MPEC 2001-U07: COMET P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-SKIFF)

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M.P.E.C. 2001-U07                                Issued 2001 Oct. 16, 19:38 UT

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                        COMET P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-SKIFF)

Observations:
    PK01R060  C2001 10 08.92721 01 07 06.27 -22 57 03.3          17.0 T      170
    PK01R060  C2001 10 08.93878 01 07 06.18 -22 57 01.2          17.0 T      170
    PK01R060  C2001 10 10.53715 01 05 51.34 -22 49 43.2                      342
    PK01R060  C2001 10 10.56632 01 05 49.93 -22 49 35.2                      342
    PK01R060   2001 10 12.65521 01 04 12.22 -22 38 35.5          16.7 T      372
    PK01R060  C2001 10 13.61453 01 03 28.03 -22 32 58.6          17.4 T      360
    PK01R060  C2001 10 13.61846 01 03 27.85 -22 32 57.3                      360
    PK01R060   2001 10 13.64688 01 03 26.46 -22 32 47.1          16.7 T      372
    PK01R060   2001 10 13.66146 01 03 25.66 -22 32 41.5                      372

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Beques.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.26-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
342 Shishikui.  Observer H. Maeno.  0.15-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
372 Geisei.  Observer T. Seki.  0.60-m f/3.5 reflector.

Orbital elements:
    P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff)
T 2001 Oct. 26.9950 TT                                  Marsden
q   2.115171             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1181074      Peri.  306.1467      +0.9243641      -0.2583650
a   4.114193       Node    70.3296      +0.3673089      +0.8015798
e   0.485884       Incl.   17.3439      -0.1031266      +0.5391821
P   8.35
From 41 observations 2001 Aug. 19-Oct. 13.

Ephemeris:
    P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2001 10 08    01 07.83   -23 00.7    1.191    2.121   151.0    13.2  16.6
2001 10 18    01 00.18   -22 02.7    1.207    2.116   147.5    14.7  16.7
2001 10 28    00 53.69   -20 27.7    1.244    2.115   141.7    16.9  16.7
2001 11 07    00 49.38   -18 20.9    1.300    2.117   134.6    19.5  16.8
2001 11 17    00 47.80   -15 50.3    1.373    2.122   127.2    21.8  17.0
2001 11 27    00 49.12   -13 03.7    1.461    2.131   119.7    23.7  17.1
2001 12 07    00 53.18   -10 08.1    1.562    2.142   112.5    25.2  17.3
2001 12 17    00 59.69   -07 08.7    1.674    2.156   105.4    26.1  17.5
2001 12 27    01 08.33   -04 09.2    1.795    2.174    98.7    26.6  17.6
2002 01 06    01 18.77   -01 12.4    1.923    2.194    92.2    26.6  17.8
2002 01 16    01 30.71   +01 40.0    2.056    2.216    86.0    26.3  18.0
2002 01 26    01 43.94   +04 26.7    2.193    2.242    79.9    25.6  18.2
2002 02 05    01 58.23   +07 06.5    2.332    2.269    74.1    24.7  18.4
2002 02 15    02 13.44   +09 38.8    2.472    2.299    68.4    23.5  18.6
2002 02 25    02 29.44   +12 02.9    2.612    2.331    62.8    22.2  18.8
2002 03 07    02 46.11   +14 18.1    2.749    2.365    57.3    20.7  18.9
2002 03 17    03 03.37   +16 24.1    2.884    2.400    51.9    19.0  19.1
2002 03 27    03 21.12   +18 20.4    3.014    2.438    46.5    17.3  19.3
2002 04 06    03 39.29   +20 06.8    3.139    2.476    41.3    15.5  19.4
2002 04 16    03 57.80   +21 43.0    3.257    2.516    36.0    13.6  19.6
2002 04 26    04 16.59   +23 08.9    3.368    2.557    30.8    11.6  19.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-U07

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