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    • MPEC 2012-V98 : 2012 VH77

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    M.P.E.C. 2012-V98                                Issued 2012 Nov. 15, 16:51 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 VH77

Observations:
     K12V77H* C2012 11 14.29925 03 56 42.56 +30 33 13.5          17.7  cEV098704
     K12V77H  C2012 11 14.31417 03 57 00.71 +30 33 30.8          18.7  cEV098704
     K12V77H  C2012 11 14.32974 03 57 19.22 +30 33 42.8          17.8  cEV098704
     K12V77H  C2012 11 14.34470 03 57 36.75 +30 33 50.7          18.3  cEV098704
     K12V77H KC2012 11 15.30784 04 12 26.89 +30 39 22.0          19.2 RrEV098850
     K12V77H KC2012 11 15.31343 04 12 28.89 +30 39 20.5          19.1 RrEV098850
     K12V77H KC2012 11 15.31946 04 12 30.93 +30 39 17.8          18.8 RrEV098850
     K12V77H KC2012 11 15.33691 04 12 37.21 +30 39 08.1          19.1 RrEV098850
     K12V77H KC2012 11 15.36686 04 12 48.03 +30 38 48.2          19.2 RrEV098850
     K12V77H KC2012 11 15.37843 04 12 52.40 +30 38 40.0          19.6 RrEV098850
     K12V77H KC2012 11 15.39004 04 12 56.77 +30 38 29.2          18.9 RrEV098850

Observer details:
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, G. Spitz,
    R. Brungard, J. Paige, P. Festler, T. McVey, A. Valdivia, C. Gall.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig, J. M. Lampley,
    L. M. Lyons, H. M. McDonough.  0.30-m f/2.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + 765x510 CCD.

Orbital elements:
2012 VH77                                                Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 358.01838              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48630087     Peri.  306.37193     +0.99762929     +0.05685662
a   1.6015212      Node    50.40188     -0.03492208     +0.90371960
e   0.4620006      Incl.    2.88411     -0.05929797     +0.42433266
P   2.03           H   27.4           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
121114 704  0.2-  0.1+    121115 850  0.1-  0.1-    121115 850  0.2-  0.5-
121114 704  0.1+  0.8+    121115 850  0.4+  0.3+    121115 850  0.4+  0.8+
121114 704  0.1-  0.2-    121115 850  0.7-  0.0     121115 850  0.2-  0.4+
121114 704  0.2+  0.8-    121115 850  0.5+  1.0-

Ephemeris:
2012 VH77                a,e,i = 1.60, 0.46, 3                   q = 0.8616
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 10 16    16 14 47.6 -29 21 17   0.1862  0.8745    44.8   126.6    28.8
...
2012 10 31    16 29 13.1 -30 23 35   0.08340 0.9243    33.5   143.6    29.2
...
2012 11 08    16 38 30.8 -30 34 19   0.03131 0.9631    27.8   151.4    28.5
...
2012 11 14    03 46 30.4 +30 26 11   0.0073670.9965   166.1    13.8    17.5
2012 11 15    04 09 19.0 +30 39 38   0.01373 1.0023   163.7    16.0    19.0
2012 11 16    04 17 38.6 +30 40 22   0.02013 1.0082   163.3    16.4    19.8
...
2012 11 22    04 28 55.1 +30 32 03   0.05897 1.0451   166.5    12.7    22.1
...
2012 11 30    04 30 53.9 +30 15 11   0.1126  1.0976   171.3     7.8    23.4
...
2012 12 15    04 32 22.6 +29 32 53   0.2241  1.2025   165.6    11.8    25.3

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2012 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2012-V98

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