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    M.P.E.C. 2012-D36                                Issued 2012 Feb. 20, 23:01 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 DM4
    
    Observations:
         K12D04M* C2012 02 19.37053 10 18 55.72 +16 01 56.0          19.5 VrED036703
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.37226 10 18 56.66 +16 02 09.1          19.6 VrED036703
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.37395 10 18 57.67 +16 02 21.8          18.8 VrED036703
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.37562 10 18 58.53 +16 02 35.9          18.7 VrED036703
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.44327 10 19 36.21 +16 11 33.3          19.9 VrED036703
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.44615 10 19 37.81 +16 11 53.4          19.1 VrED036703
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.59968 10 21 14.42 +16 32 16.6          19.4 RoED036300
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.60456 10 21 17.10 +16 32 56.0          19.5 RoED036300
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.60618 10 21 18.07 +16 33 09.3          19.4 RoED036300
         K12D04M  C2012 02 19.60780 10 21 18.89 +16 33 22.1          19.2 RoED036300
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.74904 10 22 44.36 +16 51 25.8          18.8 RvED036B18
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.75324 10 22 46.76 +16 51 58.6          18.7 RvED036B18
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.75745 10 22 49.11 +16 52 32.7          18.8 RvED036B18
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.86373 10 23 50.69 +17 06 05.7          19.3 RuED036J95
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.86777 10 23 52.94 +17 06 37.8          18.9 RuED036J95
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.87047 10 23 54.49 +17 06 58.7          18.5 RuED036J95
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.92766 10 24 26.82 +17 14 36.8          18.7 VvED036I93
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.93630 10 24 31.54 +17 15 43.6          19.1 VvED036I93
         K12D04M KC2012 02 19.94540 10 24 36.50 +17 16 54.1          19.0 VvED036I93
         K12D04M KC2012 02 20.18339 10 26 56.78 +17 47 15.3          19.3 VoED036G51
         K12D04M KC2012 02 20.18808 10 26 59.37 +17 47 51.4          19.8 VoED036G51
         K12D04M KC2012 02 20.27676410 27 44.56 +17 59 03.8          19.7 VrED036H21
         K12D04M KC2012 02 20.28064810 27 46.64 +17 59 33.4          19.4 VrED036H21
         K12D04M KC2012 02 20.28329510 27 48.06 +17 59 53.0          19.5 VrED036H21
         K12D04M  C2012 02 20.37496 10 28 39.25 +18 11 29.2          20.2 VrED036703
         K12D04M  C2012 02 20.37598 10 28 39.85 +18 11 37.4          19.8 VrED036703
         K12D04M  C2012 02 20.37650 10 28 40.01 +18 11 40.9          20.5 VrED036703
         K12D04M KC2012 02 20.92188 10 33 48.74 +19 17 38.3          19.0 RvED036B18
         K12D04M KC2012 02 20.92397 10 33 49.87 +19 17 53.7          19.0 RvED036B18
         K12D04M KC2012 02 20.92607 10 33 50.99 +19 18 08.4          19.5 RvED036B18
    
    Observer details:
    300 Bisei Spaceguard Center--BATTeRS.  Observers A. Asami, N. Hashimoto.
        1.0-m f/3.0 reflector + CCD.
    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.
    B18 Terskol.  Observers M. Andreev, A. Sergeev, N. Parakhin, V. Kozlov,
        N. Karpov.  Measurer M. Andreev.  0.6-m f/12.8 Cassegrain + CCD.
    G51 Byrne Observatory, Sedgwick Reserve.  Observer B. J. Fulton.  Measurer
        T. Lister.  0.8-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + 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.
    I93 St Pardon de Conques.  Observer F. Losse.  0.40-m f/5.0 reflector + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2012 DM4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0741 AU
    Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
    M  15.12698              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.36425974     Peri.  342.24574     -0.65318068     -0.74842861
    a   1.9417587      Node   148.24365     +0.71851583     -0.66052369
    e   0.4591452      Incl.   12.61366     +0.23893513     -0.05969145
    P   2.71           H   24.2           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    120219 703  0.2-  0.3+    120219 B18  0.6-  0.5-    120220 G51  0.2-  0.1-
    120219 703  0.5-  0.4-    120219 B18  0.1-  1.0-    120220 H21  0.2+  0.4-
    120219 703  0.6+  1.2-    120219 B18  0.4-  0.2-    120220 H21  0.1+  0.1+
    120219 703  0.4-  0.4-    120219 J95  0.1+  0.2-    120220 H21  0.1+  0.1-
    120219 703  0.4-  0.8+    120219 J95  0.4-  0.3+    120220 703  0.1-  0.5-
    120219 703  0.6-  1.8-    120219 J95  0.0   0.0     120220 703  0.8+  0.2+
    120219 300  0.8+  0.3+    120219 I93  0.4+  0.6+    120220 703  0.9-  0.2-
    120219 300  0.7+  1.0+    120219 I93  0.2-  0.2+    120220 B18  0.3-  0.2-
    120219 300  1.9+  1.4+    120219 I93  0.9-  0.0     120220 B18  0.2+  0.3+
    120219 300  0.9+  1.4+    120220 G51  0.0   0.1-    120220 B18  0.5+  0.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2012 DM4                 a,e,i = 1.94, 0.46, 13                  q = 1.0502
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2012 01 21    06 13 40.8 -34 15 49   0.1383  1.0582   119.1    54.4    22.0
    ...
    2012 02 05    07 48 13.9 -19 58 22   0.08502 1.0509   138.4    38.5    20.5
    ...
    2012 02 13    09 11 08.6 -00 33 24   0.07391 1.0583   163.7    15.2    19.5
    ...
    2012 02 19    10 15 16.4 +15 12 10   0.08062 1.0688   175.9     3.8    19.2
    2012 02 20    10 25 05.3 +17 24 38   0.08295 1.0710   172.9     6.5    19.4
    2012 02 21    10 34 32.4 +19 27 30   0.08557 1.0732   170.2     9.0    19.6
    ...
    2012 02 27    11 22 40.8 +28 30 16   0.1062  1.0891   157.5    20.4    20.5
    ...
    2012 03 06    12 05 10.8 +34 17 38   0.1424  1.1158   148.4    27.8    21.4
    ...
    2012 03 21    12 42 09.5 +36 40 20   0.2239  1.1805   141.9    31.3    22.6
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-D36
    

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