MPEC 2001-U06: COMET P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)

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M.P.E.C. 2001-U06                                Issued 2001 Oct. 16, 18:57 UT

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                           COMET P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)

Observations:
    PK01R010  C2001 10 08.87075 21 19 41.32 -24 51 17.5          17.8 T      170
    PK01R010  C2001 10 08.88122 21 19 41.21 -24 51 14.9          17.8 T      170
    PK01R010  C2001 10 14.09806 21 19 58.67 -24 18 41.5          17.8 T      699
    PK01R010  C2001 10 14.12461 21 19 59.10 -24 18 29.6                      699
    PK01R010  C2001 10 14.15121 21 19 59.14 -24 18 18.6                      699
    PK01R010  C2001 10 14.17792 21 19 59.41 -24 18 08.5                      699
    PK01R010  C2001 10 15.21475 21 20 11.05 -24 11 02.4          19.1 T      608
    PK01R010  C2001 10 15.22543 21 20 11.26 -24 10 56.7          18.7 T      608
    PK01R010  C2001 10 15.23617 21 20 11.41 -24 10 51.9          18.4 T      608

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Beques.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.26-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)
T 2002 Feb. 17.5132 TT                                  Marsden
q   1.360400             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1519982      Peri.   24.7271      +0.4985266      -0.8639488
a   3.477313       Node    35.4913      +0.7735556      +0.4063089
e   0.608778       Incl.    7.0403      +0.3912582      +0.2974990
P   6.48
From 57 observations 2001 Aug. 19-Oct. 15.

Ephemeris:
    P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2001 10 08    21 19.75   -24 56.1    1.278    1.972   119.5    26.2  17.5
2001 10 18    21 20.93   -23 50.8    1.311    1.902   110.4    29.4  17.4
2001 10 28    21 26.14   -22 26.7    1.348    1.835   102.1    32.0  17.3
2001 11 07    21 35.04   -20 45.3    1.386    1.768    94.7    34.0  17.2
2001 11 17    21 47.22   -18 47.2    1.423    1.704    88.0    35.4  17.1
2001 11 27    22 02.31   -16 32.0    1.457    1.643    82.1    36.5  17.0
2001 12 07    22 19.90   -13 59.8    1.487    1.586    76.8    37.2  16.9
2001 12 17    22 39.69   -11 10.2    1.514    1.533    72.2    37.7  16.8
2001 12 27    23 01.46   -08 03.6    1.538    1.486    68.2    37.9  16.7
2002 01 06    23 25.02   -04 41.3    1.559    1.444    64.7    38.0  16.6
2002 01 16    23 50.26   -01 05.3    1.580    1.410    61.7    37.9  16.5
2002 01 26    00 17.14   +02 41.0    1.601    1.385    59.2    37.6  16.4
2002 02 05    00 45.61   +06 33.0    1.625    1.368    57.1    37.2  16.4
2002 02 15    01 15.68   +10 24.8    1.654    1.361    55.3    36.7  16.4
2002 02 25    01 47.33   +14 09.7    1.688    1.363    53.8    35.9  16.5
2002 03 07    02 20.46   +17 40.3    1.731    1.375    52.5    34.9  16.6
2002 03 17    02 54.95   +20 49.2    1.783    1.396    51.3    33.8  16.7
2002 03 27    03 30.49   +23 30.3    1.844    1.426    50.1    32.4  16.9
2002 04 06    04 06.69   +25 38.5    1.915    1.464    48.8    30.9  17.1
2002 04 16    04 43.05   +27 11.4    1.997    1.508    47.3    29.3  17.3
2002 04 26    05 19.03   +28 08.6    2.087    1.559    45.6    27.5  17.5
2002 05 06    05 54.08   +28 31.7    2.186    1.614    43.7    25.6  17.8
2002 05 16    06 27.82   +28 24.1    2.291    1.673    41.5    23.6  18.0
2002 05 26    06 59.92   +27 50.0    2.402    1.736    39.0    21.5  18.3
2002 06 05    07 30.21   +26 54.0    2.516    1.801    36.2    19.5  18.6
2002 06 15    07 58.68   +25 40.6    2.633    1.868    33.2    17.3  18.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-U06

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