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    M.P.E.C. 2012-D96                                Issued 2012 Feb. 28, 20:30 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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                                   2012 DW43

Observations:
     K12D43W* C2012 02 26.43319 11 41 16.282+03 39 09.43         21.8 wLED096F51
     K12D43W  C2012 02 26.44759 11 41 11.329+03 37 04.90         21.7 wLED096F51
     K12D43W 2C2012 02 27.39606511 37 08.513+01 31 05.67         20.3 RoED096568
     K12D43W 2C2012 02 27.39731911 37 08.150+01 30 56.63         20.5 RoED096568
     K12D43W 2C2012 02 27.39857311 37 07.791+01 30 47.57         20.1 RoED096568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observer P. Forshay.  Measurers D. J. Tholen, B. Bolin,
    R. J. Wainscoat, M. Micheli.  3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers N. Primak, A. Schultz, S. Watters,
    J. Thiel, T. Goggia.  Measurer PS1 Science Consortium.  1.8-m
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2012 DW43                                                Earth MOID = 0.0237 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  30.16069              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49457135     Peri.  124.45706     -0.22689054     -0.97283438
a   1.5836167      Node   338.51650     +0.84731656     -0.17390015
e   0.4263402      Incl.    7.21206     +0.48018261     -0.15281361
P   1.99           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
120226 F51  0.6-  0.2+    120227 568  0.6-  0.2+    120227 568  0.5-  0.4+
120226 F51  0.7-  0.5+    120227 568  0.5-  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2012 DW43                a,e,i = 1.58, 0.43, 7                   q = 0.9085
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 01 29    22 27 30.7 +30 51 12   0.1077  0.9275    55.1   119.4    26.3
...
2012 02 13    20 37 45.0 +57 01 37   0.03488 0.9770    72.0   106.0    23.1
...
2012 02 21    12 30 53.3 +27 35 01   0.03000 1.0132   143.9    35.1    20.4
...
2012 02 27    11 38 41.4 +02 22 00   0.05587 1.0438   163.5    15.7    21.2
2012 02 28    11 34 46.9 +00 22 06   0.06090 1.0492   164.4    14.7    21.4
2012 02 29    11 31 26.5 -01 18 59   0.06604 1.0546   165.1    14.0    21.5
...
2012 03 06    11 18 33.3 -07 27 42   0.09861 1.0882   166.6    12.2    22.4
...
2012 03 14    11 10 27.9 -10 48 02   0.1457  1.1357   165.2    12.9    23.4
...
2012 03 29    11 06 57.0 -12 24 08   0.2467  1.2296   157.3    18.3    24.9

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-D96

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