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    M.P.E.C. 2012-U99                                Issued 2012 Oct. 25, 20:54 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 UN138
    
    Observations:
         K12UD8N* C2012 10 19.52164102 39 29.165+20 05 42.73         20.8 wLEU099F51
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 19.53588402 39 28.662+20 05 44.74         20.7 wLEU099F51
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 19.55013102 39 28.140+20 05 46.90         20.8 wLEU099F51
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 19.56437002 39 27.644+20 05 48.77         20.7 wLEU099F51
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 21.22867 02 38 29.60 +20 09 42.6          20.9 VoEU099691
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 21.24636 02 38 28.96 +20 09 44.9          20.5 VoEU099691
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 21.26406 02 38 28.34 +20 09 48.1          20.7 VoEU099691
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 24.24987 02 36 40.47 +20 16 23.5                cEU099926
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 24.25223 02 36 40.45 +20 16 24.3                cEU099926
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 24.25459 02 36 40.23 +20 16 23.9                cEU099926
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 24.25697 02 36 40.15 +20 16 25.2                cEU099926
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 24.26483 02 36 39.79 +20 16 26.4                cEU099926
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 24.26718 02 36 39.70 +20 16 26.8                cEU099926
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 25.24573 02 36 03.44 +20 18 28.3          21.3 VoEU099691
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 25.26341 02 36 02.78 +20 18 30.9          21.7 VoEU099691
         K12UD8N  C2012 10 25.28110 02 36 02.14 +20 18 32.5          21.5 VoEU099691
    
    Observer details:
    691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers J. V. Scotti, R. S. McMillan.
        0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers S. Abe, J. K. Guo, N. Panwar,
        W. P. Chen, W. H. Ip.  Measurer S. Abe.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers N. Primak, A. Schultz, S. Watters,
        J. Thiel, T. Goggia.  Measurer PS1 Science Consortium.  1.8-m
        Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2012 UN138
    Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
    M 357.89843              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.02974931     Peri.   21.43589     +0.65947714     -0.74057324
    a  10.3153703      Node    27.80884     +0.64323603     +0.46712357
    e   0.6627440      Incl.   16.05232     +0.38902096     +0.48305987
    P  33.13           H   15.5           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    121019 F51  0.0   0.0     121021 691  0.3-  0.3+    121024 926  0.1-  0.9+
    121019 F51  0.1+  0.0     121024 926  1.5+  0.1-    121025 691  0.9-  0.3-
    121019 F51  0.0   0.1+    121024 926  2.4+  0.4+    121025 691  0.6-  0.1+
    121019 F51  0.2+  0.0     121024 926  0.6+  0.3-    121025 691  0.1-  0.6-
    121021 691  0.8-  0.2-    121024 926  0.8+  0.6+
    121021 691  0.7-  0.4-    121024 926  0.1-  0.8+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2012 UN138               a,e,i = 10.32, 0.66, 16                 q = 3.4789
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2012 09 25    02 49 30.0 +18 48 17   2.7289  3.5248   136.5    11.3    21.1
    ...
    2012 10 10    02 44 26.7 +19 40 00   2.5953  3.5085   152.0     7.7    20.8
    ...
    2012 10 18    02 40 21.1 +20 01 59   2.5462  3.5013   160.5     5.4    20.7
    ...
    2012 10 24    02 36 49.5 +20 15 52   2.5208  3.4965   166.8     3.7    20.6
    2012 10 25    02 36 12.6 +20 17 59   2.5175  3.4957   167.8     3.4    20.6
    2012 10 26    02 35 35.3 +20 20 02   2.5146  3.4950   168.8     3.2    20.5
    ...
    2012 11 01    02 31 45.9 +20 31 10   2.5028  3.4910   173.7     1.8    20.4
    ...
    2012 11 09    02 26 36.2 +20 43 16   2.5034  3.4865   171.8     2.3    20.5
    ...
    2012 11 24    02 17 53.9 +21 00 40   2.5542  3.4809   156.3     6.5    20.7
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-U99
    

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