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    M.P.E.C. 2000-W55                                Issued 2000 Nov. 29, 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.
    
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2000 WJ63
    
    Observations:
         K00W63J* C2000 11 26.24825 03 24 59.21 +02 20 32.8          18.4        704
         K00W63J  C2000 11 26.26303 03 25 02.18 +02 20 52.5          18.5        704
         K00W63J  C2000 11 26.27782 03 25 05.22 +02 21 12.7          18.2        704
         K00W63J  C2000 11 26.29279 03 25 08.25 +02 21 32.9          17.9        704
         K00W63J  C2000 11 26.30761 03 25 11.18 +02 21 52.6          18.7        704
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.32461 03 28 58.14 +02 45 21.7          18.2 R      853
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.32545 03 28 58.32 +02 45 23.1          18.1 R      853
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.32595 03 28 58.43 +02 45 23.8          18.2 R      853
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.54167 03 29 48.17 +02 51 25.8          18.5 R      428
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.55210 03 29 50.33 +02 51 40.1          18.5 R      428
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.84045 03 30 57.24 +02 57 25.9                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.84203 03 30 57.62 +02 57 28.6                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.84361 03 30 57.96 +02 57 30.3                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.84520 03 30 58.29 +02 57 33.3                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.84678 03 30 58.65 +02 57 35.3                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.84837 03 30 58.99 +02 57 37.3                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.84995 03 30 59.27 +02 57 39.7                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.85154 03 30 59.65 +02 57 42.3                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.85312 03 31 00.00 +02 57 44.5                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.85471 03 31 00.32 +02 57 46.6                      557
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.86957 03 31 03.57 +02 58 09.4          17.5 R      046
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.87089 03 31 03.78 +02 58 11.2                      046
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.87154 03 31 03.92 +02 58 12.2                      046
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.87365 03 31 04.41 +02 58 15.2          17.4 R      046
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.87468 03 31 04.61 +02 58 16.2                      046
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.87532 03 31 04.76 +02 58 17.9                      046
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.95176 03 31 20.97 +03 00 08.1                      118
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.95929 03 31 22.58 +03 00 18.9                      118
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.96237 03 31 23.22 +03 00 23.6          18.0 R      118
         K00W63J  C2000 11 27.96631 03 31 24.05 +03 00 29.6                      118
         K00W63J  C2000 11 28.50991 03 33 30.11 +03 14 53.3          17.8 R      428
         K00W63J  C2000 11 28.51602 03 33 31.40 +03 15 01.9          18.1 R      428
         K00W63J  C2000 11 28.52432 03 33 33.13 +03 15 15.0          18.2 R      428
         K00W63J  C2000 11 29.26572 03 36 24.79 +03 32 54.2                      711
         K00W63J  C2000 11 29.27633 03 36 27.10 +03 33 10.6                      711
         K00W63J  C2000 11 29.28227 03 36 28.37 +03 33 19.3                      711
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Toth.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer 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.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m  reflector + CCD.
    853 Biosphere 2 Observatory.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.6-m f/8.1 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 WJ63
    Epoch 2000 Nov. 12.0 TT = JDT 2451860.5                 Spahr
    M 355.43659              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.20546730     Peri.  314.75826     +0.33424864     -0.94147851
    a   2.8442924      Node   115.66944     +0.87778595     +0.29414829
    e   0.6009329      Incl.    2.76915     +0.34317587     +0.16460562
    P   4.80           H   21.2           G   0.15
    From 36 observations 2000 Nov. 26-29.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 WJ63                a,e,i = 2.84, 0.60, 3                   q = 1.1351
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 11 22    03 10.08   +00 54.5    0.168    1.145   158.3    18.6    18.6
    2000 12 02    03 47.30   +04 45.7    0.158    1.135   159.4    17.8    18.4
    2000 12 12    04 29.67   +09 45.2    0.161    1.139   162.4    15.1    18.4
    2000 12 22    05 11.23   +14 42.3    0.178    1.157   165.2    12.6    18.5
    2001 01 01    05 47.33   +18 41.2    0.209    1.187   165.6    11.9    18.9
    2001 01 11    06 16.83   +21 26.7    0.253    1.228   163.0    13.6    19.4
    2001 01 21    06 40.68   +23 08.8    0.311    1.278   158.3    16.5    20.1
    2001 01 31    07 00.78   +24 03.2    0.382    1.336   152.7    19.8    20.7
    2001 02 10    07 18.81   +24 22.9    0.467    1.400   146.5    22.9    21.4
    2001 02 20    07 35.73   +24 17.5    0.566    1.469   140.2    25.5    22.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-W55
    

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