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    M.P.E.C. 2012-K48                                Issued 2012 May 23, 16:23 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2012 KN18
    
    Observations:
         K12K18N* C2012 05 22.30292 15 07 00.66 +05 52 16.1          20.8 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 22.31153 15 07 02.71 +05 52 53.8          21.5 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 22.32023 15 07 04.80 +05 53 31.3          20.9 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 22.32894 15 07 06.88 +05 54 09.7          21.5 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 22.41482 15 07 27.80 +06 00 20.7          20.7 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 22.41557 15 07 28.05 +06 00 24.5          20.7 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 22.41634 15 07 28.23 +06 00 27.5          20.8 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 22.41709 15 07 28.45 +06 00 30.9          21.1 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N KC2012 05 23.21867215 11 22.22 +07 01 23.2          20.3 VrEK048H21
         K12K18N KC2012 05 23.23344815 11 26.22 +07 02 34.4          20.2 VrEK048H21
         K12K18N KC2012 05 23.24655815 11 29.77 +07 03 36.2          20.4 VrEK048H21
         K12K18N  C2012 05 23.25810 15 11 34.98 +07 04 41.8          20.9 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 23.26695 15 11 37.35 +07 05 24.1          20.6 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 23.27579 15 11 39.76 +07 06 06.1          20.3 VrEK048G96
         K12K18N  C2012 05 23.28454 15 11 42.10 +07 06 48.3          20.3 VrEK048G96
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers A. Boattini,
        E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
        S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
    H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
        Measurers L. Buzzi, H. Devore, S. Foglia, T. Vorobjov.  0.61-m f/4.0
        astrograph + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2012 KN18                                                Earth MOID = 0.0310 AU
    Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
    M 337.02029              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.22068509     Peri.  104.13279     +0.19926937     +0.97994322
    a   2.7119856      Node   177.35960     -0.91295790     +0.18628953
    e   0.6350142      Incl.    2.15402     -0.35608929     +0.07076364
    P   4.47           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    120522 G96  0.0   0.4-    120522 G96  0.6+  0.3+    120523 H21  0.0   0.2+
    120522 G96  0.2+  0.1+    120522 G96  0.4+  0.1-    120523 G96  0.5+  0.0
    120522 G96  0.6+  0.0     120522 G96  0.8+  0.1+    120523 G96  0.3+  0.0
    120522 G96  0.7+  0.7+    120523 H21  0.3+  0.2-    120523 G96  0.7+  0.3-
    120522 G96  0.4-  0.3-    120523 H21  0.3+  0.7+    120523 G96  0.4+  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    2012 KN18                a,e,i = 2.71, 0.64, 2                   q = 0.9898
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2012 04 23    14 26 02.9 -08 32 11   0.2982  1.3021   173.2     5.3    22.9
    ...
    2012 05 08    14 35 12.4 -04 09 36   0.1846  1.1890   165.6    12.2    21.9
    ...
    2012 05 16    14 47 12.9 +00 07 30   0.1327  1.1351   157.8    19.6    21.4
    ...
    2012 05 22    15 05 41.8 +05 31 22   0.09737 1.0987   151.3    26.3    20.8
    2012 05 23    15 10 17.2 +06 45 03   0.09183 1.0931   150.1    27.5    20.7
    2012 05 24    15 15 31.2 +08 06 47   0.08641 1.0875   148.8    28.9    20.6
    ...
    2012 05 30    16 10 10.7 +20 29 21   0.05754 1.0569   137.5    40.4    20.0
    ...
    2012 06 07    20 09 04.4 +43 30 46   0.04326 1.0240   101.0    76.7    20.4
    ...
    2012 06 22    00 34 44.2 +26 08 31   0.1047  0.9914    73.3   100.9    23.3
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-K48
    

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