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    M.P.E.C. 2011-G15                                Issued 2011 Apr. 2, 10:11 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
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                                    2011 GD

Observations:
     K11G00D* C2011 04 01.35287 13 14 19.28 -13 00 03.8          18.9 VrEG015703
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.35810 13 14 21.22 -12 59 40.3          19.2 VrEG015703
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.36334 13 14 23.13 -12 59 15.6          18.9 VrEG015703
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.36539 13 14 23.54 -12 59 08.4          19.0  cEG015704
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.37904 13 14 28.81 -12 58 05.7          19.3  cEG015704
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.40267 13 14 38.24 -12 56 15.4          19.5 VrEG015703
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.40308 13 14 38.46 -12 56 13.5          18.8 VrEG015703
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.40349 13 14 38.54 -12 56 10.5          19.0 VrEG015703
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.40391 13 14 38.75 -12 56 09.1          18.6 VrEG015703
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.40643 13 14 39.33 -12 55 59.0          19.1  cEG015704
     K11G00D  C2011 04 01.41899 13 14 44.31 -12 54 59.9          19.2  cEG015704
     K11G00D `C2011 04 01.57973 13 16 00.21 -12 40 21.9          19.7 RuEG015D90
     K11G00D `C2011 04 01.58540 13 16 02.29 -12 39 57.3          20.2 RuEG015D90
     K11G00D `C2011 04 01.59109 13 16 04.36 -12 39 32.9          19.7 RuEG015D90
     K11G00D `C2011 04 01.59676 13 16 06.40 -12 39 08.1          20.0 RuEG015D90
     K11G00D |C2011 04 02.23205 13 20 10.56 -11 55 39.3          19.8 VoEG015807
     K11G00D |C2011 04 02.23739 13 20 12.25 -11 55 18.4          20.1 VoEG015807
     K11G00D |C2011 04 02.24291 13 20 13.96 -11 54 56.6          20.1 VoEG015807
     K11G00D |C2011 04 02.24804 13 20 15.56 -11 54 36.7          19.7 VoEG015807
     K11G00D  C2011 04 02.34678 13 20 51.72 -11 50 37.7          19.5 RcEG015854
     K11G00D  C2011 04 02.35256 13 20 53.43 -11 50 15.4          20.0 RcEG015854

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler, T. McVey, A. Valdivia.  1.0-m f/2.15
    reflector + CCD.
807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers R. Holmes, T. Linder, V. Hoette.  Measurer
    R. Holmes.  0.41-m f/11 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
D90 RAS Observatory, Moorook.  Observer K. Hills.  0.41-m f/9 Ritchey-Chretien
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2011 GD                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0182 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 355.74095              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33934618     Peri.  305.94407     -0.78032909     -0.62509036
a   2.0356702      Node   195.39542     +0.59402932     -0.73156098
e   0.5482260      Incl.    4.03264     +0.19548834     -0.27217747
P   2.90           H   24.8           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
110401 703  0.3-  0.7+    110401 703  1.1-  0.3+    110401 D90  0.1+  0.3+
110401 703  1.1-  0.0     110401 703  0.4-  0.3-    110402 807  0.7-  0.4-
110401 703 (2.4-  0.6+)   110401 704  1.1+  0.2-    110402 807  0.2-  0.3-
110401 704  0.7+  0.4+    110401 704 (3.1+  0.7+)   110402 807  0.3-  0.0
110401 704  1.2+  0.0     110401 D90  0.3+  0.1+    110402 807  0.2-  0.2-
110401 703  0.9-  0.9-    110401 D90  0.4+  0.2+    110402 854  0.9+  0.2+
110401 703  0.0   0.8-    110401 D90  0.3+  0.0     110402 854  0.2+  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2011 GD                  a,e,i = 2.04, 0.55, 4                   q = 0.9197
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2011 03 03    02 45 18.0 -04 17 46   0.1262  0.9300    57.8   115.6    24.7
...
2011 03 18    04 03 40.4 -16 43 33   0.03966 0.9787    64.6   113.3    22.1
...
2011 03 26    11 06 43.6 -29 47 41   0.02468 1.0182   147.4    31.8    18.2
...
2011 04 01    13 11 39.5 -13 26 08   0.05479 1.0527   167.9    11.5    19.3
2011 04 02    13 18 44.3 -12 11 49   0.06060 1.0588   168.4    10.9    19.5
2011 04 03    13 24 29.6 -11 09 46   0.06651 1.0650   168.9    10.5    19.7
...
2011 04 09    13 44 02.0 -07 25 19   0.1036  1.1039   171.3     7.9    20.7
...
2011 04 17    13 54 08.4 -05 18 18   0.1568  1.1596   173.7     5.4    21.5
...
2011 05 02    14 00 59.6 -04 11 36   0.2703  1.2719   166.2    10.9    23.2

Carl W. Hergenrother         (C) Copyright 2011 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2011-G15

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