2    18.6
    2000 09 18    15 58.43   +45 41.4    0.518    0.966    70.7    78.9    18.8
    2000 09 23    15 45.19   +43 53.9    0.535    0.929    66.4    81.8    18.8
    2000 09 28    15 32.61   +42 02.6    0.550    0.889    62.1    84.8    18.9
    2000 10 03    15 20.09   +40 02.4    0.563    0.847    57.7    88.1    19.0
    2000 10 08    15 07.18   +37 46.2    0.572    0.802    53.4    91.7    19.1
    2000 10 13    14 53.66   +35 04.1    0.580    0.756    48.9    95.7    19.1
    2000 10 18    14 39.57   +31 44.7    0.588    0.708    44.4   100.1    19.2
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-Q17
    

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