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    M.P.E.C. 2001-U38                                Issued 2001 Oct. 22, 18:42 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 UF5

Observations:
     K01U05F* C2001 10 20.26488 01 05 07.07 +01 15 24.5          18.2        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 20.28132 01 05 02.65 +01 14 37.0          18.3        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 20.29774 01 04 58.18 +01 13 49.2          18.5        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.00167 01 01 57.73 +00 36 58.0          18.0 R      946
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.00578 01 01 56.42 +00 36 43.2                      946
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.00957 01 01 55.31 +00 36 30.3          18.1 R      946
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.23968 01 00 52.24 +00 23 24.5          18.3        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.24143 01 00 51.65 +00 23 17.8          18.0        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.25589 01 00 46.91 +00 22 26.7          18.9        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.26796 01 00 42.94 +00 21 42.9          18.3        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.27212 01 00 41.58 +00 21 28.6          18.9        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.28541 01 00 37.19 +00 20 40.2          18.6        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.29032 01 00 35.56 +00 20 23.5          18.5        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.30201 01 00 31.73 +00 19 41.1          18.5        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.30653 01 00 30.26 +00 19 24.9          18.5        704
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.31844 01 00 26.29 +00 18 41.5          18.6        704
     K01U05F IC2001 10 21.82304 00 57 53.04 -00 13 51.8                      587
     K01U05F IC2001 10 21.82556 00 57 52.21 -00 14 02.0                      587
     K01U05F  C2001 10 21.82928 00 57 50.79 -00 14 16.7          18.4 R      587

Observer details:
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, V. Giuliani.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli.  Measurers
    J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
946 Ametlla de Mar.  Observers J. Nomen, M. Torta, J. Segui.
    0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 UF5
Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 Spahr
M 344.11155              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28966137     Peri.   53.22233     -0.33319305     -0.94276600
a   2.2622590      Node    56.24548     +0.85991252     -0.30960005
e   0.6934412      Incl.    0.91080     +0.38669478     -0.12385510
P   3.40           H   22.2           G   0.15
From 19 observations 2001 Oct. 20-21.

Ephemeris:
2001 UF5                 a,e,i = 2.26, 0.69, 1                   q = 0.6935
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 10 18    01 12.36   +02 44.6    0.119    1.114   171.7     7.4    18.4
2001 10 19    01 09.53   +02 10.0    0.109    1.103   170.0     9.0    18.2
2001 10 20    01 06.14   +01 28.6    0.099    1.092   168.0    10.9    18.0
2001 10 21    01 02.00   +00 38.2    0.089    1.082   165.8    13.1    17.9
2001 10 22    00 56.83   -00 24.7    0.078    1.071   163.2    15.6    17.7
2001 10 23    00 50.21   -01 45.3    0.069    1.060   160.1    18.6    17.5
2001 10 24    00 41.42   -03 31.8    0.059    1.049   156.4    22.3    17.2
2001 10 25    00 29.21   -05 58.5    0.049    1.038   151.5    27.2    17.0
2001 10 26    00 11.19   -09 30.7    0.040    1.027   144.9    33.8    16.7
2001 10 27    23 42.34   -14 53.4    0.032    1.017   135.1    43.7    16.4
2001 10 28    22 51.21   -23 12.9    0.024    1.006   119.5    59.3    16.3
2001 10 29    21 14.36   -33 58.0    0.020    0.995    94.8    84.1    16.6
2001 10 30    18 48.97   -39 01.8    0.020    0.985    64.4   114.6    18.1
2001 10 31    16 53.67   -34 44.1    0.025    0.974    40.1   139.0    20.8
2001 11 01    15 51.54   -29 02.1    0.032    0.964    24.8   154.4    24.0
2001 11 02    15 17.59   -24 46.8    0.041    0.953    15.3   164.1    27.8
2001 11 03    14 57.05   -21 48.1    0.050    0.943     8.9   170.6    33.2
2001 11 04    14 43.50   -19 40.3    0.059    0.933     4.6   175.1    42.3
2001 11 05    14 33.97   -18 05.8    0.069    0.922     2.9   176.8    51.1
2001 11 06    14 26.95   -16 53.6    0.079    0.912     4.4   175.3    43.6
2001 11 07    14 21.59   -15 57.1    0.089    0.902     6.5   172.9    37.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-U38

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