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    M.P.E.C. 2001-G21                                Issued 2001 Apr. 11, 17:26 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       1995 QN3
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1995-R09
    
    Observations:
         J95Q03N 1C2001 04 05.77790 19 44 04.76 -04 05 43.1                      413
         J95Q03N 1C2001 04 05.77930 19 44 05.10 -04 05 41.1                      413
         J95Q03N 1C2001 04 05.79607 19 44 09.18 -04 05 17.9                      413
         J95Q03N 1C2001 04 06.77345 19 48 07.49 -03 42 31.2                      413
         J95Q03N 1C2001 04 06.77480 19 48 07.82 -03 42 29.8                      413
         J95Q03N 1C2001 04 06.77816 19 48 08.60 -03 42 25.1                      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    010405 413 0.58+ 0.01+    010406 413 0.57+ 0.00+    MPC 26176   -0.68 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1995 QN3
    Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Spahr
    M 357.77786              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.16405388     Peri.   62.85175     -0.36693129     +0.92988952
    a   3.3047990      Node   185.80537     -0.91801094     -0.36645291
    e   0.6441665      Incl.   14.79201     -0.15039060     -0.03190209
    P   6.01           H   17.0           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    950831 691  0.5-  0.2-    950912 413  0.3+  0.1-    950926 587  0.8-  0.0
    950831 691  0.6-  0.1-    950912 413  0.8+  0.1-    950926 587  0.4-  0.4+
    950831 691  0.3-  0.2-    950915 658  0.3+  0.4-    950928 557  0.2+  0.4+
    950902 691  0.1+  0.2-    950915 658  0.3+  0.5-    950928 557  1.1+  1.2+
    950902 691  0.0   0.1-    950915 658  0.4+  0.6-    951017 608  0.6-  0.9+
    950903 691  0.2-  0.0     950917 557  0.5+  0.5+    951017 608  0.1+  0.8+
    950903 691  0.0   0.1-    950917 557  0.4-  0.3+    951018 608  2.2+  1.1-
    950903 691  0.3-  0.1-    950917 557  0.1-  0.4+    951018 608  0.6+  0.3-
    950904 587  0.4-  0.1-    950918 557  0.5-  0.1+    951019 413  0.3+  0.1-
    950904 587  0.3-  0.7+    950918 557  0.3-  0.0     951120 691  1.3-  0.6-
    950904 587  0.9-  1.3+    950918 557  0.7-  0.0     951120 691  1.7-  0.8-
    950904 557  0.1+  0.2-    950920 608  0.5-  0.4-    951126 691  0.0   0.2-
    950904 557  0.4+  0.4+    950920 608  0.6-  0.4-    951126 691  0.5+  0.4-
    950904 557  0.1+  0.1-    950921 608  0.8-  1.3-    951126 691  0.4+  0.4-
    950907 413  0.5+  0.8+    950921 608  0.6-  0.9-    010405 413  0.2-  0.1+
    950907 413  0.1+  0.7+    950922 557  0.3+  0.6+    010405 413  0.2-  0.2+
    950907 413  0.4+  0.5+    950922 587  0.4-  0.3-    010405 413  0.3+  0.0
    950908 413  1.8+  1.9+    950922 587  0.4+  0.5-    010406 413  0.1+  0.0
    950908 413  0.4+  0.9-    950922 587  0.7+  0.8+    010406 413  0.2+  0.5-
    950908 413  0.5+  0.1+    950922 557  0.3-  0.1+    010406 413  0.2-  0.5-
    950911 557  0.8+  1.2-    950922 557  0.7-  0.4-
    950911 557  0.4-  0.9-    950924 691  0.3-  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    1995 QN3                 a,e,i = 3.30, 0.64, 15                  q = 1.1760
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 04 01    19 24.18   -05 56.7    0.842    1.189    79.9    55.9    19.0
    2001 04 11    20 04.89   -02 04.4    0.842    1.177    78.8    56.6    19.0
    2001 04 21    20 41.85   +01 41.4    0.854    1.179    78.3    56.6    19.1
    2001 05 01    21 14.84   +05 08.7    0.871    1.194    78.6    55.8    19.1
    2001 05 11    21 43.92   +08 11.1    0.889    1.223    79.9    54.4    19.2
    2001 05 21    22 09.21   +10 46.4    0.905    1.263    82.2    52.6    19.2
    2001 05 31    22 30.72   +12 53.4    0.917    1.312    85.5    50.4    19.3
    2001 06 10    22 48.45   +14 31.3    0.923    1.370    89.8    47.8    19.3
    2001 06 20    23 02.29   +15 39.2    0.923    1.434    95.3    44.9    19.3
    2001 06 30    23 12.01   +16 14.7    0.918    1.504   101.9    41.4    19.3
    2001 07 10    23 17.49   +16 14.5    0.910    1.577   109.7    37.4    19.3
    2001 07 20    23 18.63   +15 35.1    0.903    1.653   118.8    32.6    19.2
    2001 07 30    23 15.62   +14 13.0    0.901    1.730   129.0    27.1    19.2
    2001 08 09    23 09.13   +12 08.9    0.909    1.809   140.3    21.0    19.1
    2001 08 19    23 00.29   +09 29.7    0.934    1.889   152.2    14.5    19.0
    2001 08 29    22 50.59   +06 28.8    0.980    1.968   163.3     8.5    19.0
    2001 09 08    22 41.61   +03 25.2    1.050    2.048   169.0     5.4    19.1
    2001 09 18    22 34.52   +00 35.7    1.146    2.127   162.9     8.0    19.5
    2001 09 28    22 30.03   -01 47.9    1.267    2.206   152.7    12.0    20.0
    2001 10 08    22 28.35   -03 40.5    1.409    2.283   142.3    15.5    20.4
    2001 10 18    22 29.32   -05 02.3    1.571    2.360   132.4    18.2    20.8
    2001 10 28    22 32.67   -05 56.0    1.749    2.436   122.9    20.0    21.1
    2001 11 07    22 38.01   -06 25.3    1.939    2.511   114.0    21.1    21.5
    2001 11 17    22 44.97   -06 34.2    2.139    2.585   105.5    21.6    21.8
    2001 11 27    22 53.24   -06 26.2    2.345    2.658    97.4    21.6    22.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-G21
    

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