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    M.P.E.C. 2001-X41                                Issued 2001 Dec. 12, 03:41 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 XU4
    
    Observations:
         K01X04U* C2001 12 09.24094 04 11 00.16 +32 17 51.7          19.2        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 09.25591 04 10 58.74 +32 14 15.5          19.2        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 09.27088 04 10 57.35 +32 10 39.5          19.0        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 09.28587 04 10 55.94 +32 07 02.9          19.3        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 09.30084 04 10 54.60 +32 03 26.1          18.9        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.20676 04 10 33.25 +28 34 27.2          19.4        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.20717 04 10 33.33 +28 34 23.3          19.6        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.22223 04 10 31.97 +28 31 03.1          19.3        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.22265 04 10 31.89 +28 30 57.9          19.5        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.23763 04 10 30.74 +28 27 38.6          19.3        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.23805 04 10 30.61 +28 27 33.6          19.5        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.25298 04 10 29.54 +28 24 15.3          19.1        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.25340 04 10 29.36 +28 24 10.2          19.5        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.26821 04 10 28.27 +28 20 52.9          19.5        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 10.26863 04 10 28.04 +28 20 47.6          19.2        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.21068 04 10 09.72 +25 01 26.2          19.1        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.22591 04 10 08.68 +24 58 22.0          20.3        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.23328 04 10 08.15 +24 56 52.6          19.9        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.24113 04 10 07.54 +24 55 18.3          20.1        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.24893 04 10 07.02 +24 53 43.7          19.8        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.25636 04 10 06.52 +24 52 14.0          19.9        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.26533 04 10 05.85 +24 50 24.4          20.2        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.27160 04 10 05.41 +24 49 08.7          20.0        704
         K01X04U  C2001 12 11.28105 04 10 04.67 +24 47 13.2          20.1        704
         K01X04U FC2001 12 11.48604 04 10 04.81 +24 08 30.8          18.8 R      422
         K01X04U FC2001 12 11.48664 04 10 04.74 +24 08 24.0          18.3 R      422
         K01X04U FC2001 12 11.48703 04 10 04.82 +24 08 18.6          19.3 R      422
    
    Observer details:
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 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 XU4
    Epoch 2001 Nov. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452240.5                 MPC
    M  77.39253              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.95816046     Peri.   69.54179     +0.83437656     +0.50716543
    a   1.0190071      Node   259.42383     -0.55100051     +0.75705732
    e   0.1633504      Incl.   12.68546     -0.01463517     +0.41188281
    P   1.03           H   23.7           G   0.15
    From 26 observations 2001 Dec. 9-11.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 XU4                 a,e,i = 1.02, 0.16, 13                  q = 0.8526
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 12 07    04 12.63   +42 04.0    0.056    1.037   158.6    20.2    18.5
    2001 12 08    04 11.79   +37 31.3    0.057    1.040   162.0    17.0    18.5
    2001 12 09    04 11.13   +33 16.6    0.060    1.043   164.5    14.7    18.5
    2001 12 10    04 10.61   +29 21.1    0.062    1.045   165.7    13.5    18.5
    2001 12 11    04 10.20   +25 45.0    0.065    1.048   165.6    13.5    18.7
    2001 12 12    04 09.90   +22 27.9    0.068    1.051   164.6    14.4    18.8
    2001 12 13    04 09.68   +19 28.7    0.072    1.053   163.0    15.8    19.0
    2001 12 14    04 09.54   +16 46.4    0.075    1.056   161.1    17.6    19.1
    2001 12 15    04 09.47   +14 19.5    0.079    1.059   159.0    19.4    19.3
    2001 12 16    04 09.46   +12 06.8    0.083    1.061   157.0    21.3    19.5
    
    2001 12 17    04 09.50   +10 06.8    0.087    1.064   155.0    23.1    19.6
    2001 12 19    04 09.76   +06 40.4    0.096    1.069   151.2    26.4    19.9
    2001 12 21    04 10.20   +03 51.4    0.105    1.074   147.8    29.3    20.2
    2001 12 23    04 10.82   +01 32.7    0.114    1.079   144.7    31.8    20.5
    2001 12 25    04 11.59   -00 21.7    0.124    1.084   141.9    34.0    20.8
    2001 12 27    04 12.50   -01 56.1    0.134    1.088   139.4    36.0    21.0
    2001 12 29    04 13.54   -03 14.2    0.144    1.093   137.1    37.7    21.2
    2001 12 31    04 14.70   -04 18.8    0.154    1.098   135.1    39.3    21.4
    2002 01 02    04 15.98   -05 12.2    0.164    1.102   133.1    40.6    21.6
    2002 01 04    04 17.36   -05 56.0    0.175    1.107   131.3    41.9    21.8
    2002 01 06    04 18.86   -06 31.7    0.186    1.111   129.6    43.0    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-X41
    

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