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    M.P.E.C. 2001-H08                                Issued 2001 Apr. 16, 19:46 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
    
                                       2001 GQ2
    
    Observations:
         K01G02Q* C2001 04 14.32762 15 16 24.10 +19 57 16.4          17.1        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 14.34076 15 16 22.48 +19 57 38.1          17.7        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 14.35390 15 16 20.86 +19 58 00.0          18.0        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 14.36703 15 16 19.28 +19 58 20.9          17.7        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 14.38017 15 16 17.65 +19 58 42.7          17.8        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.25121 15 14 44.58 +20 23 29.5          16.1 R      734
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.25535 15 14 43.96 +20 23 37.9          16.2 R      734
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.26029 15 14 44.32 +20 23 50.2          16.5 R      919
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.26094 15 14 43.25 +20 23 47.1          16.3 R      734
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.26194 15 14 44.11 +20 23 52.8          16.3 R      919
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.26602 15 14 43.51 +20 24 00.7          16.5 R      919
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.28219 15 14 41.37 +20 24 32.1          16.6 R      919
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.28315 15 14 41.19 +20 24 33.9          16.8 R      919
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.28889 15 14 40.30 +20 24 42.1          17.3 R      684
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.29076 15 14 40.05 +20 24 45.6          17.3 R      684
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.29258 15 14 39.78 +20 24 49.2                      684
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.36601 15 14 29.73 +20 27 06.8                      670
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.40189 15 14 23.69 +20 28 13.4          17.4        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.40425 15 14 23.31 +20 28 17.0          17.9        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.41527 15 14 21.72 +20 28 37.7          17.6        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.42002 15 14 21.05 +20 28 46.3          17.7        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.42876 15 14 19.76 +20 29 01.8          17.6        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.43564 15 14 18.77 +20 29 14.5          17.4        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.44236 15 14 17.78 +20 29 26.3          17.8        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.45030 15 14 16.63 +20 29 40.6          18.5        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.45586 15 14 15.80 +20 29 50.4          18.5        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.46359 15 14 14.73 +20 30 04.7          17.3        704
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.48677 15 14 12.03 +20 30 47.7                      670
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.93711 15 13 17.44 +20 45 03.0          16.9        615
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.93826 15 13 17.29 +20 45 05.1          16.8        615
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 15.94246 15 13 16.69 +20 45 13.2          16.8        615
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 16.09018 15 12 53.48 +20 50 17.5          16.9 R      946
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 16.10239 15 12 51.47 +20 50 42.6          17.1 R      946
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 16.10758 15 12 50.59 +20 50 53.1                      946
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 16.11145 15 12 50.09 +20 51 01.9                      952
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 16.11407 15 12 49.60 +20 51 06.5                      952
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 16.11679 15 12 49.19 +20 51 14.0                      952
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 16.11876 15 12 48.75 +20 51 18.1                      952
         K01G02Q  C2001 04 16.36025 15 12 15.81 +20 59 44.0                      670
    
    Observer details:
    615 St. Veran.  Observers C. Demeautis, D. Matter, M. Hernandez, JC. Le Floch.
        0.62-m f/2.8 reflector + CCD.
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.
    684 Prescott.  Observer P. G. Comba.  0.46-m f/4.5 reflector + 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.
    946 Ametlla de Mar.  Observer J. Nomen.  0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
    952 Marxuquera.  Observer J. J. Gomez.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 GQ2                                                             PHA 0.003
    Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Spahr
    M 298.16471              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.73127583     Peri.  280.14683     +0.69259939     +0.68467995
    a   1.2201557      Node    37.25138     -0.42176388     +0.63967148
    e   0.5073795      Incl.   22.02294     -0.58516777     +0.34933331
    P   1.35           H   19.6           G   0.15
    From 39 observations 2001 Apr. 14-16.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 GQ2                 a,e,i = 1.22, 0.51, 22                  q = 0.6011
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 04 11    15 20.44   +18 41.8    0.185    1.149   139.6    34.4    17.7
    2001 04 12    15 19.48   +19 02.0    0.173    1.141   139.9    34.4    17.5
    2001 04 13    15 18.32   +19 24.2    0.162    1.132   140.3    34.5    17.3
    2001 04 14    15 16.91   +19 48.8    0.151    1.124   140.6    34.5    17.2
    2001 04 15    15 15.20   +20 16.4    0.140    1.115   140.9    34.6    17.0
    2001 04 16    15 13.11   +20 47.6    0.129    1.107   141.1    34.7    16.8
    2001 04 17    15 10.55   +21 23.6    0.118    1.098   141.2    34.9    16.6
    2001 04 18    15 07.37   +22 05.7    0.107    1.090   141.3    35.2    16.4
    2001 04 19    15 03.35   +22 55.8    0.096    1.081   141.3    35.6    16.1
    2001 04 20    14 58.19   +23 57.0    0.085    1.072   141.0    36.1    15.9
    2001 04 21    14 51.35   +25 13.5    0.074    1.063   140.5    36.9    15.6
    2001 04 22    14 41.95   +26 52.3    0.064    1.055   139.6    38.1    15.3
    2001 04 23    14 28.37   +29 04.2    0.053    1.046   138.0    40.0    14.9
    2001 04 24    14 07.29   +32 06.7    0.043    1.037   135.1    43.2    14.5
    2001 04 25    13 31.22   +36 22.8    0.034    1.028   129.6    48.9    14.1
    2001 04 26    12 21.84   +41 45.3    0.026    1.019   119.0    59.7    13.8
    2001 04 27    10 09.55   +43 47.4    0.021    1.010    99.4    79.4    14.0
    2001 04 28    07 39.17   +33 24.0    0.021    1.001    73.5   105.3    15.1
    2001 04 29    06 11.65   +19 04.0    0.026    0.992    54.1   124.6    16.9
    2001 04 30    05 27.30   +09 21.3    0.034    0.983    43.8   134.8    18.4
    2001 05 01    05 02.27   +03 25.6    0.043    0.974    38.5   139.9    19.6
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-H08
    

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