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    M.P.E.C. 2012-C09                                Issued 2012 Feb. 2, 00:43 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 BD124
    
    Observations:
         K12BC4D* C2012 01 30.26357 09 16 00.22 +34 12 59.9          20.2 VrEC009G96
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.27228 09 15 58.89 +34 12 57.8          20.4 VrEC009G96
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.28108 09 15 57.56 +34 12 55.8          19.9 VrEC009G96
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.28984 09 15 56.16 +34 12 53.4          20.1 VrEC009G96
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.32705 09 15 50.29 +34 12 43.4          19.6 RoEC009H01
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.33520 09 15 49.01 +34 12 41.3          19.8 RoEC009H01
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.34369 09 15 47.77 +34 12 39.4          19.3 RoEC009H01
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.35313 09 15 46.24 +34 12 36.6          19.5 RoEC009H01
         K12BC4D {C2012 01 30.43097809 15 34.138+34 12 15.71         19.9 RtEC009695
         K12BC4D {C2012 01 30.43516809 15 33.516+34 12 14.39         20.1 RtEC009695
         K12BC4D {C2012 01 30.43935209 15 32.825+34 12 13.32         19.8 RtEC009695
         K12BC4D {C2012 01 30.44353609 15 32.185+34 12 11.94         20.1 RtEC009695
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.66323 09 14 59.60 +34 11 14.5          19.3 RoEC009300
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.66762 09 14 58.93 +34 11 12.9          19.6 RoEC009300
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.67202 09 14 58.26 +34 11 11.9          19.5 RoEC009300
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.67641 09 14 57.59 +34 11 11.0          19.4 RoEC009300
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 30.68081 09 14 56.93 +34 11 09.4          19.7 RoEC009300
         K12BC4D KC2012 01 30.86857 09 14 29.34 +34 10 12.1                uEC009J95
         K12BC4D KC2012 01 30.87705 09 14 28.06 +34 10 10.6                uEC009J95
         K12BC4D KC2012 01 30.88550 09 14 26.81 +34 10 08.2          19.4 RuEC009J95
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 31.09322 09 13 56.05 +34 09 11.4          19.8 RoEC009H01
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 31.09996 09 13 55.04 +34 09 09.8          19.6 RoEC009H01
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 31.11142 09 13 53.31 +34 09 06.8          19.5 RoEC009H01
         K12BC4D  C2012 01 31.11886 09 13 52.20 +34 09 05.1          19.3 RoEC009H01
         K12BC4D  C2012 02 01.20818 09 11 11.28 +34 03 46.0          20.3 VrEC009G96
         K12BC4D  C2012 02 01.20874 09 11 11.18 +34 03 46.2          20.0 VrEC009G96
         K12BC4D  C2012 02 01.20932 09 11 11.15 +34 03 45.6          19.9 VrEC009G96
         K12BC4D  C2012 02 01.20991 09 11 11.01 +34 03 45.7          20.1 VrEC009G96
         K12BC4D KC2012 02 01.97291 09 09 20.16 +33 59 41.2                uEC009J95
         K12BC4D KC2012 02 01.98149 09 09 18.85 +33 59 38.5                uEC009J95
         K12BC4D KC2012 02 01.98998 09 09 17.65 +33 59 35.3          19.9 RuEC009J95
    
    Observer details:
    300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS.  Observers K. Nishiyama, S. Okumura.
        1.0-m f/3.0 reflector + CCD.
    695 Kitt Peak.  Observer T. Vorobjov.  1.3-m f/13 Cassegrain + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers R. A. Kowalski, A. R. Gibbs.  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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2012 BD124                                               Earth MOID = 0.0910 AU
    Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
    M  60.65138              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.35875423     Peri.   26.24695     +0.95801637     -0.28463853
    a   1.9615740      Node   350.10360     +0.21493779     +0.79246832
    e   0.5708029      Incl.   11.55678     +0.18975347     +0.53942087
    P   2.75           H   18.9           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    120130 G96  0.5-  0.2+    120130 695  0.4-  0.1-    120131 H01  0.3-  0.3+
    120130 G96  0.2-  0.2+    120130 300  0.1-  0.5+    120131 H01  0.2-  0.4+
    120130 G96  0.4+  0.4+    120130 300  0.0   0.1+    120201 G96  0.1-  0.2-
    120130 G96  0.1-  0.2+    120130 300  0.2+  0.3+    120201 G96  0.3-  0.2+
    120130 H01  0.1-  0.0     120130 300  0.3+  0.6+    120201 G96  0.4+  0.3-
    120130 H01  0.2-  0.0     120130 300  0.6+  0.2+    120201 G96  0.2-  0.0
    120130 H01  0.8+  0.3+    120130 J95  0.1-  0.7-    120201 J95  0.2+  0.2+
    120130 H01  0.1+  0.1+    120130 J95  0.0   0.0     120201 J95  0.4-  0.2+
    120130 695  0.3-  0.1+    120130 J95  0.4+  0.3-    120201 J95  0.2+  0.3-
    120130 695  0.0   0.0     120131 H01  0.1-  0.4+
    120130 695  0.5-  0.1+    120131 H01  0.1-  0.4+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2012 BD124               a,e,i = 1.96, 0.57, 12                  q = 0.8419
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2012 01 03    10 26 01.1 +33 28 24   0.6333  1.4841   132.1    29.5    20.0
    ...
    2012 01 18    09 48 51.6 +34 31 04   0.6725  1.6080   151.7    16.8    20.0
    ...
    2012 01 26    09 27 05.3 +34 27 22   0.7127  1.6722   160.0    11.6    20.0
    ...
    2012 02 01    09 11 41.3 +34 04 51   0.7532  1.7195   162.9     9.7    20.1
    2012 02 02    09 09 16.2 +33 59 36   0.7609  1.7273   163.0     9.6    20.1
    2012 02 03    09 06 54.1 +33 53 58   0.7688  1.7350   162.9     9.6    20.2
    ...
    2012 02 09    08 53 53.1 +33 12 56   0.8213  1.7812   160.2    10.8    20.4
    ...
    2012 02 17    08 40 04.7 +32 04 13   0.9048  1.8414   153.2    14.0    20.8
    ...
    2012 03 03    08 25 20.3 +29 37 15   1.0977  1.9500   137.9    19.9    21.5
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-C09
    

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