MOTESS

(2001 SM )

NOW @ 17 SAG 13

Inclination: 17.068

Eccentricity: 0.105

Period: 4.856 years

AU 2.867

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

16.9.2001 00:00 Fountain Hills 111w44 33n38 observations 1

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The Moving Object and Transient Event Search System, located in Tucson, Arizona, consists of three identical 0.35-m f/5 reflecting telescope/CCD camera combinations operating in driftscan mode. Through Aug. 2004 MOTESS reported over 110 000 observations and discovered two NEAs and one comet.

Discovered on 16-9-2001 in Fountain Hills by Juels, C. W., Holvorcem, P. R.
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