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    M.P.E.C. 2001-K50                                Issued 2001 May 31, 18:11 UT

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                                   2001 KY66

Observations:
     K01K66Y* C2001 05 29.23616 12 55 18.43 -24 06 29.0          19.1        644
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 29.24702 12 55 17.93 -24 06 20.4          19.3        644
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 29.25780 12 55 17.34 -24 06 11.6          19.8        644
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 30.23116 12 54 35.83 -23 52 52.9          18.8        644
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 30.24198 12 54 35.36 -23 52 44.0          18.9        644
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 30.25269 12 54 34.89 -23 52 35.3          19.0        644
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 30.35197 12 54 31.21 -23 51 03.2          18.6 B      422
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 30.48506 12 54 25.30 -23 49 15.3          18.9 R      428
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 30.49174 12 54 24.99 -23 49 09.9          19.1 R      428
     K01K66Y BC2001 05 31.13598 12 53 59.66 -23 40 33.0                      711
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 31.14474 12 53 59.26 -23 40 24.7                      711
     K01K66Y fC2001 05 31.15343 12 53 58.93 -23 40 16.7                      711
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 31.17269 12 53 58.16 -23 40 03.0                      290
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 31.17486 12 53 58.06 -23 40 01.2                      290
     K01K66Y  C2001 05 31.17583 12 53 58.01 -23 40 00.5          18.6 R      290

Observer details:
290 Mt. Graham.  Observers C. W. Hergenrother, T. B. Spahr.  1.8-m f/1 VATT
    Lennon telescope + CCD.
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.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
    A. Deetz.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 KY66
Epoch 2001 May 11.0 TT = JDT 2452040.5                  Spahr
M 336.14012              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18026438     Peri.   37.27964     +0.74202362     +0.64605962
a   3.1035787      Node   281.48421     -0.65061651     +0.62972078
e   0.6687286      Incl.   10.51906     -0.16155217     +0.43134523
P   5.47           H   16.4           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2001 May 29-31.

Ephemeris:
2001 KY66                a,e,i = 3.10, 0.67, 11                  q = 1.0281
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 05 21    13 02.91   -25 58.7    0.938    1.838   141.0    20.3    18.6
2001 05 31    12 54.08   -23 42.3    0.916    1.750   130.1    26.3    18.6
2001 06 10    12 50.01   -21 31.1    0.907    1.663   119.7    32.0    18.6
2001 06 20    12 50.96   -19 36.6    0.903    1.575   110.1    37.3    18.7
2001 06 30    12 56.88   -18 05.0    0.902    1.489   101.6    42.0    18.7
2001 07 10    13 07.49   -16 57.3    0.898    1.404    94.2    46.2    18.7
2001 07 20    13 22.53   -16 10.9    0.888    1.324    87.8    50.1    18.6
2001 07 30    13 41.91   -15 41.3    0.871    1.248    82.4    53.8    18.5
2001 08 09    14 05.53   -15 21.7    0.847    1.179    78.1    57.3    18.5
2001 08 19    14 33.51   -15 04.1    0.815    1.120    74.7    60.7    18.4
2001 08 29    15 06.04   -14 39.6    0.778    1.073    72.5    63.8    18.3
2001 09 08    15 43.31   -13 57.6    0.737    1.042    71.5    66.4    18.2
2001 09 18    16 25.51   -12 47.8    0.697    1.029    71.8    68.1    18.1
2001 09 28    17 12.63   -11 02.1    0.664    1.034    73.6    68.4    18.0
2001 10 08    18 04.09   -08 36.3    0.642    1.057    76.7    67.0    17.9
2001 10 18    18 58.50   -05 35.5    0.639    1.096    81.0    63.9    17.9
2001 10 28    19 53.62   -02 14.4    0.658    1.150    85.7    59.5    17.9
2001 11 07    20 46.74   +01 07.0    0.704    1.214    89.9    54.7    18.1
2001 11 17    21 35.84   +04 12.0    0.775    1.287    92.9    50.1    18.3
2001 11 27    22 19.96   +06 53.5    0.870    1.366    94.5    46.1    18.5
2001 12 07    22 59.07   +09 11.8    0.987    1.449    94.6    42.7    18.8
2001 12 17    23 33.79   +11 10.8    1.121    1.534    93.3    39.8    19.2
2001 12 27    00 04.89   +12 55.2    1.271    1.621    91.0    37.3    19.5
2002 01 06    00 33.10   +14 28.6    1.434    1.709    87.9    35.1    19.8
2002 01 16    00 59.06   +15 53.6    1.607    1.797    84.2    33.0    20.1
2002 01 26    01 23.30   +17 11.8    1.787    1.884    79.9    31.0    20.4
2002 02 05    01 46.17   +18 24.0    1.973    1.971    75.4    29.0    20.6
2002 02 15    02 07.98   +19 30.6    2.163    2.056    70.5    26.9    20.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-K50

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