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    M.P.E.C. 2001-U70                                Issued 2001 Oct. 29, 22:26 UT

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                                   2001 UF18

Observations:
     K01U18F* C2001 10 26.45026 02 12 37.46 -22 39 18.1          20.0        608
     K01U18F  C2001 10 26.46065 02 12 33.60 -22 38 43.5          20.0        608
     K01U18F  C2001 10 26.47142 02 12 29.58 -22 38 08.4          20.0        608
     K01U18F  C2001 10 27.20752 02 08 08.34 -21 58 05.1          18.6 R      711
     K01U18F  C2001 10 27.21151 02 08 06.94 -21 57 53.1          18.9 R      711
     K01U18F  C2001 10 27.21554 02 08 05.45 -21 57 39.2          18.3 R      711
     K01U18F  C2001 10 28.19559 02 02 31.02 -21 04 36.0                      711
     K01U18F  C2001 10 28.19963 02 02 29.77 -21 04 21.4                      711

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.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer P. J. Shelus.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 UF18
Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 Spahr
M  67.18105              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.82787630     Peri.  201.68807     -0.40449919     +0.83956699
a   1.1232913      Node    46.67552     -0.74859591     -0.07618090
e   0.6026996      Incl.   29.90001     -0.52534234     -0.53788823
P   1.19           H   19.4           G   0.15
From 8 observations 2001 Oct. 26-28.

Ephemeris:
2001 UF18                a,e,i = 1.12, 0.60, 30                  q = 0.4463
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 10 28    02 03.60   -21 14.9    0.392    1.335   145.7    24.8    19.1
2001 11 07    01 20.39   -12 57.7    0.484    1.410   143.6    24.7    19.7
2001 11 17    00 56.87   -06 30.7    0.604    1.477   134.6    28.5    20.4
2001 11 27    00 45.78   -01 36.8    0.742    1.537   124.9    31.8    21.0
2001 12 07    00 42.49   +02 14.4    0.892    1.590   115.7    33.9    21.6
2001 12 17    00 44.33   +05 25.8    1.049    1.637   107.2    35.0    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-U70

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