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    • MPEC 2001-Y15 : COMET P/2001 X3 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2001-Y15                                Issued 2001 Dec. 19, 15:07 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET P/2001 X3 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK01X030  C2001 09 10.25777 22 11 33.86 +17 29 03.9          20.1 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 09 10.27201 22 11 33.24 +17 28 59.7          20.3 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 09 10.29985 22 11 31.86 +17 28 52.7          19.9 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 09 10.31377 22 11 31.17 +17 28 46.8          20.0 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 10 17.16384 22 03 12.13 +11 33 00.9          19.0 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 10 17.17963 22 03 12.55 +11 32 49.7          19.5 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 10 17.19544 22 03 12.88 +11 32 40.6          20.0 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 10 17.21111 22 03 13.30 +11 32 28.0          19.3 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 10 17.22700 22 03 13.75 +11 32 18.3          19.9 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 07.08304 23 18 08.17 +05 59 14.1          19.9 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 07.09803 23 18 10.16 +05 59 13.3          19.5 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 07.11308 23 18 12.12 +05 59 12.7          19.4 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 07.12886 23 18 14.20 +05 59 13.1          19.0 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 08.06044 23 20 20.16 +05 58 51.2          19.1 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 08.09093 23 20 24.21 +05 58 50.3          20.3 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 08.10618 23 20 26.25 +05 58 51.4          19.6 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 08.12138 23 20 28.26 +05 58 50.3          19.4 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 11.06306 23 27 12.47 +05 58 58.1          19.0 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 11.07940 23 27 14.68 +05 58 59.1          19.6 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 11.09490 23 27 16.89 +05 58 58.7          19.6 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 11.11039 23 27 18.99 +05 58 59.3          19.7 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 11.12588 23 27 21.08 +05 58 59.5          19.4 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 17.09201 23 41 30.92 +06 05 13.9          19.6 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 17.10750 23 41 33.13 +06 05 15.2          19.7 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 17.12285 23 41 35.57 +06 05 18.3          20.2 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 17.13884 23 41 37.65 +06 05 17.9          19.5 N      704
    PK01X030  C2001 12 19.09896 23 46 24.84 +06 08 57.1          17.8 T      734
    PK01X030  C2001 12 19.10897 23 46 26.22 +06 08 57.8          17.7 T      734
    PK01X030  C2001 12 19.11377 23 46 26.82 +06 09 01.8          17.8 T      734
    PK01X030  C2001 12 19.11864 23 46 27.73 +06 09 02.0          17.2 T      734
    PK01X030  C2001 12 19.12959 23 46 29.28 +06 09 05.1          17.3 T      734

Observer details:
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.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2001 X3 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2002 Jan. 6.0 TT = JDT 2452280.5
T 2001 Dec. 30.75551 TT                                 MPC
q   1.5840558            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.15466172     Peri.  163.63430     +0.70839272     -0.67599018
a   3.4372740      Node   240.71075     +0.61868388     +0.73314296
e   0.5391535      Incl.   13.46067     +0.33972049     +0.07442234
P   6.37
From 25 observations 2001 Sept. 10-Dec. 19, mean residual 0".71.

Ephemeris:
    P/2001 X3 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2001 12 17    23 41.29   +06 05.1    1.198    1.590    93.0    38.2  19.4
2001 12 27    00 06.26   +06 31.4    1.264    1.585    88.8    38.4  19.5
2002 01 06    00 32.39   +07 14.4    1.335    1.585    84.8    38.2  19.6
2002 01 16    00 59.35   +08 09.8    1.412    1.592    81.2    37.6  19.8
2002 01 26    01 26.84   +09 13.5    1.496    1.606    77.7    36.8  19.9
2002 02 05    01 54.61   +10 21.0    1.585    1.625    74.3    35.7  20.1
2002 02 15    02 22.48   +11 28.6    1.681    1.650    71.0    34.5  20.3
2002 02 25    02 50.29   +12 32.9    1.782    1.680    67.8    33.1  20.5
2002 03 07    03 17.91   +13 30.8    1.888    1.715    64.5    31.5  20.7
2002 03 17    03 45.24   +14 20.2    1.999    1.754    61.3    29.8  20.9
2002 03 27    04 12.18   +14 59.4    2.114    1.796    58.0    28.1  21.2
2002 04 06    04 38.63   +15 27.1    2.232    1.842    54.6    26.3  21.4
2002 04 16    05 04.53   +15 42.8    2.353    1.891    51.1    24.4  21.6
2002 04 26    05 29.81   +15 46.3    2.474    1.943    47.6    22.5  21.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-Y15

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