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    M.P.E.C. 2001-X61                                Issued 2001 Dec. 14, 23:52 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
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                                   2001 XQ30

Observations:
     K01X30Q* C2001 12 11.14410 01 11 34.94 +08 01 51.6          20.1        704
     K01X30Q  C2001 12 11.15940 01 11 34.87 +08 01 39.6          20.0        704
     K01X30Q  C2001 12 11.17468 01 11 34.87 +08 01 26.8          19.6        704
     K01X30Q  C2001 12 11.18998 01 11 34.81 +08 01 13.3          20.3        704
     K01X30Q  C2001 12 11.20526 01 11 34.80 +08 01 01.1          20.2        704
     K01X30Q 1C2001 12 12.79857 01 11 42.51 +07 39 20.5                      950
     K01X30Q 1C2001 12 12.80149 01 11 42.52 +07 39 18.1                      950
     K01X30Q 1C2001 12 12.80393 01 11 42.53 +07 39 16.2                      950
     K01X30Q WC2001 12 14.73149 01 12 02.04 +07 14 22.0                      557
     K01X30Q WC2001 12 14.74067 01 12 02.15 +07 14 17.0                      557
     K01X30Q WC2001 12 14.78836 01 12 02.62 +07 13 42.5                      557
     K01X30Q  C2001 12 14.80340 01 12 02.95 +07 13 30.2          19.4 R      966
     K01X30Q  C2001 12 14.82708 01 12 03.15 +07 13 11.5          20.0 R      966

Observer details:
557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  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.
950 La Palma.  Observers T. Grav, M. W. Hansen.  2.5-m Nordic Optical
    Telescope + CCD.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.25-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 XQ30
Epoch 2001 Nov. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452240.5                 MPC
M 311.46119              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39823816     Peri.  271.54082     -0.81766811     -0.55195760
a   1.8296758      Node   234.98825     +0.57482222     -0.76718324
e   0.4422261      Incl.   11.52147     +0.03159543     -0.32676089
P   2.47           H   18.4           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2001 Dec. 11-14.

Ephemeris:
2001 XQ30                a,e,i = 1.83, 0.44, 12                  q = 1.0205
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 12 07    01 11.94   +09 03.4    0.731    1.527   125.1    31.9    20.0
2001 12 17    01 12.67   +06 47.3    0.754    1.465   114.2    37.8    20.1
2001 12 27    01 18.65   +05 12.5    0.779    1.402   104.8    42.7    20.2
2002 01 06    01 29.30   +04 15.0    0.803    1.340    96.7    46.8    20.3
2002 01 16    01 44.13   +03 48.6    0.821    1.280    89.9    50.2    20.4
2002 01 26    02 02.70   +03 46.8    0.833    1.223    84.1    53.2    20.4
2002 02 05    02 24.68   +04 02.8    0.836    1.169    79.4    56.0    20.4
2002 02 15    02 49.92   +04 31.0    0.830    1.122    75.6    58.5    20.4
2002 02 25    03 18.36   +05 06.0    0.817    1.081    72.8    61.0    20.3
2002 03 07    03 50.00   +05 42.8    0.795    1.050    71.0    63.3    20.3
2002 03 17    04 25.01   +06 17.4    0.769    1.029    70.1    65.3    20.2
2002 03 27    05 03.59   +06 45.4    0.741    1.021    70.1    66.8    20.1
2002 04 06    05 45.84   +07 02.6    0.714    1.025    71.2    67.6    20.1
2002 04 16    06 31.76   +07 04.4    0.693    1.041    73.1    67.3    20.1
2002 04 26    07 20.86   +06 45.6    0.682    1.068    75.8    65.9    20.0
2002 05 06    08 11.89   +06 02.4    0.686    1.105    78.9    63.6    20.1
2002 05 16    09 03.07   +04 54.4    0.708    1.151    82.0    60.5    20.1
2002 05 26    09 52.44   +03 25.1    0.750    1.202    84.6    57.0    20.2
2002 06 05    10 38.47   +01 41.5    0.810    1.258    86.4    53.6    20.4
2002 06 15    11 20.46   -00 09.4    0.889    1.317    87.3    50.4    20.6
2002 06 25    11 58.41   -02 02.2    0.983    1.379    87.2    47.4    20.8
2002 07 05    12 32.68   -03 52.8    1.090    1.441    86.2    44.7    21.1
2002 07 15    13 03.91   -05 39.2    1.209    1.504    84.6    42.3    21.3
2002 07 25    13 32.68   -07 20.2    1.336    1.566    82.3    40.0    21.6
2002 08 04    13 59.51   -08 54.6    1.471    1.628    79.5    37.8    21.8
2002 08 14    14 24.86   -10 22.1    1.612    1.688    76.3    35.7    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-X61

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