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    M.P.E.C. 2001-X62                                Issued 2001 Dec. 14, 23:59 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 XR30

Observations:
     K01X30R* C2001 12 11.29210 04 52 14.28 +12 12 52.3          19.1        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 11.30781 04 52 11.47 +12 12 00.0          19.7        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 11.33797 04 52 06.06 +12 10 20.8          19.6        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 11.35314 04 52 03.39 +12 09 30.9          19.6        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 13.27271 04 46 38.96 +10 21 29.1          19.4        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 13.28774 04 46 36.16 +10 20 35.8          19.8        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 13.30291 04 46 33.31 +10 19 43.1          19.3        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 13.31798 04 46 30.47 +10 18 51.5          19.4        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 13.33305 04 46 27.83 +10 17 58.6          19.5        704
     K01X30R EC2001 12 13.50197 04 45 59.19 +10 08 53.4          18.9 R      474
     K01X30R IC2001 12 13.50833 04 45 58.01 +10 08 30.6                      474
     K01X30R  C2001 12 13.51400 04 45 56.95 +10 08 11.4          18.6 R      474
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.22026 04 43 54.05 +09 25 55.5          19.2        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.23608 04 43 51.05 +09 25 00.4          19.8        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.25190 04 43 48.06 +09 24 03.9          19.4        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.26730 04 43 45.15 +09 23 08.4          19.2        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.28258 04 43 42.14 +09 22 14.9          19.2        704
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.88782 04 41 55.37 +08 45 53.0          18.4 R      046
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.88943 04 41 54.99 +08 45 46.2                      046
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.89067 04 41 54.76 +08 45 41.8          18.7 R      046
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.89196 04 41 54.59 +08 45 38.7                      046
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.89323 04 41 54.40 +08 45 33.6          18.6 R      046
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.91057 04 41 51.05 +08 44 29.7                      557
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.91162 04 41 51.29 +08 44 24.2          19.1 R      966
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.91828 04 41 49.62 +08 44 01.3                      557
     K01X30R  C2001 12 14.92575 04 41 48.64 +08 43 33.4          19.1 R      966

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, P. Jelinek.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector
    + CCD.
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.
    1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer 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.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.25-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 XR30                                                            PHA 0.015
Epoch 2001 Nov. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452240.5                 MPC
M 289.06496              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.66647698     Peri.  294.20450     -0.98124980     +0.03086460
a   1.2980137      Node   248.02784     +0.03203406     -0.94725000
e   0.3656585      Incl.   11.83853     -0.19005959     -0.31900597
P   1.48           H   21.1           G   0.15
From 26 observations 2001 Dec. 11-14.

Ephemeris:
2001 XR30                a,e,i = 1.30, 0.37, 12                  q = 0.8234
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 12 07    05 03.39   +15 51.7    0.274    1.258   173.0     5.5    19.2
2001 12 12    04 50.27   +11 34.1    0.250    1.229   166.9    10.4    19.2
2001 12 17    04 35.53   +06 35.8    0.231    1.200   157.4    18.4    19.3
2001 12 22    04 19.76   +01 05.5    0.216    1.171   146.8    27.4    19.3
2001 12 27    04 03.65   -04 42.9    0.207    1.141   135.9    36.8    19.5
2002 01 01    03 47.73   -10 34.0    0.202    1.112   125.1    46.3    19.6
2002 01 06    03 32.37   -16 14.8    0.200    1.082   114.7    55.7    19.8
2002 01 11    03 17.68   -21 37.4    0.200    1.053   104.9    64.5    20.0
2002 01 16    03 03.56   -26 39.6    0.202    1.024    95.8    72.9    20.2
2002 01 21    02 49.54   -31 23.7    0.204    0.996    87.3    80.9    20.5
2002 01 26    02 34.81   -35 53.0    0.207    0.968    79.5    88.4    20.7
2002 01 31    02 18.25   -40 09.3    0.210    0.943    72.2    95.5    21.0
2002 02 05    01 58.53   -44 09.5    0.213    0.918    65.5   102.3    21.3
2002 02 10    01 34.33   -47 44.6    0.217    0.896    59.4   108.5    21.6
2002 02 15    01 04.63   -50 39.6    0.223    0.876    54.1   114.0    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-X62

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