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    M.P.E.C. 2001-R54                                Issued 2001 Sept. 15, 14:37 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2001 Q1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    CK01Q010  C2001 09 08.12591 20 48 26.66 -11 20 44.7          19.2 T      704
    CK01Q010  C2001 09 08.13984 20 48 26.39 -11 20 50.9          19.4 T      704
    CK01Q010  C2001 09 08.16783 20 48 25.66 -11 21 08.2          19.8 T      704
    CK01Q010  C2001 09 08.18177 20 48 25.45 -11 21 15.5          19.6 T      704
    CK01Q010  C2001 09 10.11333 20 47 48.87 -11 37 50.7          19.4 T      704
    CK01Q010  C2001 09 10.12729 20 47 48.59 -11 37 57.4          19.7 T      704
    CK01Q010  C2001 09 10.15521 20 47 48.10 -11 38 12.1          19.8 T      704
    CK01Q010  C2001 09 10.16919 20 47 47.82 -11 38 18.9          19.7 T      704

Observer details:
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:
    C/2001 Q1 (NEAT)
T 2001 Sept. 21.3275 TT                                 Marsden
q   5.832875             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.005906       Peri.  175.5061      +0.7353643      +0.3142817
                   Node   139.2644      -0.6468991      +0.5894972
e   0.965549       Incl.   66.9315      -0.2018934      -0.7441237
From 45 observations 2001 July 16-Sept. 10.

Ephemeris:
    C/2001 Q1 (NEAT)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2001 09 08    20 48.48   -11 19.6    4.975    5.834   145.5     5.6  18.1
2001 09 18    20 45.68   -12 43.5    5.079    5.833   135.0     7.0  18.2
2001 09 28    20 43.90   -14 01.3    5.205    5.833   124.6     8.1  18.2
2001 10 08    20 43.23   -15 11.7    5.350    5.834   114.4     9.0  18.3
2001 10 18    20 43.72   -16 14.2    5.509    5.836   104.3     9.5  18.4
2001 10 28    20 45.36   -17 08.7    5.676    5.839    94.5     9.8  18.4
2001 11 07    20 48.10   -17 55.5    5.845    5.842    84.9     9.7  18.5
2001 11 17    20 51.86   -18 34.8    6.014    5.846    75.6     9.4  18.6
2001 11 27    20 56.55   -19 07.4    6.176    5.851    66.4     8.9  18.6
2001 12 07    21 02.05   -19 33.9    6.329    5.857    57.4     8.1  18.7
2001 12 17    21 08.25   -19 55.0    6.469    5.864    48.6     7.2  18.7
2001 12 27    21 15.06   -20 11.6    6.592    5.872    39.9     6.2  18.8
2002 01 06    21 22.34   -20 24.3    6.697    5.880    31.5     5.0  18.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-R54

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