------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1639 2001 May 26 12.30UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 KP41 M. Blythe, F. Shelly, M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico (IAU station 704) report the discovery of a fast-moving asteroid using the 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD: C2001 05 23.38698 19 00 21.59 +04 55 24.6 16.5 704 C2001 05 23.39808 19 00 22.86 +04 55 34.4 16.9 704 C2001 05 23.40918 19 00 24.09 +04 55 43.8 17.2 704 C2001 05 23.42028 19 00 25.36 +04 55 53.3 16.9 704 C2001 05 23.43138 19 00 26.59 +04 56 02.5 16.8 704 Orbital elements: 2001 KP41 Epoch 2001 May 11.0 TT = JDT 2452040.5 Spahr M 346.79689 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19011304 Peri. 154.06556 +0.52406820 +0.84536434 a 2.9954456 Node 147.24647 -0.81089754 +0.53242986 e 0.5719032 Incl. 11.02853 -0.26037992 +0.04333093 P 5.18 H 15.5 G 0.15 >From 69 observations 2001 May 23-25. Ephemeris: 2001 KP41 a,e,i = 3.00, 0.57, 11 q = 1.2823 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2001 05 21 18 55.67 +04 21.5 0.580 1.447 128.5 33.2 16.5 2001 05 31 19 15.46 +06 38.5 0.508 1.399 130.8 33.3 16.2 2001 06 10 19 35.86 +08 31.3 0.446 1.359 132.9 33.2 15.8 2001 06 20 19 57.00 +09 40.0 0.394 1.326 135.4 32.6 15.5 2001 06 30 20 18.97 +09 40.3 0.352 1.302 138.6 31.1 15.1 2001 07 10 20 41.66 +08 10.0 0.320 1.287 143.2 28.2 14.8 2001 07 20 21 04.36 +04 55.4 0.298 1.282 149.6 23.6 14.5 2001 07 30 21 26.08 +00 03.7 0.290 1.288 157.9 17.3 14.3 2001 08 09 21 45.82 -05 45.0 0.295 1.304 167.4 9.7 14.1 2001 08 19 22 02.75 -11 30.5 0.317 1.329 177.3 2.0 13.9 2001 08 29 22 16.92 -16 18.6 0.355 1.363 172.4 5.6 14.4 2001 09 08 22 29.00 -19 41.7 0.409 1.404 163.4 11.8 15.0 2001 09 18 22 39.77 -21 39.3 0.478 1.452 155.1 16.9 15.6 2001 09 28 22 50.11 -22 23.9 0.561 1.506 147.5 20.9 16.2 2001 10 08 23 00.60 -22 12.4 0.658 1.564 140.5 24.0 16.7 2001 10 18 23 11.51 -21 20.3 0.768 1.625 133.8 26.3 17.2 M.P.E.C. 2001-K36 Guy M Hurst