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    M.P.E.C. 2001-R26                                Issued 2001 Sept. 12, 20:03 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2001 RE8
    
    Observations:
         K01R08E  C2001 07 25.33620 22 22 20.31 +31 38 42.9          19.5        644
         K01R08E  C2001 07 25.34673 22 22 19.75 +31 39 00.1          19.4        644
         K01R08E  C2001 07 25.35742 22 22 19.21 +31 39 17.4          19.1        644
         K01R08E* C2001 09 08.19868 21 35 44.08 +33 57 21.2          18.8        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 08.21253 21 35 43.62 +33 57 08.0          19.1        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 08.22624 21 35 43.01 +33 56 52.4          19.4        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 08.24058 21 35 42.47 +33 56 39.0          19.1        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 10.18233 21 34 48.42 +33 23 00.6          19.2        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 10.19610 21 34 47.96 +33 22 47.0          19.6        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 10.22366 21 34 47.11 +33 22 17.3          19.8        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 10.23745 21 34 46.65 +33 22 01.9          19.8        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 11.20498 21 34 24.19 +33 04 35.1          19.8        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 11.21988 21 34 23.78 +33 04 18.9          20.0        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 11.23480 21 34 23.32 +33 04 02.1          20.0        704
         K01R08E  C2001 09 11.24972 21 34 22.94 +33 03 46.5          19.9        704
    
    Observer details:
    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.
    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 RE8
    Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 Spahr
    M  72.25330              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.51753506     Peri.    4.50001     -0.02984664     +0.97000031
    a   1.5364185      Node   263.92328     -0.92447923     -0.11856599
    e   0.2334018      Incl.   14.04169     -0.38006228     +0.21222982
    P   1.90           H   18.4           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    010725 644  0.2+  0.1+    010908 704  0.4-  1.0-    010910 704  0.5+  0.6-
    010725 644  0.1-  0.0     010908 704  0.1-  0.1+    010911 704  0.5-  0.0
    010725 644  0.0   0.2-    010910 704  0.1+  0.5-    010911 704  0.2-  0.1+
    010908 704  0.4-  0.2+    010910 704  0.0   0.5+    010911 704  0.4-  0.3-
    010908 704  0.6+  0.9+    010910 704  0.6+  0.1+    010911 704  0.3+  0.5+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 RE8                 a,e,i = 1.54, 0.23, 14                  q = 1.1778
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 09 08    21 35.84   +34 00.7    0.466    1.377   134.9    31.3    18.8
    2001 09 18    21 33.15   +30 51.9    0.506    1.409   135.1    30.2    19.0
    2001 09 28    21 35.70   +27 19.8    0.555    1.442   133.6    30.2    19.2
    2001 10 08    21 42.85   +23 50.3    0.615    1.476   130.6    30.9    19.5
    2001 10 18    21 53.70   +20 40.4    0.686    1.509   126.5    32.0    19.8
    2001 10 28    22 07.45   +18 00.5    0.766    1.541   121.8    33.2    20.2
    2001 11 07    22 23.32   +15 54.7    0.857    1.573   116.6    34.3    20.5
    2001 11 17    22 40.71   +14 22.4    0.956    1.604   111.2    35.1    20.8
    2001 11 27    22 59.22   +13 21.7    1.062    1.634   105.8    35.5    21.1
    2001 12 07    23 18.49   +12 48.6    1.175    1.663   100.3    35.7    21.3
    2001 12 17    23 38.30   +12 39.1    1.292    1.690    94.9    35.5    21.6
    2001 12 27    23 58.51   +12 49.1    1.414    1.716    89.6    35.0    21.8
    2002 01 06    00 19.00   +13 14.7    1.537    1.740    84.3    34.2    22.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-R26
    

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