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    M.P.E.C. 2001-Q43                                Issued 2001 Aug. 24, 20:17 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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                                       2001 QJ96
    
    Observations:
         K01Q96J* C2001 08 23.28283 22 37 00.26 -15 11 11.2          18.5 R      699
         K01Q96J  C2001 08 23.30621 22 36 50.83 -15 12 09.3                      699
         K01Q96J  C2001 08 23.32962 22 36 41.30 -15 13 07.4                      699
         K01Q96J  C2001 08 23.35308 22 36 31.70 -15 14 06.3                      699
         K01Q96J  C2001 08 23.74567 22 33 50.54 -15 30 00.1          18.4 R      422
         K01Q96J  C2001 08 23.74635 22 33 50.27 -15 30 01.6          18.5 R      422
         K01Q96J 1C2001 08 23.75796 22 33 45.31 -15 30 32.2          18.9        413
         K01Q96J 1C2001 08 23.75919 22 33 44.79 -15 30 35.3          18.7        413
         K01Q96J 1C2001 08 23.76044 22 33 44.24 -15 30 38.7          18.9        413
         K01Q96J WC2001 08 23.96524 22 32 19.04 -15 41 04.4                      557
         K01Q96J WC2001 08 23.96641 22 32 18.77 -15 41 07.2                      557
         K01Q96J WC2001 08 23.96758 22 32 18.15 -15 41 11.1                      557
         K01Q96J  C2001 08 24.51675 22 28 02.53 -16 07 18.1          20.1        608
         K01Q96J  C2001 08 24.52718 22 27 57.23 -16 07 48.8          20.1        608
         K01Q96J  C2001 08 24.53820 22 27 51.58 -16 08 21.4          20.0        608
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + 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.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS
        Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 QJ96                                                            PHA 0.001
    Epoch 2001 Aug. 19.0 TT = JDT 2452140.5                 Spahr
    M 331.34569              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.47513982     Peri.  121.38840     -0.18329818     -0.98236189
    a   1.6265039      Node   339.07806     +0.86312829     -0.14282109
    e   0.8047030      Incl.    5.94272     +0.47054365     -0.12069490
    P   2.07           H   21.8           G   0.15
    From 15 observations 2001 Aug. 23-24.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 QJ96                a,e,i = 1.63, 0.80, 6                   q = 0.3177
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 08 19    22 56.57   -12 58.5    0.231    1.237   164.6    12.6    19.8
    2001 08 20    22 53.12   -13 22.8    0.216    1.223   166.3    11.3    19.6
    2001 08 21    22 49.09   -13 50.5    0.201    1.209   168.1     9.9    19.4
    2001 08 22    22 44.36   -14 22.3    0.186    1.195   169.9     8.5    19.1
    2001 08 23    22 38.76   -14 59.1    0.171    1.181   171.8     7.0    18.9
    2001 08 24    22 32.07   -15 41.8    0.157    1.167   173.3     5.8    18.6
    2001 08 25    22 23.95   -16 31.9    0.143    1.153   173.9     5.3    18.3
    2001 08 26    22 13.96   -17 31.1    0.129    1.139   172.8     6.4    18.1
    2001 08 27    22 01.45   -18 41.5    0.115    1.124   170.0     9.0    18.0
    2001 08 28    21 45.46   -20 05.2    0.102    1.110   165.7    13.0    17.8
    2001 08 29    21 24.59   -21 44.1    0.090    1.095   160.0    18.4    17.7
    2001 08 30    20 56.76   -23 37.1    0.079    1.080   152.6    25.4    17.6
    2001 08 31    20 19.24   -25 35.6    0.069    1.065   143.1    34.7    17.6
    2001 09 01    19 29.25   -27 13.3    0.061    1.050   131.0    46.5    17.6
    2001 09 02    18 26.71   -27 40.0    0.056    1.035   116.3    61.0    17.8
    2001 09 03    17 18.01   -26 07.3    0.055    1.020   100.0    77.0    18.2
    2001 09 04    16 14.19   -22 45.6    0.058    1.004    84.2    92.5    18.9
    2001 09 05    15 22.52   -18 41.1    0.064    0.989    70.6   105.9    19.7
    2001 09 06    14 43.49   -14 51.1    0.073    0.973    59.6   116.7    20.7
    2001 09 07    14 14.49   -11 37.9    0.083    0.957    50.9   125.2    21.6
    2001 09 08    13 52.69   -09 02.4    0.095    0.941    44.0   131.9    22.5
    2001 09 09    13 35.94   -06 58.2    0.108    0.925    38.5   137.4    23.3
    2001 09 10    13 22.78   -05 18.5    0.121    0.909    33.9   141.9    24.1
    2001 09 11    13 12.19   -03 57.3    0.134    0.893    30.0   145.7    24.9
    2001 09 12    13 03.50   -02 50.5    0.148    0.876    26.7   149.0    25.6
    2001 09 13    12 56.24   -01 54.7    0.163    0.860    23.7   151.9    26.3
    2001 09 14    12 50.07   -01 07.5    0.177    0.843    21.1   154.6    27.1
    2001 09 15    12 44.77   -00 27.2    0.192    0.826    18.7   157.1    27.8
    2001 09 16    12 40.14   +00 07.6    0.207    0.809    16.5   159.4    28.7
    2001 09 17    12 36.07   +00 37.8    0.222    0.792    14.5   161.5    29.5
    2001 09 18    12 32.45   +01 04.3    0.237    0.775    12.6   163.6    30.5
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-Q43
    

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