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    M.P.E.C. 2000-W15                                Issued 2000 Nov. 21, 20:58 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 WF6
    
    Observations:
         K00W06F* C2000 11 16.39213 08 04 05.08 +71 40 44.4          18.6        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 16.40751 08 03 59.99 +71 40 05.3          18.7        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 16.42310 08 03 55.06 +71 39 26.0          18.9        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 16.43841 08 03 49.89 +71 38 47.2          18.7        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 17.48585 07 58 21.03 +70 52 29.2          18.2        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 17.50096 07 58 15.92 +70 51 47.3          18.9        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 17.51838 07 58 10.13 +70 50 59.0          19.1        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.26270 07 54 20.30 +70 15 54.2          18.8 R      853
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.26321 07 54 20.05 +70 15 52.6          18.5 R      853
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.26366 07 54 20.00 +70 15 51.3          18.4 R      853
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.69794 07 52 00.41 +69 54 27.8                      557
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.70269 07 51 58.98 +69 54 13.6          19.1 V      557
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.88264 07 51 03.55 +69 45 31.2          18.1 R      046
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.88395 07 51 03.12 +69 45 26.5                      046
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.88556 07 51 02.70 +69 45 21.7          18.2 R      046
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.88646 07 51 02.31 +69 45 20.1                      046
         K00W06F  C2000 11 18.88737 07 51 02.29 +69 45 16.9                      046
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.12148 07 49 45.18 +69 33 43.6                      118
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.12355 07 49 44.52 +69 33 37.2                      118
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.12798 07 49 42.90 +69 33 24.1          18.2 R      118
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.25707 07 49 05.63 +69 26 42.1          18.9 R      853
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.25767 07 49 05.50 +69 26 40.5          19.0 R      853
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.25889 07 49 05.16 +69 26 36.8          18.9 R      853
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.45131 07 48 01.00 +69 16 56.2          18.5 R      699
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.46517 07 47 56.11 +69 16 12.9          18.2        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.46530 07 47 56.02 +69 16 12.9          18.1        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.47223 07 47 53.96 +69 15 51.2                      699
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.48022 07 47 51.02 +69 15 26.6          18.9        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.48036 07 47 51.10 +69 15 25.8          19.3        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.49319 07 47 46.90 +69 14 46.5                      699
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.49537 07 47 45.87 +69 14 38.9          18.8        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.49551 07 47 45.95 +69 14 38.6          18.9        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.51052 07 47 40.64 +69 13 51.0          18.5        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.51065 07 47 40.83 +69 13 51.9          18.7        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 19.51405 07 47 39.93 +69 13 41.3                      699
         K00W06F  C2000 11 20.43867 07 42 47.49 +68 24 16.1          18.2        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 20.45340 07 42 42.58 +68 23 27.8          18.7        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 20.46818 07 42 37.55 +68 22 39.1          18.5        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 20.48314 07 42 32.38 +68 21 49.4          18.6        704
         K00W06F  C2000 11 20.49787 07 42 27.54 +68 21 00.3          19.0        704
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, Z. Moravec, M. Kocer, P. Jelinek.
        0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, P. Koleny.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers L. Sarounova, L. Vasta.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  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, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    853 Biosphere 2 Observatory.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.6-m f/8.1 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 WF6
    Epoch 2000 Nov. 12.0 TT = JDT 2451860.5                 Williams
    M 357.89488              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25143837     Peri.  158.50779     +0.37093055     -0.68508878
    a   2.4860795      Node   264.59820     +0.73353843     +0.63015799
    e   0.5057125      Incl.   39.03129     +0.56950144     -0.36545078
    P   3.92           H   18.8           G   0.15
    From 40 observations 2000 Nov. 16-20.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 WF6                 a,e,i = 2.49, 0.51, 39                  q = 1.2288
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 11 22    07 34.54   +66 53.8    0.379    1.229   121.6    43.2    18.8
    2000 11 27    07 08.67   +60 56.3    0.338    1.231   129.8    38.0    18.4
    2000 12 02    06 44.74   +52 54.7    0.305    1.236   140.3    30.7    18.0
    2000 12 07    06 23.72   +42 39.8    0.282    1.242   152.9    21.2    17.6
    2000 12 12    06 06.01   +30 45.1    0.273    1.252   166.8    10.4    17.1
    2000 12 17    05 51.55   +18 33.2    0.280    1.263   174.5     4.3    16.9
    2000 12 22    05 40.09   +07 35.8    0.303    1.277   163.3    12.8    17.5
    2000 12 27    05 31.32   -01 16.6    0.338    1.293   152.3    20.7    18.0
    2001 01 01    05 24.93   -08 00.8    0.383    1.310   143.1    26.8    18.5
    2001 01 06    05 20.61   -12 57.3    0.434    1.330   135.8    31.0    18.9
    2001 01 11    05 18.05   -16 31.3    0.490    1.351   129.8    34.0    19.3
    2001 01 16    05 17.00   -19 03.9    0.548    1.373   124.9    36.0    19.7
    2001 01 21    05 17.26   -20 50.9    0.608    1.397   120.8    37.3    20.0
    
    2001 01 31    05 21.10   -22 51.8    0.733    1.448   114.1    38.4    20.5
    2001 02 10    05 28.53   -23 35.4    0.859    1.504   108.9    38.4    20.9
    2001 02 20    05 38.75   -23 35.0    0.987    1.562   104.5    37.8    21.3
    2001 03 02    05 51.23   -23 09.6    1.114    1.622   100.7    36.9    21.6
    2001 03 12    06 05.53   -22 31.9    1.242    1.684    97.2    35.8    21.9
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-W15
    

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