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    M.P.E.C. 2000-V13                                Issued 2000 Nov. 3, 14:02 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 VN2
    
    Observations:
         K00V02N* C2000 11 01.42021 08 39 39.93 +15 34 18.7          17.4        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 01.43388 08 39 43.88 +15 34 24.6          17.8        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 01.44763 08 39 47.88 +15 34 30.4          18.4        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 01.46132 08 39 51.82 +15 34 36.6          17.5        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 01.47520 08 39 55.87 +15 34 41.9          17.6        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.09192 08 42 57.63 +15 38 55.5                      118
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.09410 08 42 58.28 +15 38 56.4                      118
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.09720 08 42 59.19 +15 38 57.8          17.2 R      118
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.41174 08 44 32.28 +15 41 10.2          17.7        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.42108 08 44 35.05 +15 41 14.1          18.1        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.42578 08 44 36.42 +15 41 16.7          18.1        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.43468 08 44 39.00 +15 41 19.6          17.8        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.43938 08 44 40.38 +15 41 22.5          17.8        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.44175 08 44 41.08 +15 41 23.2          17.6        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.44828 08 44 42.98 +15 41 25.7          18.3        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.45297 08 44 44.33 +15 41 27.9          18.1        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.45699 08 44 45.52 +15 41 29.3          18.3        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.46198 08 44 46.99 +15 41 32.0          18.3        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.46668 08 44 48.34 +15 41 33.4          18.4        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.47105 08 44 49.62 +15 41 35.4          18.7        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.48583 08 44 53.90 +15 41 41.9          18.5        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 02.49982 08 44 57.99 +15 41 47.3          18.1        704
         K00V02N  C2000 11 03.04921 08 47 41.17 +15 45 26.8                      557
         K00V02N  C2000 11 03.05218 08 47 42.02 +15 45 28.2                      557
         K00V02N  C2000 11 03.45991 08 49 43.07 +15 48 15.2          17.8 V      918
         K00V02N  C2000 11 03.46200 08 49 43.71 +15 48 16.2          17.7 V      918
         K00V02N  C2000 11 03.46505 08 49 44.59 +15 48 17.5          17.7 V      918
         K00V02N  C2000 11 03.46720 08 49 45.22 +15 48 18.3          17.7 V      918
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observers L. Kornos, J. Toth.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 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.
    918 Badlands Observatory, Quinn.  Observer R. Dyvig.  0.66-m f/4.8
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 VN2
    Epoch 2000 Oct. 23.0 TT = JDT 2451840.5                 Spahr
    M 342.61171              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.35501320     Peri.   32.84032     -0.31640620     -0.91588511
    a   1.9753303      Node    76.65321     +0.80635157     -0.39685972
    e   0.4412711      Incl.   14.70985     +0.49968416     +0.06047167
    P   2.78           H   16.3           G   0.15
    From 28 observations 2000 Nov. 1-3.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 VN2                 a,e,i = 1.98, 0.44, 15                  q = 1.1037
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 10 23    07 55.08   +14 24.1    0.675    1.221    91.9    54.5    17.9
    2000 11 02    08 42.50   +15 38.4    0.622    1.180    91.0    57.2    17.7
    2000 11 12    09 33.02   +16 39.2    0.585    1.147    89.7    59.6    17.6
    2000 11 22    10 24.96   +17 17.8    0.563    1.123    88.3    61.6    17.5
    2000 12 02    11 15.90   +17 30.4    0.556    1.108    87.2    62.7    17.5
    2000 12 12    12 03.58   +17 19.9    0.559    1.104    86.7    62.9    17.5
    2000 12 22    12 46.49   +16 54.7    0.570    1.110    86.9    62.2    17.5
    2001 01 01    13 23.85   +16 25.7    0.585    1.127    88.1    60.7    17.6
    2001 01 11    13 55.50   +16 02.0    0.599    1.153    90.2    58.5    17.6
    2001 01 21    14 21.56   +15 49.9    0.610    1.188    93.4    55.8    17.6
    2001 01 31    14 42.01   +15 53.9    0.617    1.230    97.6    52.6    17.6
    2001 02 10    14 56.72   +16 14.4    0.620    1.277   102.9    48.8    17.6
    2001 02 20    15 05.46   +16 49.7    0.620    1.330   109.3    44.6    17.6
    2001 03 02    15 07.80   +17 34.2    0.618    1.385   116.9    39.7    17.5
    2001 03 12    15 03.55   +18 17.1    0.618    1.443   125.4    34.2    17.5
    2001 03 22    14 53.07   +18 44.1    0.624    1.502   134.5    28.2    17.4
    2001 04 01    14 37.62   +18 38.8    0.642    1.562   143.2    22.5    17.4
    2001 04 11    14 19.68   +17 49.1    0.675    1.622   149.8    18.1    17.4
    2001 04 21    14 02.12   +16 14.2    0.727    1.682   151.9    16.3    17.6
    2001 05 01    13 47.34   +14 03.3    0.799    1.741   148.8    17.4    17.9
    2001 05 11    13 36.73   +11 30.5    0.891    1.800   142.4    20.0    18.3
    2001 05 21    13 30.50   +08 48.7    0.999    1.857   134.9    22.7    18.7
    2001 05 31    13 28.31   +06 06.2    1.123    1.913   127.1    25.0    19.1
    2001 06 10    13 29.57   +03 28.0    1.259    1.968   119.5    26.7    19.5
    2001 06 20    13 33.63   +00 56.1    1.405    2.022   112.2    27.7    19.8
    2001 06 30    13 39.97   -01 28.9    1.560    2.074   105.3    28.2    20.1
    2001 07 10    13 48.14   -03 46.8    1.719    2.124    98.6    28.2    20.4
    2001 07 20    13 57.78   -05 57.8    1.883    2.173    92.1    27.9    20.6
    2001 07 30    14 08.67   -08 02.3    2.048    2.220    85.9    27.1    20.8
    2001 08 09    14 20.57   -10 00.4    2.214    2.265    79.7    26.1    21.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-V13
    

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