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    M.P.E.C. 2001-U57                                Issued 2001 Oct. 26, 21:23 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 UW16

Observations:
     K01U16W* C2001 10 24.42028 02 34 01.49 +03 53 19.6          19.4        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 24.44143 02 33 55.74 +03 54 17.4          19.5        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 24.46287 02 33 49.92 +03 55 16.3          20.1        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.29783 02 30 07.00 +04 33 38.8          19.3        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.30848 02 30 04.03 +04 34 08.7          19.7        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.32232 02 30 00.19 +04 34 47.2          19.0        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.32381 02 29 59.48 +04 34 52.3          18.3 R      711
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.32816 02 29 58.27 +04 35 03.6          18.6 R      711
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.33241 02 29 57.08 +04 35 15.5          18.5 R      711
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.34600 02 29 53.56 +04 35 53.2          18.9        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.35662 02 29 50.60 +04 36 22.7          19.2        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.35753 02 29 49.97 +04 36 23.0          18.5 R      649
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.36037 02 29 49.20 +04 36 30.7          18.4 R      649
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.36312 02 29 48.43 +04 36 38.5          18.3 R      649
     K01U16W  C2001 10 25.36720 02 29 47.66 +04 36 51.9          18.6        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.35396 02 25 16.72 +05 23 10.1          18.8        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.36470 02 25 13.67 +05 23 40.3          19.3        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.36608 02 25 12.99 +05 23 44.9          18.3 R      711
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.37031 02 25 11.87 +05 23 57.0          18.3 R      711
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.37456 02 25 10.62 +05 24 08.7          18.1 R      711
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.37547 02 25 10.59 +05 24 11.2          18.7        644
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.44753 02 24 50.84 +05 27 39.3          19.9        608
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.45873 02 24 47.56 +05 28 11.4          20.3        608
     K01U16W  C2001 10 26.46950 02 24 44.53 +05 28 42.1          20.1        608

Observer details:
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
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.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer P. J. Shelus.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 UW16
Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 Spahr
M 268.09282              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.60304892     Peri.  103.53369     -0.64442257     -0.66584363
a   1.3875043      Node    37.04518     +0.18556720     -0.61318464
e   0.1834271      Incl.   38.61722     +0.74181154     -0.42503748
P   1.63           H   19.2           G   0.15
From 24 observations 2001 Oct. 24-26.

Ephemeris:
2001 UW16                a,e,i = 1.39, 0.18, 39                  q = 1.1330
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 10 18    02 59.85   -00 34.0    0.473    1.441   155.8    16.5    19.3
2001 10 28    02 17.54   +06 42.4    0.424    1.416   173.3     4.7    18.5
2001 11 07    01 27.12   +15 01.2    0.415    1.389   160.3    13.9    18.8
2001 11 17    00 39.27   +22 21.2    0.446    1.362   140.2    27.7    19.4
2001 11 27    00 02.68   +27 49.1    0.506    1.335   123.6    38.0    19.9
2001 12 07    23 38.97   +31 52.3    0.579    1.308   110.7    44.8    20.3
2001 12 17    23 25.94   +35 11.2    0.657    1.281   100.8    49.0    20.7
2001 12 27    23 20.90   +38 14.3    0.730    1.255    93.0    51.5    20.9
2002 01 06    23 21.71   +41 16.5    0.796    1.231    86.8    52.9    21.1
2002 01 16    23 27.15   +44 25.8    0.851    1.208    82.0    53.8    21.2
2002 01 26    23 36.64   +47 47.4    0.893    1.187    78.3    54.3    21.3
2002 02 05    23 50.20   +51 23.7    0.921    1.169    75.6    54.7    21.4
2002 02 15    00 08.71   +55 16.0    0.934    1.155    73.8    55.2    21.4
2002 02 25    00 34.07   +59 23.9    0.934    1.143    72.9    55.8    21.4
2002 03 07    01 10.14   +63 40.5    0.921    1.136    72.8    56.5    21.3
2002 03 17    02 04.30   +67 45.6    0.899    1.133    73.3    57.3    21.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-U57

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