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    • MPEC 2001-R39 : 2001 RW17

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    M.P.E.C. 2001-R39                                Issued 2001 Sept. 13, 20:07 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 RW17

Observations:
     K01R17W* C2001 09 11.30689 00 16 13.13 -04 15 55.0          19.2 R      699
     K01R17W  C2001 09 11.33034 00 16 10.33 -04 16 30.7                      699
     K01R17W  C2001 09 11.35389 00 16 07.27 -04 17 07.2                      699
     K01R17W  C2001 09 11.37747 00 16 04.28 -04 17 42.7                      699
     K01R17W  C2001 09 12.23929 00 14 22.30 -04 39 33.5          20.5 R      918
     K01R17W  C2001 09 12.24279 00 14 21.98 -04 39 38.5          20.0 R      918
     K01R17W  C2001 09 12.24858 00 14 21.20 -04 39 46.5          20.4 R      918
     K01R17W  C2001 09 12.32836 00 14 11.39 -04 41 43.3          19.3        704
     K01R17W  C2001 09 12.34249 00 14 09.68 -04 42 04.4          20.1        704
     K01R17W 1C2001 09 12.35076 00 14 08.91 -04 42 20.3                      658
     K01R17W 1C2001 09 12.35471 00 14 08.49 -04 42 26.2                      658
     K01R17W  C2001 09 12.35664 00 14 07.94 -04 42 24.7          19.9        704
     K01R17W 1C2001 09 12.35978 00 14 07.80 -04 42 33.3                      658
     K01R17W  C2001 09 12.37076 00 14 06.18 -04 42 45.9          19.8        704
     K01R17W 1C2001 09 13.46488 00 11 59.23 -05 09 20.1                      658
     K01R17W 1C2001 09 13.47918 00 11 57.55 -05 09 41.0                      658
     K01R17W  C2001 09 13.56920 00 11 47.63 -05 11 22.3          18.9 R      474
     K01R17W  C2001 09 13.57406 00 11 47.05 -05 11 29.1          18.8 R      474
     K01R17W  C2001 09 13.57811 00 11 46.57 -05 11 34.6          18.7 R      474

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  1.0-m f/7.7
    reflector + CCD.
658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
    Plaskett reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS
    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.
918 Badlands Observatory, Quinn.  Observer R. Dyvig.  0.66-m f/4.8 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 RW17
Epoch 2001 Sept. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452160.5                 Spahr
M  23.07299              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27695315     Peri.   93.41845     -0.25725903     +0.96514114
a   2.3309440      Node   161.45678     -0.93582571     -0.23639690
e   0.6603359      Incl.    8.71208     -0.24093159     -0.11233470
P   3.56           H   19.8           G   0.15
From 19 observations 2001 Sept. 11-13.

Ephemeris:
2001 RW17                a,e,i = 2.33, 0.66, 9                   q = 0.7917
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 09 08    00 23.10   -02 45.3    0.424    1.415   160.6    13.7    19.5
2001 09 18    00 03.87   -06 47.3    0.511    1.513   172.7     4.8    19.7
2001 09 28    23 49.77   -09 22.1    0.617    1.609   166.7     8.3    20.4
2001 10 08    23 40.87   -10 47.0    0.743    1.703   155.3    14.2    21.1
2001 10 18    23 36.57   -11 20.6    0.887    1.795   144.6    18.7    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-R39

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