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    M.P.E.C. 2000-C40                                Issued 2000 Feb.  9, 23:30 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
    
                                       2000 CG59
    
    Observations:
         K00C59G* C2000 02 05.30659 10 34 14.29 +17 38 55.4          19.0        704
         K00C59G  C2000 02 05.32149 10 34 13.20 +17 39 02.3          19.5        704
         K00C59G  C2000 02 05.33624 10 34 11.92 +17 39 07.1          19.7        704
         K00C59G  C2000 02 06.01394 10 33 19.54 +17 42 57.0          19.4 V      557
         K00C59G  C2000 02 06.01653 10 33 19.34 +17 42 58.4                      557
         K00C59G  C2000 02 06.26842 10 33 00.10 +17 44 26.7          19.2        704
         K00C59G  C2000 02 06.28336 10 32 58.90 +17 44 31.5          19.0        704
         K00C59G  C2000 02 06.29827 10 32 57.65 +17 44 36.7          18.6        704
         K00C59G  C2000 02 06.35666 10 32 52.86 +17 44 56.9          19.5 R      858
         K00C59G  C2000 02 06.36030 10 32 52.60 +17 44 57.8          19.0 R      858
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.02561 10 32 00.61 +17 48 40.2                      046
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.02728 10 32 00.48 +17 48 41.1          18.1 R      046
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.02897 10 32 00.28 +17 48 42.2                      046
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.03067 10 32 00.17 +17 48 42.9                      046
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.03240 10 32 00.08 +17 48 43.1          18.2 R      046
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.04786 10 31 58.83 +17 48 48.3                      557
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.05019 10 31 58.56 +17 48 49.2                      557
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.05486 10 31 58.17 +17 48 50.8                      557
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.37450 10 31 33.19 +17 50 40.3          19.6 V      651
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.37829 10 31 32.87 +17 50 41.6          19.4 V      651
         K00C59G  C2000 02 07.38067 10 31 32.67 +17 50 42.7          19.5 V      651
         K00C59G  C2000 02 08.36955 10 30 14.44 +17 56 09.3                      711
         K00C59G  C2000 02 08.38051 10 30 13.55 +17 56 12.9                      711
         K00C59G  C2000 02 08.39149 10 30 12.57 +17 56 16.5                      711
         K00C59G FC2000 02 08.63189 10 29 53.64 +17 57 46.8          19.3 R      422
         K00C59G FC2000 02 08.63471 10 29 53.61 +17 57 47.3          18.8 R      422
         K00C59G FC2000 02 08.63551 10 29 53.42 +17 57 46.4          18.9 R      422
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        reflector + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh,
        R. Sayer, J. B. Evans.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.
    858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 CG59
    Epoch 2000 Feb. 6.0 TT = JDT 2451580.5                  Williams
    M  30.65873              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25543072     Peri.   28.90835     +0.46301611     -0.88559680
    a   2.4601068      Node    33.54751     +0.79997092     +0.39979176
    e   0.4923019      Incl.    3.79008     +0.38165771     +0.23639979
    P   3.86           H   18.0           G   0.15
    From 27 observations 2000 Feb. 5-8.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 CG59                a,e,i = 2.46, 0.49, 4                   q = 1.2490
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 02 06    10 33.34   +17 43.0    0.772    1.736   161.4    10.5    19.3
    2000 02 16    10 20.05   +18 33.3    0.814    1.797   171.6     4.6    19.2
    2000 02 26    10 07.58   +19 04.4    0.879    1.859   168.1     6.3    19.6
    2000 03 07    09 57.73   +19 12.7    0.967    1.921   157.3    11.5    20.1
    2000 03 17    09 51.53   +18 59.7    1.076    1.983   146.5    16.1    20.5
    2000 03 27    09 49.11   +18 29.3    1.203    2.044   136.4    19.7    20.9
    2000 04 06    09 50.11   +17 45.6    1.345    2.105   127.1    22.3    21.3
    2000 04 16    09 54.00   +16 51.4    1.498    2.165   118.5    24.0    21.7
    2000 04 26    10 00.20   +15 49.2    1.662    2.224   110.5    25.1    22.0
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-C40
    

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