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    M.P.E.C. 2012-P17                                Issued 2012 Aug.  9, 00:13 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2012 PN
    
    Observations:
         K12P00N  C2012 08 07.35399421 31 24.66 +00 05 49.8                tEP017F51
         K12P00N  C2012 08 07.36363821 31 36.02 +00 06 16.7                tEP017F51
         K12P00N* C2012 08 07.47539 21 33 45.69 +00 11 26.1          18.8 iLEP017F51
         K12P00N  C2012 08 07.48612521 33 58.02 +00 11 55.3                tEP017F51
         K12P00N KC2012 08 08.34389621 51 00.87 +00 48 50.7          18.4 VrEP017H21
         K12P00N KC2012 08 08.34532421 51 02.31 +00 48 54.5          18.5 VrEP017H21
         K12P00N KC2012 08 08.34898821 51 06.37 +00 49 03.6          18.4 VrEP017H21
         K12P00N KC2012 08 08.85385 22 00 50.49 +01 09 32.2          19.2 VuEP017151
         K12P00N KC2012 08 08.85689 22 00 53.78 +01 09 39.1          19.3 VuEP017151
         K12P00N KC2012 08 08.85992 22 00 57.08 +01 09 46.1          19.1 VuEP017151
    
    Observer details:
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.9
        Hypergraph + CCD.
    F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers N. Primak, A. Schultz, S. Watters,
        J. Thiel, T. Goggia.  Measurers PS1 Science Consortium, M. Micheli,
        R. Wainscoat.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2012 PN                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0408 AU
    Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
    M  14.57441              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.24846844     Peri.  145.68014     +0.63917297     +0.76904188
    a   2.5058509      Node   164.04755     -0.71017250     +0.59305771
    e   0.5795974      Incl.    1.18871     -0.29514900     +0.23844735
    P   3.97           H   24.6           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    120807 F51  0.2-  0.0     120808 H21  1.2+  0.3-    120808 151  0.2-  0.1+
    120807 F51  0.2+  0.1+    120808 H21  0.7-  0.1-    120808 151  0.3+  0.2-
    120807 F51  0.4+  0.1+    120808 H21  0.3-  0.3-
    120807 F51  0.4-  0.2-    120808 151  0.3-  0.6+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2012 PN                  a,e,i = 2.51, 0.58, 1                   q = 1.0535
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2012 07 10    15 59 40.3 -10 18 24   0.1126  1.0941   131.2    44.4    21.8
    ...
    2012 07 25    17 20 07.2 -08 13 35   0.05914 1.0587   135.4    42.3    20.2
    ...
    2012 08 02    19 31 17.0 -04 19 55   0.04191 1.0534   156.6    22.5    18.9
    ...
    2012 08 08    21 44 21.1 +00 36 04   0.04411 1.0559   161.5    17.7    18.9
    2012 08 09    22 03 23.7 +01 17 37   0.04586 1.0568   159.3    19.8    19.0
    2012 08 10    22 20 53.0 +01 54 38   0.04794 1.0579   157.0    22.0    19.2
    ...
    2012 08 16    23 35 24.9 +04 11 11   0.06509 1.0677   146.8    31.3    20.1
    ...
    2012 08 24    00 22 36.0 +05 02 17   0.09455 1.0887   143.8    33.2    21.1
    ...
    2012 09 08    00 51 01.7 +04 36 49   0.1588  1.1501   152.0    24.3    22.0
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-P17
    

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