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    M.P.E.C. 2001-H07                                Issued 2001 Apr. 16, 19:40 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2001 GS2

Observations:
     K01G02S* C2001 04 14.58012 14 38 53.30 -22 59 51.6          18.4        608
     K01G02S  C2001 04 14.59055 14 38 51.13 -23 00 59.2          18.5        608
     K01G02S  C2001 04 14.60150 14 38 48.99 -23 02 09.7          18.5        608
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.26320 14 36 50.19 -24 13 45.3          18.2        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.26749 14 36 49.28 -24 14 13.3          17.9        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.27719 14 36 47.28 -24 15 15.6          18.0        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.28088 14 36 46.58 -24 15 39.4          17.6        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.28103 14 36 46.75 -24 15 39.4          16.6 R      919
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.28487 14 36 46.02 -24 16 03.8          16.9 R      919
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.28691 14 36 45.60 -24 16 16.8          16.0 R      919
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.29164 14 36 44.34 -24 16 48.6          18.1        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.29425 14 36 43.83 -24 17 05.9          18.1        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.30574 14 36 41.45 -24 18 19.5          18.2        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.30761 14 36 41.09 -24 18 30.8          18.3        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.31812 14 36 38.44 -24 19 41.8          15.8 R      734
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.31889 14 36 38.70 -24 19 42.4          19.0        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.32045 14 36 37.94 -24 19 55.6          16.4 R      734
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.32096 14 36 38.36 -24 19 56.7          18.2        704
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.32271 14 36 37.27 -24 20 10.1          16.0 R      734
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.32487 14 36 36.96 -24 20 25.5          16.0 R      734
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.40306 14 36 24.19 -24 28 31.2          18.1        608
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.41401 14 36 21.94 -24 29 41.3          18.1        608
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.42489 14 36 19.66 -24 30 50.8          18.2        608
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.46060 14 36 14.669-24 33 45.50         17.6 R      422
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.46166 14 36 14.472-24 33 52.17         17.6 R      422
     K01G02S  C2001 04 15.46234 14 36 14.302-24 33 56.83         17.4 R      422
     K01G02S SC2001 04 16.33060 14 33 29.86 -26 05 05.4                      670
     K01G02S  C2001 04 16.51293 14 32 56.81 -26 22 45.6          18.1 R      428
     K01G02S  C2001 04 16.51616 14 32 56.20 -26 23 04.6          18.1 R      428
     K01G02S  C2001 04 16.51790 14 32 55.82 -26 23 15.3                      428
     K01G02S  C2001 04 16.52161 14 32 55.00 -26 23 38.0          18.2 R      428

Observer details:
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + 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.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
919 Desert Beaver Observatory.  Observer K. W. Yeung.  0.45-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 GS2
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Spahr
M   9.41096              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.41397338     Peri.  147.97649     -0.97962214     -0.15088627
a   1.7830127      Node    24.41664     +0.03040946     -0.76384248
e   0.3827825      Incl.   18.70509     +0.19853394     -0.62751733
P   2.38           H   20.0           G   0.15
From 31 observations 2001 Apr. 14-16.

Ephemeris:
2001 GS2                 a,e,i = 1.78, 0.38, 19                  q = 1.1005
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 04 11    14 49.68   -16 03.6    0.158    1.149   156.3    20.5    17.3
2001 04 21    14 18.81   -33 10.7    0.187    1.180   158.0    18.6    17.7
2001 05 01    13 50.02   -43 10.7    0.236    1.218   150.4    24.1    18.4
2001 05 11    13 30.13   -48 04.6    0.297    1.261   143.4    28.5    19.1
2001 05 21    13 21.14   -50 10.5    0.367    1.308   137.8    31.3    19.7
2001 05 31    13 22.03   -50 51.5    0.444    1.357   133.3    33.0    20.3
2001 06 10    13 30.58   -50 52.2    0.527    1.409   129.2    34.0    20.8
2001 06 20    13 44.61   -50 32.9    0.616    1.461   125.2    34.6    21.2
2001 06 30    14 02.60   -50 04.1    0.712    1.514   121.3    35.0    21.6
2001 07 10    14 23.31   -49 31.2    0.815    1.568   117.3    35.2    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-H07

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