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    M.P.E.C. 2012-E03                                Issued 2012 Mar. 1, 18:52 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.

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                                   2012 DU60

Observations:
     K12D60U* C2012 02 29.28811 11 46 12.41 -03 41 43.1          19.3  cEE003704
     K12D60U  C2012 02 29.30004 11 46 28.41 -03 45 47.9          19.5  cEE003704
     K12D60U  C2012 02 29.31185 11 46 44.17 -03 49 53.0          19.4  cEE003704
     K12D60U  C2012 02 29.32374 11 47 00.07 -03 54 00.3          19.0  cEE003704
     K12D60U  C2012 03 01.41492 12 16 14.55 -10 46 25.3          18.9 VrEE003G96
     K12D60U  C2012 03 01.41594 12 16 16.21 -10 46 50.3          19.3 VrEE003G96
     K12D60U  C2012 03 01.41694 12 16 17.94 -10 47 15.0          18.9 VrEE003G96
     K12D60U  C2012 03 01.41793 12 16 19.56 -10 47 38.9          18.8 VrEE003G96

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler, T. McVey, A. Valdivia, C. Gall.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers A. R. Gibbs, E. J. Christensen.  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.

Orbital elements:
2012 DU60                                                Earth MOID = 0.0110 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 355.18513              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40686198     Peri.  213.04751     -0.98052771     +0.19516881
a   1.8037291      Node   338.17580     -0.16506344     -0.87917160
e   0.4611044      Incl.    3.35932     -0.10639304     -0.43470269
P   2.42           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
120229 704  0.4-  0.7-    120229 704  0.2-  0.5-    120301 G96  0.4+  0.2-
120229 704  0.5+  0.9+    120301 G96  0.2+  0.2+    120301 G96  0.2-  0.0
120229 704  0.0   0.3+    120301 G96  0.4-  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2012 DU60                a,e,i = 1.80, 0.46, 3                   q = 0.9720
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 01 31    09 19 24.9 +26 28 43   0.1740  1.1564   169.0     9.3    22.7
...
2012 02 15    09 41 48.2 +23 32 18   0.09030 1.0764   169.2     9.9    21.2
...
2012 02 23    10 18 40.7 +16 32 36   0.05188 1.0408   173.6     6.1    19.7
...
2012 02 29    11 39 23.1 -02 02 09   0.02885 1.0183   163.1    16.4    18.8
2012 03 01    12 04 23.3 -07 57 39   0.02633 1.0149   155.5    23.9    18.9
2012 03 02    12 34 45.7 -14 47 55   0.02453 1.0116   146.4    32.8    19.0
...
2012 03 08    16 42 01.4 -43 10 47   0.03197 0.9945    92.6    85.6    21.1
...
2012 03 16    19 04 19.8 -41 23 50   0.06389 0.9790    73.9   102.5    23.3
...
2012 03 31    20 06 48.3 -36 53 06   0.1295  0.9739    75.2    97.4    24.6

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-E03

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