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    M.P.E.C. 2001-U58                                Issued 2001 Oct. 26, 21:37 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2001 UX16
    
    Observations:
         K01U16X* C2001 10 21.26986 23 56 18.10 +11 06 30.8          19.8        644
         K01U16X  C2001 10 21.29134 23 56 15.58 +11 05 18.0          19.5        644
         K01U16X  C2001 10 21.31195 23 56 13.16 +11 04 07.9          20.2        644
         K01U16X  C2001 10 24.11537 23 51 28.22 +08 16 49.2          19.3 R      649
         K01U16X  C2001 10 24.12167 23 51 27.52 +08 16 25.5          19.7 R      649
         K01U16X  C2001 10 24.12627 23 51 26.99 +08 16 08.5          19.8 R      649
         K01U16X FC2001 10 26.14305 23 48 05.43 +06 05 21.3          18.5 R      711
         K01U16X FC2001 10 26.14676 23 48 04.85 +06 05 08.4          18.6 R      711
         K01U16X FC2001 10 26.15047 23 48 04.38 +06 04 54.0          18.8 R      711
         K01U16X  C2001 10 26.22232 23 47 56.79 +06 00 02.6          20.5        644
         K01U16X  C2001 10 26.24268 23 47 54.38 +05 58 40.2          20.0        644
         K01U16X  C2001 10 26.26417 23 47 51.91 +05 57 13.8          20.1        644
    
    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.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer K. Smalley.  0.75-m Newtonian
        + CCD.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer P. J. Shelus.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 UX16
    Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 Spahr
    M 314.21466              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.58004735     Peri.  254.43757     -0.29876354     -0.94875149
    a   1.4239468      Node   213.50743     +0.93140810     -0.26637113
    e   0.3722691      Incl.   10.75420     +0.20789250     -0.17005006
    P   1.70           H   21.4           G   0.15
    From 12 observations 2001 Oct. 21-26.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 UX16                a,e,i = 1.42, 0.37, 11                  q = 0.8939
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 10 18    00 01.95   +14 00.0    0.218    1.201   157.7    18.4    19.4
    2001 10 28    23 45.06   +03 57.7    0.181    1.144   143.2    31.3    19.3
    2001 11 07    23 30.61   -09 24.8    0.157    1.088   124.7    48.5    19.4
    2001 11 17    23 19.78   -25 06.6    0.144    1.036   105.0    67.2    19.6
    2001 11 27    23 11.06   -41 45.1    0.141    0.988    86.5    85.3    20.1
    2001 12 07    22 56.37   -58 08.6    0.146    0.948    71.2   100.4    20.8
    2001 12 17    22 07.1    -72 33.0    0.158    0.918    61.0   110.4    21.4
    
    2002 02 15    15 29.70   -51 21.8    0.288    0.998    83.7    79.7    21.5
    2002 02 25    15 35.27   -46 54.7    0.296    1.046    92.7    70.9    21.3
    2002 03 07    15 35.37   -42 20.7    0.298    1.100   103.2    61.4    21.2
    2002 03 17    15 28.47   -37 16.8    0.298    1.156   115.7    50.9    21.0
    2002 03 27    15 14.60   -31 25.2    0.300    1.213   130.2    38.9    20.8
    2002 04 06    14 55.73   -24 49.6    0.311    1.271   146.5    25.8    20.6
    2002 04 16    14 35.27   -18 04.8    0.335    1.328   163.4    12.4    20.4
    2002 04 26    14 17.09   -12 06.1    0.378    1.384   178.4     1.2    20.2
    2002 05 06    14 03.67   -07 33.1    0.439    1.438   165.4    10.2    21.1
    2002 05 16    13 55.69   -04 32.6    0.518    1.490   152.8    18.1    21.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-U58
    

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