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    M.P.E.C. 2012-K39                                Issued 2012 May 22, 17:57 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 KT12

Observations:
     K12K12T* C2012 05 19.20842 12 02 54.18 -01 00 59.5          18.7  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 19.21973 12 02 51.22 -00 57 57.6          19.8  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 19.23105 12 02 48.42 -00 54 54.7          19.1  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 19.24235 12 02 45.81 -00 51 50.5          19.7  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 19.25366 12 02 43.15 -00 48 46.4          19.8  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 20.20573 12 03 13.43 +04 27 19.8          18.1  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 20.21694 12 03 10.00 +04 31 50.7          18.3  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 20.22814 12 03 06.66 +04 36 21.6          18.9  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 20.23954 12 03 03.50 +04 40 59.9          17.9  cEK039704
     K12K12T  C2012 05 20.25091 12 03 00.45 +04 45 37.2          18.9  cEK039704

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.

Orbital elements:
2012 KT12                                                Earth MOID = 0.0026 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 295.83501              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.71719876     Peri.   24.44541     -0.12910675     +0.99103722
a   1.2360699      Node   238.15318     -0.91632142     -0.13245350
e   0.1886681      Incl.    2.31432     -0.37906004     -0.01735770
P   1.37           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
120519 704  0.5+  0.0     120519 704  0.9-  0.1+    120520 704  0.4+  0.4+
120519 704  0.2-  0.2-    120520 704  0.2-  0.0     120520 704  0.3+  0.0
120519 704  0.2-  0.3-    120520 704  0.1-  0.1+
120519 704  0.8+  0.4+    120520 704  0.5-  0.5-

Ephemeris:
2012 KT12                a,e,i = 1.24, 0.19, 2                   q = 1.0029
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 04 22    12 16 36.6 -20 06 16   0.06855 1.0673   154.1    24.3    21.7
...
2012 05 07    12 05 47.2 -17 01 44   0.03540 1.0361   139.2    39.5    20.6
...
2012 05 15    12 03 11.0 -11 14 09   0.01870 1.0230   130.1    49.1    19.4
...
2012 05 21    12 04 12.6 +11 06 17   0.0068371.0152   115.8    63.8    17.7
2012 05 22    12 05 36.3 +24 15 21   0.0051911.0140   108.3    71.4    17.3
2012 05 23    12 09 13.6 +47 04 11   0.0040041.0129    94.8    85.0    17.2
...
2012 05 29    23 58 49.7 +36 04 25   0.01174 1.0075    58.8   120.6    21.5
...
2012 06 06    00 02 38.1 +24 46 59   0.02808 1.0039    66.6   112.0    22.7
...
2012 06 21    00 10 28.5 +21 01 08   0.05798 1.0072    79.4    97.4    23.5

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-K39

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