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MPEC 2012-B62 : 2012 BX34

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M.P.E.C. 2012-B62                                Issued 2012 Jan. 26, 15:27 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 http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2012 BX34

Observations:
     K12B34X* C2012 01 25.43154 12 22 57.00 +33 46 05.1          19.9 VrEB062703
     K12B34X  C2012 01 25.43996 12 22 54.98 +33 45 40.1          20.4 VrEB062703
     K12B34X  C2012 01 25.44845 12 22 52.86 +33 45 13.3          19.7 VrEB062703
     K12B34X  C2012 01 25.45697 12 22 50.91 +33 44 48.3          19.8 VrEB062703
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.49752 12 24 34.02 +31 46 12.9          18.4 VrEB062G96
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.50273 12 24 32.04 +31 45 01.7          18.6 VrEB062G96
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.50796 12 24 30.02 +31 43 49.2          18.3 VrEB062G96
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.51318 12 24 28.04 +31 42 34.9          18.4 VrEB062G96
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.53182 12 24 16.05 +31 37 06.8          18.2 RoEB062H01
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54052 12 24 13.00 +31 34 50.3          18.4 RoEB062H01
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54182 12 24 17.20 +31 35 25.2          18.3 VrEB062703
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54346 12 24 16.56 +31 34 59.3          18.6 VrEB062703
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54374 12 24 16.59 +31 34 54.5          18.0 VrEB062G96
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54432 12 24 16.41 +31 34 45.4          17.8 VrEB062G96
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54487 12 24 16.20 +31 34 36.6          17.9 VrEB062G96
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54517 12 24 15.94 +31 34 31.7          18.4 VrEB062703
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54521 12 24 11.39 +31 33 34.9          17.9 RoEB062H01
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54548 12 24 15.98 +31 34 26.9          17.9 VrEB062G96
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.54688 12 24 15.37 +31 34 04.6          18.4 VrEB062703
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.55165 12 24 09.26 +31 31 49.6          17.7 RoEB062H01
     K12B34X  C2012 01 26.56767 12 24 08.20 +31 28 21.0          18.6 VrEB062703

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers J. D. Ahern,
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, P. Tricarico,
    A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.
    0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  Measurers J. D. Ahern,
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2012 BX34                                                Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 295.37101              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.48178508     Peri.  335.64548     +0.22116788     +0.96419936
a   0.7619841      Node   306.80578     -0.86211305     +0.12317110
e   0.3564382      Incl.   10.52850     -0.45590115     +0.23483714
P   0.67           H   27.5           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
120125 703  1.2+  0.0     120126 G96  0.1-  0.1+    120126 G96  0.0   0.2+
120125 703  0.1+  0.3-    120126 H01  0.1+  0.0     120126 703  0.7-  0.4-
120125 703  1.3-  1.0-    120126 H01  0.0   0.2+    120126 H01  0.1-  0.1+
120125 703  0.0   1.4+    120126 703  0.2-  0.1+    120126 G96  0.0   0.2+
120126 G96  0.0   0.3+    120126 703  0.7-  0.1+    120126 703  0.1-  0.1-
120126 G96  0.1+  0.2+    120126 G96  0.3-  0.1+    120126 H01  0.3+  0.0
120126 G96  0.2-  0.4+    120126 G96  0.1+  0.2+    120126 703  0.8+  0.5+

Ephemeris:
2012 BX34                a,e,i = 0.76, 0.36, 11                  q = 0.4904
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2011 12 27    12 02 52.4 +36 15 54   0.1691  1.0453   106.9    64.2    26.0
...
2012 01 11    12 15 06.7 +35 43 47   0.09004 1.0270   116.7    58.8    24.4
...
2012 01 19    12 19 26.7 +35 22 31   0.04688 1.0095   122.0    55.7    22.9
...
2012 01 25    12 22 17.8 +34 07 06   0.01439 0.9929   125.9    53.4    20.2
2012 01 26    12 23 30.2 +33 01 34   0.0089760.9899   126.4    53.1    19.2
2012 01 27    12 27 45.0 +28 35 40   0.0035610.9868   126.2    53.6    17.2
...
2012 02 02    00 26 18.2 -29 32 34   0.02906 0.9664    48.7   130.0    25.5
...
2012 02 10    00 23 27.6 -28 58 25   0.07250 0.9341    42.1   134.9    27.9
...
2012 02 25    00 10 36.1 -27 58 58   0.1579  0.8568    30.1   144.6    30.7

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-B62

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