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    M.P.E.C. 2001-D31                                Issued 2001 Feb. 22, 17:38 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
    
                               COMET C/2001 C1 (LINEAR)
    
    Observations:
        CK01C010  C2001 02 04.76528 14 41 52.03 -10 29 58.7          18.4 T      428
        CK01C010  C2001 02 04.76528 14 41 52.03 -10 29 58.7          18.4 T      428
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.10209 14 41 52.36 -10 31 27.7          18.6 T      620
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.10546 14 41 52.26 -10 31 30.5                      620
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.11147 14 41 52.27 -10 31 32.8                      620
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.12354 14 41 52.34 -10 31 33.2                      620
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.15065 14 41 52.29 -10 31 41.7                      620
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.15392 14 41 52.36 -10 31 47.3                      620
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.46251 14 41 52.35 -10 33 04.4          18.3 T      704
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.47246 14 41 52.28 -10 33 06.1          18.6 T      704
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.48754 14 41 52.34 -10 33 11.5          18.8 T      704
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.49622 14 41 52.27 -10 33 14.1          18.5 T      704
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.51536 14 41 52.34 -10 33 19.7          18.3 T      704
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.51730 14 41 52.25 -10 33 21.1          18.2 T      704
        CK01C010  C2001 02 05.73006 14 41 52.24 -10 34 15.1          18.1 T      428
        CK01C010  C2001 02 21.66517 14 40 18.32 -11 42 01.3          17.8 T      428
        CK01C010  C2001 02 21.67973 14 40 18.13 -11 42 04.4          17.8 T      428
        CK01C010  C2001 02 21.68856 14 40 18.05 -11 42 07.4          17.8 T      428
        CK01C010  C2001 02 22.61217 14 40 06.65 -11 45 53.1          17.6 T      428
        CK01C010  C2001 02 22.63825 14 40 06.35 -11 45 58.8          17.5 T      428
        CK01C010  C2001 02 22.64414 14 40 06.25 -11 46 00.5          17.5 T      428
    
    Observer details:
    428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, M. Blasco.
        0.40-m f/2.2 Schmidt + CCD.
    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.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/2001 C1 (LINEAR)
    T 2002 Apr. 2.3975 TT                                   Marsden
    q   5.060206             (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.  220.8706      -0.4991869      +0.6946467
                       Node    33.6928      -0.3207089      +0.4071917
    e   1.0            Incl.   69.0178      -0.8049585      -0.5930101
    From 45 observations 2001 Feb. 1-22.
    
    Ephemeris:
        C/2001 C1 (LINEAR)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2001 02 20    14 40.62   -11 35.2    5.504    5.916   110.0     9.0  17.4
    2001 03 02    14 38.19   -12 15.4    5.314    5.878   120.4     8.4  17.3
    2001 03 12    14 34.44   -12 53.5    5.139    5.841   131.1     7.4  17.2
    2001 03 22    14 29.41   -13 29.4    4.986    5.804   142.0     6.1  17.1
    2001 04 01    14 23.22   -14 03.3    4.859    5.768   153.2     4.5  17.0
    2001 04 11    14 16.08   -14 35.0    4.761    5.733   164.5     2.7  17.0
    2001 04 21    14 08.29   -15 04.6    4.696    5.699   175.4     0.8  16.9
    2001 05 01    14 00.22   -15 32.7    4.665    5.665   172.1     1.4  16.9
    2001 05 11    13 52.27   -15 59.7    4.668    5.632   160.9     3.4  16.9
    2001 05 21    13 44.81   -16 26.4    4.702    5.600   149.8     5.2  16.8
    2001 05 31    13 38.18   -16 53.9    4.764    5.568   138.9     6.9  16.8
    2001 06 10    13 32.63   -17 23.1    4.851    5.537   128.3     8.3  16.9
    2001 06 20    13 28.31   -17 55.0    4.956    5.508   118.0     9.4  16.9
    2001 06 30    13 25.29   -18 30.3    5.076    5.478   108.1    10.2  16.9
    2001 07 10    13 23.58   -19 09.7    5.205    5.450    98.6    10.6  16.9
    2001 07 20    13 23.14   -19 53.4    5.338    5.423    89.3    10.8  17.0
    2001 07 30    13 23.89   -20 41.9    5.471    5.396    80.4    10.7  17.0
    2001 08 09    13 25.75   -21 35.1    5.600    5.370    71.8    10.3  17.0
    2001 08 19    13 28.60   -22 32.9    5.720    5.346    63.5     9.8  17.1
    2001 08 29    13 32.35   -23 35.5    5.829    5.322    55.4     9.0  17.1
    2001 09 08    13 36.89   -24 42.6    5.925    5.299    47.7     8.1  17.1
    2001 09 18    13 42.12   -25 54.1    6.005    5.277    40.2     7.1  17.1
    2001 09 28    13 47.96   -27 09.8    6.066    5.256    33.1     6.0  17.1
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-D31
    

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