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    M.P.E.C. 2012-M26                                Issued 2012 June 20, 20:12 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 MY2

Observations:
     K12M02Y* C2012 06 19.18552 14 37 38.82 -13 34 30.0          19.6 VrEM026G96
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 19.19074 14 37 37.66 -13 34 13.9          19.8 VrEM026G96
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 19.19601 14 37 36.55 -13 33 57.6          19.6 VrEM026G96
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 19.20125 14 37 35.43 -13 33 41.4          19.5 VrEM026G96
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 19.24471 14 37 26.40 -13 31 22.2          19.8 VrEM026G96
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 19.25120 14 37 25.10 -13 31 01.3          19.5 VrEM026G96
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 19.25763 14 37 23.84 -13 30 39.7          19.8 VrEM026G96
     K12M02Y KC2012 06 19.91729 14 36 44.69 -12 54 44.5          19.6 RvEM026J04
     K12M02Y KC2012 06 19.92040 14 36 43.96 -12 54 33.7          19.7 RvEM026J04
     K12M02Y KC2012 06 19.92352 14 36 43.23 -12 54 22.8          19.6 RvEM026J04
     K12M02Y FC2012 06 19.94649 14 36 31.21 -12 54 10.5          19.5 RtEM026204
     K12M02Y FC2012 06 19.95662 14 36 29.51 -12 53 33.3                tEM026204
     K12M02Y KC2012 06 20.14712314 36 22.35 -12 42 09.1          19.5 VrEM026H21
     K12M02Y KC2012 06 20.15087214 36 21.53 -12 41 55.0          19.4 VrEM026H21
     K12M02Y KC2012 06 20.15585914 36 20.47 -12 41 36.5          19.4 VrEM026H21
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 20.17478 14 36 23.58 -12 40 04.9          19.2 RoEM026H01
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 20.18535 14 36 21.15 -12 39 25.9          19.0 RoEM026H01
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 20.18928 14 36 20.24 -12 39 11.2          19.2 RoEM026H01
     K12M02Y  C2012 06 20.20071 14 36 17.63 -12 38 28.7          19.1 RoEM026H01

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 reflector
    + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. D. Grauer.  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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + 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.
J04 ESA Optical Ground Station, Tenerife.  Observer P. Ruiz.  Measurers
    A. Knoefel, D. Koschny, M. Busch.  1.0-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2012 MY2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0029 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 267.86091              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.70754979     Peri.   38.20404     +0.53038538     +0.84767152
a   1.2472822      Node   263.83050     -0.78074411     +0.48288871
e   0.1970325      Incl.    0.69238     -0.33034828     +0.21970773
P   1.39           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
120619 G96  0.3+  0.0     120619 J04  0.1-  0.1+    120620 H21  0.2-  0.1-
120619 G96  0.3-  0.0     120619 J04  0.0   0.0     120620 H01  0.0   0.0
120619 G96  0.1-  0.0     120619 J04  0.0   0.0     120620 H01  0.2+  0.1+
120619 G96  0.2-  0.1-    120619 204  0.5-  0.3+    120620 H01  0.1+  0.2+
120619 G96  0.0   0.2+    120619 204  0.4+  0.3-    120620 H01  0.3+  0.0
120619 G96  0.0   0.2-    120620 H21  0.3-  0.2-
120619 G96  0.2+  0.1+    120620 H21  0.4-  0.0

Ephemeris:
2012 MY2                 a,e,i = 1.25, 0.20, 1                   q = 1.0015
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 05 21    15 04 04.2 -21 02 25   0.08893 1.0995   168.8    10.3    21.8
...
2012 06 05    14 50 48.0 -19 05 58   0.05271 1.0611   151.3    27.4    21.2
...
2012 06 13    14 43 53.8 -16 57 24   0.03548 1.0436   141.5    37.3    20.5
...
2012 06 19    14 37 53.8 -13 39 11   0.02304 1.0321   133.4    45.7    19.8
2012 06 20    14 36 39.6 -12 45 25   0.02099 1.0303   131.9    47.3    19.7
2012 06 21    14 35 17.1 -11 40 39   0.01896 1.0286   130.2    49.0    19.5
...
2012 06 27    14 16 15.8 +07 20 34   0.0070981.0193   112.1    67.5    17.9
...
2012 07 05    02 59 59.9 +33 56 55   0.01117 1.0099    52.7   126.8    21.9
...
2012 07 20    02 50 14.1 +20 48 32   0.04160 1.0036    71.2   106.5    23.3

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-M26

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