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    M.P.E.C. 2001-D15                                Issued 2001 Feb. 19, 23:04 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
    
                                       2001 DT8
    
    Observations:
         K01D08T* C2001 02 17.23520 06 33 07.29 +14 35 24.8          18.3        704
         K01D08T  C2001 02 17.25027 06 33 05.37 +14 33 11.4          18.7        704
         K01D08T  C2001 02 17.26529 06 33 03.51 +14 30 59.5          18.7        704
         K01D08T  C2001 02 17.28028 06 33 01.60 +14 28 47.0          18.4        704
         K01D08T  C2001 02 18.77962 06 30 21.84 +10 56 50.5          19.1 V      151
         K01D08T  C2001 02 18.78130 06 30 21.71 +10 56 36.6          19.3 V      151
         K01D08T  C2001 02 18.78281 06 30 21.51 +10 56 24.3          18.6 V      151
         K01D08T  C2001 02 18.78414 06 30 21.32 +10 56 14.0          19.0 V      151
         K01D08T  C2001 02 19.08875 06 29 52.01 +10 15 09.5          19.0 V      858
         K01D08T  C2001 02 19.09226 06 29 51.66 +10 14 41.5          19.2 V      858
         K01D08T  C2001 02 19.09584 06 29 51.27 +10 14 12.6          19.2 V      858
         K01D08T  C2001 02 19.16451 06 29 44.16 +10 05 02.7          19.4 V      926
         K01D08T  C2001 02 19.16503 06 29 44.12 +10 04 58.7          19.1 V      926
         K01D08T  C2001 02 19.16556 06 29 44.07 +10 04 54.7          19.5 V      926
    
    Observer details:
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
        Hypergraph.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams.  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.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, C. W. Juels,
        M. Schwartz.  Measurer P. R. Holvorcem.  0.5-m f/10 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 DT8
    Epoch 2001 Jan. 31.0 TT = JDT 2451940.5                 Spahr
    M 352.59024              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.40184484     Peri.  183.95501     -0.75324079     -0.44049726
    a   1.8187114      Node   316.14243     +0.62115963     -0.23217158
    e   0.3484002      Incl.   44.82783     +0.21630772     -0.86721308
    P   2.45           H   19.8           G   0.15
    From 14 observations 2001 Feb. 17-19.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 DT8                 a,e,i = 1.82, 0.35, 45                  q = 1.1851
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 02 10    06 54.47   +34 41.1    0.252    1.188   138.7    33.3    18.6
    2001 02 20    06 28.48   +08 16.1    0.301    1.185   124.5    43.4    19.2
    2001 03 02    06 20.82   -08 02.6    0.395    1.190   110.8    51.1    20.1
    2001 03 12    06 21.66   -17 23.8    0.506    1.202   101.6    54.1    20.7
    2001 03 22    06 27.29   -23 11.5    0.619    1.221    95.3    54.4    21.2
    2001 04 01    06 36.28   -27 09.4    0.728    1.245    90.9    53.4    21.5
    2001 04 11    06 47.94   -30 09.1    0.831    1.276    87.7    51.7    21.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-D15
    

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