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    M.P.E.C. 2001-Q30                                Issued 2001 Aug. 21, 20:49 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
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                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
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                                       2001 QE71
    
    Observations:
         K01Q71E* C2001 08 19.20996 20 07 29.76 -09 57 23.4          16.6        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 19.22269 20 07 46.74 -10 00 29.2          16.9        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 19.23589 20 08 04.28 -10 03 39.5          17.1        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 19.24848 20 08 20.98 -10 06 40.9          17.1        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 19.26187 20 08 38.60 -10 09 52.4          17.6        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.21455 20 29 53.73 -13 22 33.7          17.5        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.21483 20 29 53.97 -13 22 36.9          16.5        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.22686 20 30 05.56 -13 24 40.0          17.1        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.22723 20 30 05.95 -13 24 43.9          16.8        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.23946 20 30 17.74 -13 26 47.8          17.2        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.23954 20 30 17.84 -13 26 50.2          17.6        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.23983 20 30 18.09 -13 26 52.6          17.0        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.25204 20 30 29.84 -13 28 54.9          17.0        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.25213 20 30 29.96 -13 28 57.4          17.6        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 20.25241 20 30 30.20 -13 28 59.7          17.3        704
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.03875 20 43 46.01 -15 26 12.5          17.6 V      151
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.03968 20 43 46.86 -15 26 18.1          17.5 V      151
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.04042 20 43 47.52 -15 26 22.7          17.4 V      151
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.04111 20 43 48.04 -15 26 30.7          17.5 V      151
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.04315 20 43 49.62 -15 26 45.0          17.8 V      151
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.19870 20 46 34.28 -15 45 33.3          17.7 R      333
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.20044 20 46 35.62 -15 45 47.6          17.9 R      333
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.20300 20 46 37.44 -15 46 06.7          17.6 R      333
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.84913 20 55 26.23 -16 59 39.1                      611
         K01Q71E  C2001 08 21.85105 20 55 27.38 -16 59 48.7                      611
    
    Observer details:
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
        Hypergraph + CCD.
    333 Desert Eagle Observatory.  Observer W. K. Yeung.  0.45-m reflector + CCD.
        Long. and parallax = 249.5236, 0.84936, +0.52642.
    611 Starkenburg.  Observer F. Hormuth.  0.45-m f/4.4 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 QE71
    Epoch 2001 Aug. 19.0 TT = JDT 2452140.5                 Spahr
    M  63.45941              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.88185390     Peri.   96.07783     -0.42626442     +0.90418082
    a   1.0769733      Node   148.64567     -0.84944919     -0.38964370
    e   0.1586728      Incl.    3.02842     -0.31102206     -0.17502806
    P   1.12           H   24.6           G   0.15
    From 25 observations 2001 Aug. 19-21.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 QE71                a,e,i = 1.08, 0.16, 3                   q = 0.9061
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 08 09    12 22.07   +33 22.7    0.022    0.999    45.4   133.7    22.4
    2001 08 14    15 24.25   +29 09.2    0.010    1.011    80.8    98.6    18.2
    2001 08 19    20 01.84   -08 57.1    0.014    1.024   152.4    27.3    16.6
    2001 08 24    21 16.78   -19 39.3    0.028    1.038   164.3    15.3    17.7
    2001 08 29    21 43.42   -22 33.5    0.043    1.051   162.7    16.6    18.8
    2001 09 03    21 57.05   -23 38.3    0.059    1.064   159.8    19.1    19.6
    2001 09 08    22 05.61   -24 00.1    0.076    1.078   156.6    21.8    20.2
    2001 09 13    22 11.88   -23 58.6    0.093    1.091   153.4    24.4    20.8
    2001 09 18    22 17.16   -23 41.5    0.112    1.103   150.1    27.0    21.3
    2001 09 23    22 22.15   -23 12.4    0.132    1.116   146.8    29.5    21.7
    2001 09 28    22 27.20   -22 34.0    0.152    1.128   143.5    31.9    22.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-Q30
    

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