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    M.P.E.C. 2012-Q62                                Issued 2012 Aug. 27, 12:10 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2012 QY17
    
    Observations:
         K12Q17Y* C2012 08 25.27243 22 21 34.92 -11 01 03.0          20.2 VrEQ062G96
         K12Q17Y  C2012 08 25.27942 22 21 40.53 -11 03 32.5          19.4 VrEQ062G96
         K12Q17Y  C2012 08 25.28641 22 21 46.22 -11 06 05.1          19.0 VrEQ062G96
         K12Q17Y  C2012 08 25.29336 22 21 51.87 -11 08 35.3          19.8 VrEQ062G96
         K12Q17Y  C2012 08 25.33424 22 22 25.15 -11 23 20.1                rEQ062G96
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 25.33901922 22 25.79 -11 25 14.2          19.9 VuEQ062H21
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 25.34262222 22 28.75 -11 26 31.8          19.6 VuEQ062H21
         K12Q17Y  C2012 08 25.34542 22 22 34.14 -11 27 19.9          20.5 VrEQ062G96
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 25.34639222 22 31.85 -11 27 53.1          20.0 VuEQ062H21
         K12Q17Y  C2012 08 25.35664 22 22 43.33 -11 31 25.2                rEQ062G96
         K12Q17Y  C2012 08 25.36781 22 22 52.51 -11 35 26.2                rEQ062G96
         K12Q17Y QC2012 08 25.47168 22 24 34.02 -12 09 43.8          19.0 VrEQ062E12
         K12Q17Y QC2012 08 25.49005 22 24 49.31 -12 16 22.7          19.1 VrEQ062E12
         K12Q17Y QC2012 08 25.49281 22 24 51.61 -12 17 22.7          19.0 VrEQ062E12
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 26.18853822 35 07.45 -16 27 48.6          19.4 VvEQ062H21
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 26.19265622 35 10.91 -16 29 15.9          19.7 VvEQ062H21
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 26.19657522 35 14.18 -16 30 38.8          19.5 VvEQ062H21
         K12Q17Y |C2012 08 27.10685 22 49 00.32 -21 37 41.3          20.1 VuEQ062807
         K12Q17Y |C2012 08 27.10920 22 49 02.35 -21 38 28.5          19.9 VuEQ062807
         K12Q17Y |C2012 08 27.11213 22 49 04.88 -21 39 27.5          20.4 VuEQ062807
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 27.30729 22 51 55.31 -22 46 19.7          19.1 RuEQ062H36
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 27.31405 22 52 01.09 -22 48 31.0          19.3 RuEQ062H36
         K12Q17Y KC2012 08 27.32039 22 52 06.50 -22 50 34.2          19.2 RuEQ062H36
    
    Observer details:
    807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.41-m f/11
        Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  Measurers A. Boattini,
        E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
        S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + 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 H. Devore, T. Vorobjov, L. Buzzi, S. Foglia.  0.61-m f/4.0
        astrograph + CCD, 0.61-m f/4.5 astrograph + CCD.
    H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2012 QY17                                                Earth MOID = 0.0506 AU
    Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
    M  18.52974              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.52929338     Peri.  180.84471     +0.89127638     +0.42840034
    a   1.5135789      Node   152.23477     -0.41414813     +0.90254031
    e   0.2989306      Incl.   18.60936     -0.18468282     +0.04352177
    P   1.86           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    120825 G96  0.9+  1.5-    120825 H21  0.0   0.3+    120826 H21  0.3-  0.8-
    120825 G96  0.2-  0.7+    120825 G96  0.4-  0.8-    120827 807  0.5-  0.5+
    120825 G96  0.1-  0.3-    120825 G96  0.4+  0.8-    120827 807  0.4-  0.3+
    120825 G96  0.1-  0.2+    120825 E12  0.4-  0.3+    120827 807  0.2-  0.1-
    120825 G96  0.7+  0.5+    120825 E12  0.1-  0.1+    120827 H36  0.4+  0.1+
    120825 H21  0.7+  0.4+    120825 E12  0.1+  0.1-    120827 H36  0.5+  0.0
    120825 H21  0.3+  0.4+    120826 H21  0.3+  0.1-    120827 H36  0.3+  0.2-
    120825 G96 (1.0-  2.3+)   120826 H21  0.1+  0.5-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2012 QY17                a,e,i = 1.51, 0.30, 19                  q = 1.0611
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2012 07 28    19 11 32.4 +47 19 33   0.1780  1.0929   111.4    59.9    24.2
    ...
    2012 08 12    20 05 50.4 +38 16 58   0.09517 1.0687   123.4    52.3    22.6
    ...
    2012 08 20    21 13 10.6 +17 38 46   0.05918 1.0625   148.0    30.3    20.9
    ...
    2012 08 26    22 32 14.4 -15 18 55   0.05079 1.0611   174.2     5.5    19.7
    2012 08 27    22 47 15.8 -21 02 39   0.05197 1.0611   167.6    11.8    20.0
    2012 08 28    23 02 30.2 -26 21 24   0.05385 1.0613   161.4    17.7    20.3
    ...
    2012 09 03    00 29 50.1 -46 57 57   0.07572 1.0636   135.1    42.1    21.8
    ...
    2012 09 11    01 50 37.0 -55 34 36   0.1173  1.0711   120.5    54.1    23.1
    ...
    2012 09 26    02 50 31.4 -57 42 05   0.2018  1.0975   113.1    57.2    24.4
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-Q62
    

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