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    • MPEC 2012-L21 : 2012 LT

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    M.P.E.C. 2012-L21                                Issued 2012 June 10, 16:37 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 LT

Observations:
     K12L00T* C2012 06 09.20411 15 03 28.40 -20 07 46.4          18.2 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.20919 15 03 37.58 -20 10 47.1          18.9 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.21435 15 03 46.83 -20 13 53.0          18.1 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.21950 15 03 56.12 -20 16 57.0          17.9 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.24391 15 04 40.22 -20 31 32.1          17.5 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.24436 15 04 41.01 -20 31 47.5          18.3 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.24483 15 04 41.80 -20 32 04.0          18.4 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.24865 15 04 48.75 -20 34 21.2          17.8 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.25374 15 04 58.15 -20 37 24.5          17.7 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.25889 15 05 07.54 -20 40 29.4          17.9 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.29035 15 06 05.90 -20 59 22.6          17.6 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.29080 15 06 06.76 -20 59 38.7          17.6 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.29126 15 06 07.66 -20 59 55.5          17.8 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.29171 15 06 08.56 -21 00 13.3          17.6 VrEL021703
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.29269 15 06 10.33 -21 00 46.0          19.1 RcEL021854
     K12L00T  C2012 06 09.29805 15 06 20.50 -21 03 59.7          19.1 RcEL021854
     K12L00T  C2012 06 10.22424 15 47 08.16 -31 42 05.6          18.4 VrEL021G96
     K12L00T  C2012 06 10.22453 15 47 08.98 -31 42 18.7          18.4 VrEL021G96
     K12L00T  C2012 06 10.22479 15 47 09.81 -31 42 31.0          17.9 VrEL021G96
     K12L00T  C2012 06 10.22507 15 47 10.68 -31 42 44.1          17.6 VrEL021G96
     K12L00T KC2012 06 10.23993915 47 41.57 -31 54 12.8          18.5 VtEL021H21
     K12L00T KC2012 06 10.24594515 48 00.25 -31 58 42.1          19.1 VtEL021H21
     K12L00T KC2012 06 10.24983615 48 12.40 -32 01 36.6          19.0 VtEL021H21
     K12L00T KC2012 06 10.25198715 48 19.10 -32 03 12.8          18.4 VtEL021H21

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  Measurers A. Boattini,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers A. Boattini,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers T. Vorobjov, L. Buzzi, S. Foglia.  0.61-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2012 LT                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0132 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 333.49226              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27995669     Peri.  189.24795     -0.05377852     +0.99413962
a   2.3142423      Node    77.71087     -0.90990966     -0.01010471
e   0.5568465      Incl.    5.50756     -0.41130558     -0.10763042
P   3.52           H   26.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
120609 703  1.8-  0.8+    120609 703  0.1-  0.1-    120610 G96  0.2+  0.2+
120609 703  0.3-  1.4+    120609 703  0.8-  0.1+    120610 G96  0.6-  0.3+
120609 703  0.1-  0.1-    120609 703  1.3-  0.4+    120610 G96  0.2-  0.1-
120609 703  0.5+  0.0     120609 703  1.1-  0.6+    120610 G96  0.0   0.5-
120609 703  0.1+  0.7-    120609 703  0.5-  0.4+    120610 H21  0.1+  0.1-
120609 703  0.3-  0.1+    120609 703  0.2+  1.2-    120610 H21  0.2+  0.0
120609 703  1.2-  0.5+    120609 854  1.2-  0.9+    120610 H21  0.3+  0.0
120609 703  1.4-  0.4+    120609 854  0.2-  0.8+    120610 H21  0.1-  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2012 LT                  a,e,i = 2.31, 0.56, 6                   q = 1.0256
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 05 11    13 22 54.1 +15 27 14   0.1484  1.1233   137.1    37.7    23.6
...
2012 05 26    13 25 44.1 +13 29 06   0.07816 1.0614   126.5    50.2    22.5
...
2012 06 03    13 44 16.8 +06 47 15   0.04177 1.0400   127.1    51.1    21.1
...
2012 06 09    14 56 59.6 -18 03 33   0.01753 1.0301   148.6    30.8    18.6
2012 06 10    15 35 24.0 -28 46 31   0.01491 1.0290   157.2    22.5    18.0
2012 06 11    16 39 23.1 -41 27 27   0.01347 1.0280   159.9    19.8    17.7
...
2012 06 17    23 27 20.1 -41 15 30   0.02931 1.0254   107.9    70.5    20.9
...
2012 06 25    00 20 21.7 -30 52 49   0.06439 1.0306   100.9    75.6    22.8
...
2012 07 10    00 34 07.8 -26 34 06   0.1299  1.0661   109.0    64.3    24.0

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-L21

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