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    M.P.E.C. 2000-S57                                Issued 2000 Sept. 26, 19:06 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
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2000 ST20
    
    Observations:
         K00S20T* C2000 09 23.28559 23 32 42.91 +14 51 31.3          19.3        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 23.30004 23 32 40.98 +14 51 55.0          19.0        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 23.31444 23 32 39.00 +14 52 18.5          19.0        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 23.92263 23 31 22.34 +15 08 20.0          17.4 R      163
         K00S20T  C2000 09 23.92336 23 31 22.04 +15 08 25.4                      163
         K00S20T  C2000 09 23.92407 23 31 21.83 +15 08 27.9                      163
         K00S20T  C2000 09 23.93091 23 31 20.95 +15 08 36.7                      163
         K00S20T  C2000 09 23.93315 23 31 20.74 +15 08 40.3                      163
         K00S20T  C2000 09 23.93422 23 31 20.53 +15 08 42.4                      163
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.06916 23 31 02.52 +15 12 16.0                      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.07144 23 31 02.18 +15 12 19.1                      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.07372 23 31 01.89 +15 12 23.3          19.2 V      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.25108 23 30 40.01 +15 17 11.7          19.3        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.26635 23 30 37.93 +15 17 35.4          19.3        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.28124 23 30 35.99 +15 17 59.8          19.5        704
         K00S20T 4C2000 09 24.28809 23 30 35.16 +15 18 08.9                      673
         K00S20T 4C2000 09 24.29285 23 30 34.39 +15 18 17.0                      673
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.29615 23 30 33.98 +15 18 23.2          19.8        704
         K00S20T 4C2000 09 24.29769 23 30 33.79 +15 18 24.0                      673
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.31105 23 30 31.96 +15 18 46.5          19.4        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.90502 23 29 16.31 +15 34 21.1                      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.90706 23 29 16.02 +15 34 24.0                      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 24.91116 23 29 15.49 +15 34 30.2                      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.24639 23 28 32.48 +15 43 23.0          18.8        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.24681 23 28 32.43 +15 43 26.0          19.3        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.26111 23 28 30.39 +15 43 48.0          19.4        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.26157 23 28 30.32 +15 43 48.9          20.1        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.27581 23 28 28.45 +15 44 11.5          19.1        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.27629 23 28 28.32 +15 44 11.8          19.9        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.29052 23 28 26.48 +15 44 34.6          19.2        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.29192 23 28 26.29 +15 44 37.1          20.0        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.30523 23 28 24.45 +15 44 56.4          19.0        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.30690 23 28 24.21 +15 44 59.6          19.8        704
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.81399 23 27 19.83 +15 58 09.4                      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.81655 23 27 19.58 +15 58 12.9                      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.81909 23 27 19.23 +15 58 16.5                      557
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.94654 23 27 02.18 +16 01 37.7                      595
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.95439 23 27 01.16 +16 01 49.8                      595
         K00S20T  C2000 09 25.96325 23 26 59.91 +16 02 05.1          19.7 V      595
         K00S20T  C2000 09 26.11324 23 26 41.63 +16 06 00.5          19.5 R      858
         K00S20T  C2000 09 26.11730 23 26 41.02 +16 06 07.0          19.3 R      858
         K00S20T  C2000 09 26.12064 23 26 40.66 +16 06 11.4          19.6 R      858
    
    Observer details:
    163 Roeser Observatory, Luxembourg.  Observer M. Dawson.  0.457-m f/4.5
        reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, L. Sarounova, P. Kusnirak.
        0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    595 Farra d'Isonzo.  Observers G. Lombardi, E. Pettarin.  0.40-m f/4.5
        reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observers C. Ramirez, L. Kuang,
        M. Anderson.  Measurer M. Hicks.  0.6-m 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.
    858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 ST20
    Epoch 2000 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5                Spahr
    M 326.51521              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.38366767     Peri.   72.50612     +0.54745901     -0.83277983
    a   1.8757109      Node   343.50233     +0.61483914     +0.46696369
    e   0.3113577      Incl.   16.83792     +0.56768078     +0.29735948
    P   2.57           H   19.5           G   0.15
    From 42 observations 2000 Sept. 23-26.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 ST20                a,e,i = 1.88, 0.31, 17                  q = 1.2917
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 09 23    23 33.32   +14 44.0    0.447    1.438   163.9    11.2    19.2
    2000 10 03    23 12.05   +18 57.2    0.435    1.406   154.4    17.9    19.4
    2000 10 13    22 53.37   +22 31.2    0.441    1.376   143.2    25.7    19.6
    2000 10 23    22 40.60   +25 22.6    0.459    1.351   133.0    32.6    19.8
    2000 11 02    22 35.42   +27 42.1    0.486    1.329   124.4    38.0    20.1
    2000 11 12    22 38.03   +29 44.7    0.518    1.312   117.5    42.0    20.3
    2000 11 22    22 47.78   +31 40.6    0.552    1.300   112.1    44.8    20.5
    2000 12 02    23 04.04   +33 34.8    0.586    1.293   107.9    46.5    20.7
    2000 12 12    23 26.19   +35 28.6    0.622    1.292   104.8    47.5    20.8
    2000 12 22    23 53.65   +37 17.8    0.659    1.296   102.4    47.8    21.0
    2001 01 01    00 25.97   +38 56.5    0.698    1.306   100.5    47.8    21.1
    2001 01 11    01 02.47   +40 17.3    0.742    1.321    98.9    47.4    21.2
    2001 01 21    01 42.17   +41 11.8    0.791    1.340    97.5    46.7    21.4
    2001 01 31    02 23.90   +41 34.2    0.847    1.364    96.0    45.9    21.6
    2001 02 10    03 06.27   +41 22.1    0.911    1.392    94.3    45.0    21.7
    2001 02 20    03 47.94   +40 36.3    0.984    1.423    92.3    44.0    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-S57
    

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