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    M.P.E.C. 2001-R21                                Issued 2001 Sept. 10, 16:45 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 RO3
    
    Observations:
         K01R03O* C2001 09 07.20091 23 18 18.85 -08 14 34.3          16.3        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 07.21475 23 18 33.06 -08 07 42.7          16.7        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 07.22857 23 18 47.19 -08 00 49.7          16.9        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 07.24244 23 19 01.35 -07 53 54.0          17.1        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 07.25632 23 19 15.50 -07 46 56.5          16.2        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.25849 23 38 46.66 +01 08 06.4          16.7        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.27125 23 39 00.89 +01 15 17.0          16.6        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.27227 23 39 02.10 +01 15 50.4          16.9        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.27238 23 39 02.16 +01 15 54.0          16.7        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.28626 23 39 17.69 +01 23 42.2          16.6        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.28637 23 39 17.80 +01 23 45.9          16.5        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.28638 23 39 17.81 +01 23 46.8          16.6        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.30015 23 39 33.19 +01 31 31.1          16.8        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.30081 23 39 33.94 +01 31 53.5          16.5        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.31395 23 39 48.60 +01 39 17.2          17.3        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.31608 23 39 51.00 +01 40 29.5          16.6        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.31885 23 39 55.23 +01 42 11.5          16.6 V      333
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.32168 23 39 58.60 +01 43 47.8          17.3 V      333
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.32436 23 40 01.40 +01 45 17.7          16.7 V      333
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.92170 23 52 37.91 +07 26 40.2          17.0 R      587
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.92812 23 52 45.65 +07 30 23.0          16.9 R      587
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.93137 23 52 49.52 +07 32 14.9          17.0 R      587
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.97644 23 53 46.44 +07 58 58.6          16.3 R      952
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.97694 23 53 47.04 +07 59 16.0          17.0 R      952
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.97916 23 53 49.76 +08 00 31.9          16.0 R      952
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.97957 23 53 50.26 +08 00 46.8          17.1 R      952
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.98308 23 53 54.37 +08 02 49.4          16.3 R      952
         K01R03O  C2001 09 08.98390 23 53 55.33 +08 03 17.9          16.4 R      952
         K01R03O tC2001 09 09.25056 23 59 47.99 +10 37 27.3          16.5 V      642
         K01R03O tC2001 09 09.25159 23 59 49.19 +10 38 05.7                      642
         K01R03O tC2001 09 09.25262 23 59 50.51 +10 38 45.9                      642
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.28072 00 00 07.84 +11 02 01.7                      844
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.28157 00 00 08.94 +11 02 32.0                      844
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.28229 00 00 09.84 +11 03 00.5                      844
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.28703 00 00 15.59 +11 05 41.4                      844
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.28747 00 00 16.10 +11 05 56.8                      844
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.28800 00 00 16.75 +11 06 16.6                      844
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.29536 00 00 38.95 +11 04 06.1          16.5 R      918
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.29627 00 00 39.99 +11 04 37.9          16.5 R      918
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.29680 00 00 40.70 +11 04 56.5          16.4 R      918
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.29773 00 00 41.80 +11 05 28.9          16.6 R      918
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.29837 00 00 42.60 +11 05 51.5          16.5 R      918
         K01R03O 1C2001 09 09.35265 00 01 54.59 +11 37 04.2                      658
         K01R03O 1C2001 09 09.35321 00 01 55.21 +11 37 21.4                      658
         K01R03O 1C2001 09 09.35422 00 01 56.48 +11 37 58.7                      658
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.36036 00 01 59.22 +11 42 42.3          16.9        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.37438 00 02 16.25 +11 50 50.2          17.0        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.38842 00 02 33.38 +11 58 57.6          16.3        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.40244 00 02 50.54 +12 07 04.0          16.2        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.41646 00 03 07.77 +12 15 09.7          16.2        704
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.85290 00 13 17.36 +16 25 34.0                      107
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.85469 00 13 19.71 +16 26 38.0                      107
         K01R03O  C2001 09 09.85636 00 13 21.95 +16 27 35.6                      107
         K01R03O 1C2001 09 10.31100 00 23 43.97 +20 43 07.7                      658
         K01R03O 1C2001 09 10.31178 00 23 44.95 +20 43 33.4                      658
         K01R03O 1C2001 09 10.31270 00 23 46.21 +20 44 04.1                      658
    
