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    M.P.E.C. 2001-W68                                Issued 2001 Nov. 26, 19:18 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 WP15
    
    Observations:
         K01W15P* C2001 11 24.45030 03 33 43.68 +10 00 30.3          18.8        644
         K01W15P  C2001 11 24.46161 03 33 41.05 +10 02 01.0          18.6        644
         K01W15P  C2001 11 24.47739 03 33 37.43 +10 04 07.8          18.8        644
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.27539 03 30 46.18 +11 51 32.7          19.5        608
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.28578 03 30 43.70 +11 52 56.5          19.8        608
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.29656 03 30 41.09 +11 54 24.0          19.4        608
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.33205 03 30 32.50 +11 59 11.3          19.2        608
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.34284 03 30 29.92 +12 00 38.3          19.0        608
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.35400 03 30 27.19 +12 02 08.2          19.2        608
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.81016 03 28 46.60 +13 02 48.3                      557
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.81087 03 28 46.37 +13 02 53.3                      557
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.81226 03 28 46.00 +13 03 05.0                      557
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.81435 03 28 45.52 +13 03 20.9                      557
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.81892 03 28 44.42 +13 03 59.3                      118
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.82082 03 28 43.92 +13 04 15.8                      118
         K01W15P  C2001 11 25.82502 03 28 43.00 +13 04 50.3          18.4 R      118
         K01W15P  C2001 11 26.22436 03 27 14.04 +13 58 07.9                      658
         K01W15P  C2001 11 26.22637 03 27 13.50 +13 58 24.9                      658
         K01W15P  C2001 11 26.23057 03 27 12.49 +13 58 58.0                      658
    
    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.
    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.
    658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
        Plaskett reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 WP15
    Epoch 2001 Nov. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452220.5                  MPC
    M 354.65536              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.58509115     Peri.  349.33943     +0.58359227     -0.74002250
    a   1.4157515      Node    64.11141     +0.76971069     +0.37289613
    e   0.1940225      Incl.   21.81688     +0.25877697     +0.55974563
    P   1.68           H   21.4           G   0.15
    From 19 observations 2001 Nov. 24-26.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 WP15                a,e,i = 1.42, 0.19, 22                  q = 1.1411
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 11 17    03 59.91   -05 54.2    0.167    1.141   154.0    22.3    18.9
    2001 11 22    03 42.70   +04 33.3    0.159    1.142   164.4    13.5    18.5
    2001 11 27    03 24.34   +15 41.5    0.160    1.144   167.6    10.7    18.4
    2001 12 02    03 06.01   +26 08.3    0.170    1.147   159.8    17.3    18.8
    2001 12 07    02 48.94   +34 55.6    0.187    1.151   150.0    25.3    19.2
    2001 12 12    02 34.22   +41 48.9    0.209    1.156   141.5    32.1    19.7
    2001 12 17    02 22.70   +47 03.0    0.236    1.162   134.5    37.2    20.1
    2001 12 22    02 14.82   +51 01.2    0.265    1.169   128.9    40.9    20.5
    2001 12 27    02 10.67   +54 04.9    0.296    1.176   124.4    43.6    20.8
    2002 01 01    02 10.13   +56 29.6    0.328    1.185   120.7    45.5    21.1
    2002 01 06    02 13.00   +58 26.1    0.361    1.195   117.6    46.8    21.3
    2002 01 11    02 19.11   +60 01.6    0.394    1.205   115.0    47.7    21.6
    2002 01 16    02 28.29   +61 20.7    0.428    1.216   112.8    48.2    21.8
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-W68
    

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