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    M.P.E.C. 2001-Y37                                Issued 2001 Dec. 24, 01:25 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.
    
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2001 YU3
    
    Observations:
         K01Y03U* C2001 12 19.22497 04 25 13.65 +20 52 41.5          19.8        704
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 19.24012 04 25 11.60 +20 52 51.0          20.2        704
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 19.25525 04 25 09.65 +20 53 00.6          19.9        704
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 19.27038 04 25 07.68 +20 53 09.8          19.7        704
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 19.28553 04 25 05.69 +20 53 19.5          20.0        704
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 20.29529 04 23 00.29 +21 03 46.0          19.5 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 20.29840 04 22 59.91 +21 03 50.1          19.7 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 20.30153 04 22 59.47 +21 03 51.4          19.7 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 20.30464 04 22 59.08 +21 03 51.9          19.9 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 21.32373 04 20 52.95 +21 14 36.9          19.5 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 21.32718 04 20 52.32 +21 14 38.7          20.1 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 21.33139 04 20 51.90 +21 14 40.5          19.2 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 21.33598 04 20 51.31 +21 14 44.1          19.9 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 23.33691 04 16 45.58 +21 36 16.6          19.4 R      649
         K01Y03U  C2001 12 23.36162 04 16 42.46 +21 36 30.5          19.1 R      649
    
    Observer details:
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
        R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian + 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 YU3
    Epoch 2001 Dec. 17.0 TT = JDT 2452260.5                 MPC
    M 323.69252              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.36208909     Peri.   83.52184     -0.95891415     -0.24027291
    a   1.9495113      Node    82.49864     +0.16012331     -0.89729348
    e   0.4652837      Incl.    8.75106     +0.23418832     -0.37031519
    P   2.72           H   19.9           G   0.15
    From 15 observations 2001 Dec. 19-23.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 YU3                 a,e,i = 1.95, 0.47, 9                   q = 1.0424
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 12 17    04 29.82   +20 30.2    0.515    1.485   163.8    10.6    20.0
    2001 12 27    04 09.47   +22 17.2    0.484    1.421   149.3    20.7    20.1
    2002 01 06    03 52.03   +24 17.3    0.469    1.358   135.4    30.5    20.2
    2002 01 16    03 40.43   +26 30.4    0.464    1.296   123.1    39.5    20.4
    2002 01 26    03 36.27   +28 59.4    0.464    1.238   112.5    47.3    20.5
    2002 02 05    03 39.85   +31 45.7    0.463    1.185   103.8    53.9    20.6
    2002 02 15    03 51.14   +34 48.4    0.459    1.137    96.8    59.6    20.6
    2002 02 25    04 10.34   +38 04.0    0.450    1.098    91.5    64.3    20.6
    2002 03 07    04 38.03   +41 23.6    0.435    1.068    87.8    68.2    20.6
    2002 03 17    05 15.70   +44 30.8    0.416    1.049    85.7    71.0    20.6
    2002 03 27    06 05.28   +46 56.2    0.395    1.042    85.3    72.5    20.5
    2002 04 06    07 07.42   +47 50.7    0.374    1.048    86.8    72.3    20.4
    2002 04 16    08 18.75   +46 11.9    0.359    1.067    90.1    70.2    20.3
    2002 04 26    09 30.54   +41 19.6    0.354    1.096    95.1    66.1    20.2
    2002 05 06    10 33.97   +33 38.3    0.363    1.135   100.9    60.8    20.1
    2002 05 16    11 25.99   +24 30.8    0.391    1.182   106.3    55.2    20.2
    2002 05 26    12 08.02   +15 27.5    0.439    1.235   110.2    50.3    20.4
    2002 06 05    12 42.66   +07 24.5    0.505    1.293   112.3    46.6    20.7
    2002 06 15    13 12.29   +00 39.0    0.588    1.354   112.5    43.9    21.1
    2002 06 25    13 38.67   -04 53.4    0.685    1.417   111.3    41.9    21.5
    2002 07 05    14 02.90   -09 24.2    0.796    1.482   109.1    40.4    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-Y37
    

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