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    M.P.E.C. 2012-S21                                Issued 2012 Sept. 17, 18:18 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 RV16

Observations:
     K12R16V* C2012 09 15.35095 00 53 22.30 -12 57 01.6          18.9 VrES021703
     K12R16V  C2012 09 15.36108 00 53 21.55 -12 56 50.3          18.6 VrES021703
     K12R16V  C2012 09 15.37124 00 53 20.76 -12 56 36.5          19.1 VrES021703
     K12R16V  C2012 09 15.38127 00 53 20.04 -12 56 24.0          19.0 VrES021703
     K12R16V  C2012 09 15.45152 00 53 14.74 -12 54 54.4          18.8 VrES021703
     K12R16V  C2012 09 15.45846 00 53 14.24 -12 54 45.1          18.7 VrES021703
     K12R16V  C2012 09 15.46551 00 53 13.74 -12 54 35.5          18.6 VrES021703
     K12R16V  C2012 09 15.47255 00 53 13.09 -12 54 26.8          18.5 VrES021703
     K12R16V |C2012 09 16.22552 00 52 21.90 -12 37 40.1          19.0 VuES021807
     K12R16V |C2012 09 16.22754 00 52 21.75 -12 37 37.2          19.1 VuES021807
     K12R16V |C2012 09 16.23158 00 52 21.42 -12 37 31.7          19.1 VuES021807
     K12R16V |C2012 09 16.23360 00 52 21.25 -12 37 28.8          19.0 VuES021807
     K12R16V KC2012 09 16.29044300 52 17.07 -12 36 38.5          18.7 VvES021H21
     K12R16V KC2012 09 16.29485600 52 16.72 -12 36 32.4          18.7 VvES021H21
     K12R16V KC2012 09 16.29927400 52 16.37 -12 36 26.6          18.7 VvES021H21
     K12R16V KC2012 09 16.30348300 52 16.03 -12 36 20.7          18.8 VvES021H21
     K12R16V HC2012 09 17.26993 00 51 03.78 -12 13 42.8          18.5 RoES021291
     K12R16V HC2012 09 17.27198 00 51 03.60 -12 13 39.8          18.3 RoES021291
     K12R16V HC2012 09 17.27309 00 51 03.51 -12 13 38.2          18.4 RoES021291
     K12R16V  C2012 09 17.56124 00 50 39.87 -12 06 04.5          19.0 RoES021474
     K12R16V  C2012 09 17.56472 00 50 39.56 -12 05 59.4          19.0 RoES021474
     K12R16V  C2012 09 17.56821 00 50 39.25 -12 05 54.1          18.7 RoES021474

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  1.0-m f/7.7
    reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer J. A. Johnson.  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.
807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes, R. Sampson.  0.41-m f/11
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers T. Vorobjov, L. Buzzi, S. Foglia.  0.81-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2012 RV16                                                Earth MOID = 0.1155 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 347.51848              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21305116     Peri.   67.71320     +0.23804598     -0.96968468
a   2.7763877      Node     9.06010     +0.71097798     +0.13526161
e   0.6775016      Incl.   20.51583     +0.66169814     +0.20350899
P   4.63           H   19.6           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
120915 703  0.3+  0.5+    120916 807  0.2-  0.4-    120917 291  0.0   0.0
120915 703  0.4+  1.0-    120916 807  0.0   0.2-    120917 291  0.1-  0.0
120915 703  0.0   0.0     120916 807  0.0   0.1-    120917 291  0.0   0.0
120915 703  0.5+  0.2-    120916 807  0.1-  0.1+    120917 474  0.1+  0.0
120915 703  0.2-  0.2-    120916 H21  0.0   0.0     120917 474  0.0   0.1-
120915 703  0.1+  0.2+    120916 H21  0.1+  0.1+    120917 474  0.0   0.0
120915 703  0.4+  0.7+    120916 H21  0.2+  0.1-
120915 703  1.5-  0.4+    120916 H21  0.1+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2012 RV16                a,e,i = 2.78, 0.68, 21                  q = 0.8954
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 08 18    00 57 25.4 -17 22 45   0.7488  1.6286   134.7    26.2    21.2
...
2012 09 02    01 00 46.4 -15 57 59   0.5389  1.4863   145.9    22.3    20.2
...
2012 09 10    00 57 57.3 -14 29 49   0.4377  1.4103   152.7    19.1    19.5
...
2012 09 16    00 52 37.8 -12 42 49   0.3673  1.3538   158.4    15.8    18.9
2012 09 17    00 51 24.1 -12 19 56   0.3561  1.3444   159.5    15.2    18.8
2012 09 18    00 50 03.7 -11 55 16   0.3450  1.3350   160.5    14.5    18.7
...
2012 09 24    00 39 16.9 -08 39 33   0.2816  1.2794   167.4     9.9    18.0
...
2012 10 02    00 14 35.8 -00 57 42   0.2073  1.2070   173.5     5.4    17.0
...
2012 10 17    22 12 39.5 +33 40 16   0.1273  1.0812   129.0    45.8    17.0

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-S21

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