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    M.P.E.C. 2012-U29                                Issued 2012 Oct. 18, 14:04 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 TA259

Observations:
     K12TP9A QC2012 10 14.66567 02 20 29.49 -25 01 49.7          20.0 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A QC2012 10 14.67691 02 20 28.64 -25 02 48.1          19.8 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A QC2012 10 14.68828 02 20 27.62 -25 03 46.3          19.9 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A QC2012 10 14.69962 02 20 26.77 -25 04 45.2          19.6 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A QC2012 10 14.70760 02 20 26.13 -25 05 26.0          20.0 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A*QC2012 10 15.44911 02 19 33.38 -26 10 30.8          19.7 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A QC2012 10 15.45413 02 19 32.97 -26 10 57.9          19.8 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A QC2012 10 15.73808 02 19 07.81 -26 36 38.1          19.7 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 16.11575 02 18 39.30 -27 11 21.2          20.0 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 16.11804 02 18 39.09 -27 11 34.1          19.7 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 16.12033 02 18 38.87 -27 11 46.8          19.5 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 16.12261 02 18 38.64 -27 11 59.5          19.9 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 16.12489 02 18 38.44 -27 12 12.6          19.7 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A  C2012 10 16.23090 02 18 29.63 -27 22 31.9          19.4 RcEU029651
     K12TP9A  C2012 10 16.23450 02 18 29.39 -27 22 51.1          19.6 RcEU029651
     K12TP9A QC2012 10 16.45484 02 18 10.79 -27 43 02.6          19.6 VrEU029E12
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 18.10896 02 15 32.67 -30 26 24.2          19.3 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 18.11132 02 15 32.40 -30 26 38.9          19.5 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 18.11367 02 15 32.13 -30 26 53.6          19.5 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 18.11602 02 15 31.86 -30 27 08.3          19.4 VuEU029807
     K12TP9A |C2012 10 18.11839 02 15 31.58 -30 27 23.0          19.3 VuEU029807

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes, R. Sampson.  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, J. D. Ahern, E. C. Beshore.  0.5-m Uppsala
    Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2012 TA259                                               Earth MOID = 0.1653 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 325.90771              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.41069445     Peri.  355.65725     -0.75134342     -0.65172407
a   1.7924904      Node   142.99058     +0.61052419     -0.74609546
e   0.7230195      Incl.    9.91315     +0.25048610     -0.13637191
P   2.40           H   20.6           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
121014 E12  0.2-  0.7+    121015 E12  0.6+  0.1-    121016 651  2.0+  0.4+
121014 E12  0.7+  0.0     121016 807  0.4-  0.0     121016 E12  0.4-  0.4+
121014 E12  0.5-  0.2+    121016 807  0.4-  0.1-    121018 807  0.3+  0.1-
121014 E12  0.4+  0.4-    121016 807  0.5-  0.1+    121018 807  0.3+  0.0
121014 E12  0.5+  0.3-    121016 807  0.7-  0.2+    121018 807  0.3+  0.1-
121015 E12  0.8-  0.3-    121016 807  0.6-  0.1-    121018 807  0.3+  0.1-
121015 E12  0.7-  0.1-    121016 651  0.7+  0.7-    121018 807  0.3+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2012 TA259               a,e,i = 1.79, 0.72, 10                  q = 0.4965
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 09 18    02 25 05.2 -04 02 05   0.6564  1.5628   139.4    24.7    21.8
...
2012 10 03    02 27 31.4 -12 30 00   0.4465  1.3992   147.9    22.3    20.7
...
2012 10 11    02 24 01.4 -20 15 21   0.3518  1.3066   146.7    24.8    20.1
...
2012 10 17    02 17 20.5 -28 35 21   0.2909  1.2346   140.3    31.0    19.7
2012 10 18    02 15 42.7 -30 15 10   0.2817  1.2224   138.8    32.5    19.7
2012 10 19    02 13 53.4 -32 00 23   0.2729  1.2101   137.0    34.1    19.6
...
2012 10 25    01 57 00.7 -44 36 34   0.2276  1.1353   123.3    47.1    19.4
...
2012 11 02    00 48 45.3 -66 30 48   0.1931  1.0324    96.6    72.7    19.6
...
2012 11 17    16 14 27.0 -60 25 09   0.2302  0.8326    42.2   127.1    22.4

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-U29

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