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    M.P.E.C. 2001-P28                                Issued 2001 Aug. 11, 02:47 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 KX76
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2001-N01
    
    Observations:
         K01K76X   1982 07 17.39257 14 59 47.04 -08 01 44.1          19.9        260
         K01K76X   1985 05 14.57870 15 13 44.73 -09 49 55.1          19.9        260
         K01K76X   1990 05 01.63797 15 33 00.52 -12 48 10.5          18.6 R      260
         K01K76X   1993 04 16.65319 15 45 34.38 -14 37 15.8                      260
         K01K76X I 1993 04 16.73652 15 45 34.06 -14 37 14.5                      260
         K01K76X FC1997 06 04.42065 15 57 59.29 -16 49 38.0          19.3 V      566
         K01K76X VC2000 06 05.54949 16 10 32.10 -18 36 10.6                      608
         K01K76X  C2000 07 03.18392 16 08 29.61 -18 33 10.7          19.5 R      809
         K01K76X  C2000 07 03.18701 16 08 29.60 -18 33 10.6          19.5 R      809
    
    Observer details:
    260 Siding Spring-DSS.  Trail located and measured by DANEOPS (A. Gnadig).
        1.2-m U.K. Schmidt.
    566 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. J. Lawrence,
        D. L. Rabinowitz for the NEAT team.  Three stacked images located and
        measured by DANEOPS (A. Gnadig).  1.0-m f/2.2 GEODSS telescope + CCD.
    608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  Three stacked images located
        and measured by DANEOPS (A. Gnadig).  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
    809 European Southern Observatory, La Silla.  Observer E. Guenther.
        Trail located and measured by ASTROVIRTEL and DANEOPS (A. Gnadig).
        2.2-m reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees) and reference
    820717 260 0.47- 0.22+    000703 809 38.3-  9.2+    MPO 15103
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 KX76
    Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 Marsden
    M 258.78520              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.00400156     Peri.  301.01577     +0.93064636     -0.17990728
    a  39.2931017      Node    71.01305     +0.32104456     +0.81927370
    e   0.2456898      Incl.   19.69254     -0.17557830     +0.54444833
    P 246              H    3.2           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    820717 260  0.3+  0.5-    010609 304  0.1-  0.1-    010716 568  0.3+  0.0
    850514 260  0.6-  0.1-    010609 304  0.1-  0.0     010716 568  0.4+  0.0
    900501 260  1.0-  0.1+    010612 304  0.1-  0.1-    010721 684  0.0   0.6+
    930416 260  0.7+  0.5+    010612 304  0.1-  0.1+    010721 688  0.4+  0.1-
    930416 260  0.9+  0.7+    010612 304  0.0   0.3-    010721 684  0.1+  0.6+
    970604 566  0.6+  0.1-    010612 304  0.1-  0.1-    010721 684  0.4-  0.0
    000605 608  0.1-  0.9-    010612 304  0.0   0.1-    010721 688  0.4+  0.1-
    000703 809  0.0   0.2+    010612 304  0.0   0.1-    010722 684  0.1+  0.7-
    000703 809  0.0   0.2+    010619 688  0.2+  0.0     010722 684  0.1-  0.0
    010522 807  0.4-  0.2-    010619 688  0.1+  0.2+    010726 046  0.0   0.4-
    010522 807  0.3-  0.2-    010620 688  0.3+  0.0     010727 046  1.5-  0.7+
    010609 304  0.1-  0.0     010620 688  0.1+  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 KX76                a,e,i = 39.29, 0.25, 20                 q = 29.639
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 08 09    16 11.25   -19 08.5   42.947   43.269   107.9     1.3    19.7
    2001 08 19    16 11.16   -19 09.3   43.106   43.264    98.3     1.3    19.7
    2001 08 29    16 11.23   -19 10.6   43.269   43.258    88.7     1.3    19.7
    2001 09 08    16 11.45   -19 12.3   43.432   43.253    79.1     1.3    19.8
    2001 09 18    16 11.83   -19 14.4   43.590   43.247    69.4     1.2    19.8
    2001 09 28    16 12.35   -19 16.8   43.737   43.241    59.8     1.1    19.8
    2001 10 08    16 13.02   -19 19.5   43.870   43.236    50.1     1.0    19.7
    2001 10 18    16 13.80   -19 22.4   43.984   43.230    40.4     0.9    19.7
    2001 10 28    16 14.68   -19 25.6   44.076   43.225    30.7     0.7    19.7
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-P28
    

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