MPEC 2001-M28: 2001 MQ3

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M.P.E.C. 2001-M28                                Issued 2001 June 22, 18:34 UT

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                                   2001 MQ3

Observations:
     K01M03Q* C2001 06 19.36066 20 13 45.26 -29 59 15.7          19.7        644
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 19.37142 20 13 45.84 -29 59 13.0          19.7        644
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 19.38316 20 13 46.53 -29 59 10.1          19.7        644
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 20.33645 20 14 46.01 -29 54 48.1          19.6        644
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 20.34739 20 14 46.62 -29 54 45.4          19.3        644
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 20.35830 20 14 47.22 -29 54 42.3          19.2        644
     K01M03Q FC2001 06 21.15650 20 15 35.01 -29 50 53.8                      493
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 22.14811 20 16 34.26 -29 45 56.6          18.8 V      493
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 22.15273 20 16 34.46 -29 45 55.4                      493
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 22.31264 20 16 45.02 -29 45 03.8          19.7        644
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 22.32385 20 16 45.58 -29 45 00.6          19.3        644
     K01M03Q  C2001 06 22.33423 20 16 46.13 -29 44 58.0          19.1        644

Observer details:
493 Calar Alto.  Observers DANEOPS Team (M. Busch, A. Seib, F. Hormuth).
    Measurers R. Stoss, A. Gnadig, A. Doppler.  1.52-m reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
    A. Deetz.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2001 MQ3
Epoch 2001 June 20.0 TT = JDT 2452080.5                 Spahr
M 336.54267              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29936679     Peri.   27.24520     +0.93958468     +0.33463984
a   2.2130963      Node   313.01149     -0.32928050     +0.82597257
e   0.4566045      Incl.    5.65784     -0.09356800     +0.45363586
P   3.29           H   18.5           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2001 June 19-22.

Ephemeris:
2001 MQ3                 a,e,i = 2.21, 0.46, 6                   q = 1.2026
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 06 10    20 03.02   -30 32.5    0.563    1.498   141.5    24.9    19.3
2001 06 20    20 14.41   -29 56.1    0.477    1.444   148.2    21.8    18.7
2001 06 30    20 23.63   -28 56.8    0.403    1.393   155.2    17.8    18.2
2001 07 10    20 30.78   -27 22.2    0.341    1.346   162.5    13.1    17.6
2001 07 20    20 36.13   -24 57.4    0.291    1.304   170.2     7.7    16.9
2001 07 30    20 40.67   -21 27.5    0.253    1.268   177.0     2.4    16.3
2001 08 09    20 46.03   -16 46.4    0.227    1.239   172.8     5.9    16.2
2001 08 19    20 53.77   -11 06.9    0.212    1.218   165.3    12.1    16.3
2001 08 29    21 05.31   -05 02.9    0.208    1.206   158.5    17.8    16.4
2001 09 08    21 21.10   +00 42.0    0.215    1.203   153.0    22.4    16.6
2001 09 18    21 40.45   +05 30.9    0.232    1.209   148.7    25.6    16.9
2001 09 28    22 02.46   +09 08.8    0.259    1.224   145.5    27.6    17.2
2001 10 08    22 25.90   +11 40.2    0.296    1.248   142.9    28.9    17.6
2001 10 18    22 49.72   +13 18.9    0.343    1.279   140.2    29.9    18.0
2001 10 28    23 13.42   +14 23.1    0.402    1.317   137.3    30.8    18.4
2001 11 07    23 36.65   +15 08.3    0.472    1.361   133.9    31.7    18.9
2001 11 17    23 59.29   +15 45.2    0.553    1.409   130.0    32.5    19.3
2001 11 27    00 21.41   +16 21.3    0.647    1.461   125.6    33.3    19.8
2001 12 07    00 43.07   +17 00.3    0.751    1.516   121.0    33.9    20.2
2001 12 17    01 04.34   +17 43.2    0.868    1.573   116.1    34.2    20.6
2001 12 27    01 25.37   +18 30.3    0.994    1.631   111.1    34.2    21.0
2002 01 06    01 46.19   +19 20.4    1.130    1.689   106.0    34.0    21.3
2002 01 16    02 06.88   +20 12.0    1.274    1.749   100.7    33.6    21.6
2002 01 26    02 27.50   +21 03.9    1.425    1.808    95.5    32.8    21.9
2002 02 05    02 48.06   +21 54.4    1.582    1.867    90.2    31.9    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-M28

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