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    M.P.E.C. 2001-W66                                Issued 2001 Nov. 26, 18:52 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2001 WN15
    
    Observations:
         K01W15N* C2001 11 24.22444 04 20 29.73 +25 52 34.5          18.9        704
         K01W15N  C2001 11 24.23897 04 20 23.84 +25 51 13.9          19.9        704
         K01W15N  C2001 11 24.25474 04 20 17.23 +25 49 45.0          19.3        704
         K01W15N  C2001 11 24.26926 04 20 11.15 +25 48 24.3          19.2        704
         K01W15N  C2001 11 24.28377 04 20 05.11 +25 47 02.2          18.9        704
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.30896 04 13 25.74 +24 13 30.2          18.8        704
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.32496 04 13 19.64 +24 12 04.7          18.9        704
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.33970 04 13 14.08 +24 10 46.1          19.1        704
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.78689 04 10 31.85 +23 31 19.2                      557
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.78764 04 10 31.69 +23 31 15.0                      557
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.80410 04 10 25.69 +23 29 48.4                      557
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.80479 04 10 25.44 +23 29 45.2                      557
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.80619 04 10 24.93 +23 29 37.7                      557
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.80759 04 10 24.40 +23 29 30.5                      557
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.93729 04 09 37.51 +23 18 21.6                      118
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.94736 04 09 33.91 +23 17 28.8                      118
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.95049 04 09 32.75 +23 17 12.2                      118
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.95487 04 09 31.31 +23 16 49.6                      118
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.96301 04 09 28.23 +23 16 07.5                      118
         K01W15N  C2001 11 25.96515 04 09 27.51 +23 15 56.3          18          118
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 WN15
    Epoch 2001 Nov. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452220.5                  MPC
    M  16.33036              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.30868288     Peri.   50.71407     +0.12042813     +0.65463953
    a   2.1683415      Node   244.50488     -0.95085805     +0.29207509
    e   0.8263691      Incl.   55.77131     +0.28524732     +0.69723685
    P   3.19           H   19.0           G   0.15
    From 20 observations 2001 Nov. 24-25.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 WN15                a,e,i = 2.17, 0.83, 56                  q = 0.3765
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 11 17    05 27.87   +38 25.4    0.343    1.292   147.8    24.1    18.4
    2001 11 22    04 37.13   +29 30.7    0.382    1.361   165.8    10.3    18.2
    2001 11 27    04 03.63   +21 49.3    0.442    1.429   178.1     1.3    18.2
    2001 12 02    03 41.41   +15 54.7    0.518    1.495   166.4     8.9    19.0
    2001 12 07    03 26.46   +11 34.3    0.606    1.559   156.3    14.7    19.7
    2001 12 12    03 16.36   +08 25.7    0.701    1.621   147.7    18.9    20.2
    2001 12 17    03 09.64   +06 09.8    0.803    1.682   140.3    22.0    20.7
    2001 12 22    03 05.36   +04 32.1    0.909    1.741   133.7    24.1    21.1
    2001 12 27    03 02.90   +03 22.5    1.020    1.799   127.8    25.6    21.5
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-W66
    

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