    Observer details:
    107 Cavezzo.  Observers M. Nicolini, P. Negrelli.  0.40-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    333 Desert Eagle Observatory.  Observer W. K. Yeung.  0.45-m reflector + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
    642 Oak Bay, Victoria.  Observer C. E. Spratt.  0.235-m f/5.6
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
        Plaskett 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.
    844 Los Molinos.  Observer R. Salvo.  0.35-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD.
    918 Badlands Observatory, Quinn.  Observer R. Dyvig.  0.66-m f/4.8 reflector
        + CCD.
    952 Marxuquera.  Observer J. J. Gomez.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 RO3
    Epoch 2001 Sept. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452160.5                 Spahr
    M 356.73523              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.24755235     Peri.   16.02450     +0.99891620     -0.02666778
    a   2.5120292      Node   345.34429     +0.00255932     +0.84982227
    e   0.5933528      Incl.    8.67190     +0.04647451     +0.52639429
    P   3.98           H   23.2           G   0.15
    From 56 observations 2001 Sept. 7-10.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 RO3                 a,e,i = 2.51, 0.59, 9                   q = 1.0215
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 08 29    21 30.73   -43 31.6    0.068    1.065   143.5    34.3    18.9
    2001 08 30    21 37.73   -42 04.2    0.063    1.062   144.8    33.3    18.7
    2001 08 31    21 45.58   -40 18.8    0.058    1.058   146.4    31.9    18.5
    2001 09 01    21 54.38   -38 10.7    0.053    1.055   148.4    30.1    18.3
    2001 09 02    22 04.25   -35 33.8    0.049    1.052   150.9    27.8    18.0
    2001 09 03    22 15.32   -32 20.2    0.044    1.049   154.1    24.8    17.7
    2001 09 04    22 27.75   -28 20.2    0.040    1.046   158.2    21.0    17.4
    2001 09 05    22 41.67   -23 22.2    0.036    1.043   163.2    16.2    17.0
    2001 09 06    22 57.20   -17 14.7    0.033    1.041   169.2    10.4    16.6
    2001 09 07    23 14.46   -09 50.3    0.031    1.038   175.3     4.6    16.1
    2001 09 08    23 33.46   -01 12.9    0.029    1.036   171.8     7.9    16.1
    2001 09 09    23 54.18   +08 14.9    0.028    1.034   162.5    17.1    16.4
    2001 09 10    00 16.42   +17 51.6    0.028    1.032   152.4    26.9    16.7
    2001 09 11    00 39.87   +26 50.4    0.029    1.030   142.7    36.3    17.1
    2001 09 12    01 04.09   +34 37.2    0.031    1.029   134.1    44.6    17.5
    2001 09 13    01 28.53   +40 58.8    0.034    1.027   126.9    51.5    17.8
    2001 09 14    01 52.62   +45 59.0    0.038    1.026   121.1    57.1    18.2
    2001 09 15    02 15.83   +49 49.4    0.041    1.025   116.4    61.6    18.5
    2001 09 16    02 37.74   +52 44.1    0.045    1.024   112.6    65.0    18.8
    2001 09 17    02 58.08   +54 55.7    0.050    1.023   109.7    67.7    19.1
    2001 09 18    03 16.71   +56 34.6    0.054    1.022   107.3    69.7    19.4
    2001 09 19    03 33.61   +57 48.9    0.059    1.022   105.5    71.3    19.6
    2001 09 20    03 48.83   +58 44.9    0.064    1.022   104.1    72.5    19.8
    2001 09 21    04 02.47   +59 27.1    0.068    1.022   102.9    73.3    20.0
    2001 09 22    04 14.69   +59 59.0    0.073    1.022   102.1    73.9    20.2
    2001 09 23    04 25.61   +60 23.1    0.078    1.022   101.4    74.3    20.3
    2001 09 24    04 35.38   +60 41.2    0.083    1.022   101.0    74.5    20.4
    2001 09 25    04 44.12   +60 54.9    0.088    1.023   100.6    74.5    20.6
    2001 09 26    04 51.97   +61 05.0    0.093    1.023   100.4    74.5    20.7
    2001 09 27    04 59.01   +61 12.5    0.098    1.024   100.3    74.3    20.8
    2001 09 28    05 05.35   +61 17.9    0.102    1.025   100.4    74.0    20.9
    2001 09 29    05 11.06   +61 21.7    0.107    1.027   100.4    73.7    21.0
    2001 09 30    05 16.21   +61 24.3    0.112    1.028   100.6    73.3    21.1
    2001 10 01    05 20.86   +61 25.8    0.117    1.030   100.8    72.8    21.2
    2001 10 02    05 25.07   +61 26.5    0.122    1.031   101.1    72.3    21.2
    2001 10 03    05 28.86   +61 26.6    0.127    1.033   101.4    71.7    21.3
    2001 10 04    05 32.29   +61 26.3    0.132    1.035   101.8    71.1    21.4
    2001 10 05    05 35.39   +61 25.5    0.136    1.037   102.2    70.4    21.4
    2001 10 06    05 38.17   +61 24.4    0.141    1.040   102.6    69.8    21.5
    2001 10 07    05 40.67   +61 23.0    0.146    1.042   103.1    69.1    21.5
    2001 10 08    05 42.91   +61 21.4    0.150    1.045   103.6    68.3    21.6
    2001 10 09    05 44.90   +61 19.7    0.155    1.048   104.1    67.6    21.6
    2001 10 10    05 46.66   +61 17.8    0.160    1.051   104.7    66.8    21.7
    2001 10 11    05 48.20   +61 15.7    0.164    1.054   105.3    66.0    21.7
    2001 10 12    05 49.53   +61 13.5    0.169    1.057   105.9    65.2    21.8
    2001 10 13    05 50.67   +61 11.2    0.174    1.060   106.6    64.4    21.8
    2001 10 14    05 51.62   +61 08.7    0.178    1.064   107.2    63.6    21.8
    2001 10 15    05 52.39   +61 06.1    0.183    1.068   107.9    62.7    21.9
    2001 10 16    05 52.99   +61 03.4    0.187    1.071   108.6    61.9    21.9
    2001 10 17    05 53.42   +61 00.5    0.191    1.075   109.3    61.0    21.9
    2001 10 18    05 53.70   +60 57.4    0.196    1.079   110.1    60.1    22.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-R21
    

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