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    M.P.E.C. 2013-N30                                Issued 2013 July 8, 16:48 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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            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2013 NQ8

Observations:
     K13N08Q* C2013 07 07.06706 22 02 09.97 -18 02 12.3          17.8 VrEN030J75
     K13N08Q  C2013 07 07.07471 22 02 18.30 -18 02 57.4          17.7 VrEN030J75
     K13N08Q  C2013 07 07.08237 22 02 26.60 -18 03 40.8          17.7 VrEN030J75
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 07.23128 22 05 13.80 -18 16 18.3          18.8 VqEN030I39
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 07.24021 22 05 23.58 -18 17 10.5          18.8 VqEN030I39
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 07.31760 22 06 48.60 -18 24 39.3          18.5 VqEN030I39
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 07.32997 22 07 02.23 -18 25 49.0          18.4 VqEN030I39
     K13N08Q 1C2013 07 07.58276 22 11 58.11 -18 50 05.5          18.7 VcEN030Q62
     K13N08Q 1C2013 07 07.58462 22 12 00.30 -18 50 16.5          18.9 VcEN030Q62
     K13N08Q 1C2013 07 07.58646 22 12 02.29 -18 50 25.8          18.9 VcEN030Q62
     K13N08Q  C2013 07 07.62325 22 12 43.95 -18 53 59.9          18.5 VoEN030E23
     K13N08Q  C2013 07 07.62672 22 12 47.79 -18 54 20.8                oEN030E23
     K13N08Q  C2013 07 07.63019 22 12 51.75 -18 54 41.4          17.5 VoEN030E23
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.06823 22 21 30.14 -19 38 31.3                qEN030J95
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.07597 22 21 39.26 -19 39 16.7                qEN030J95
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.08453 22 21 49.40 -19 40 05.0          18.7 RqEN030J95
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.15574 22 23 18.36 -19 44 49.8          18.3 VqEN030I39
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.16664 22 23 31.44 -19 45 52.7          18.3 VqEN030I39
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.17748 22 23 44.35 -19 46 56.2          18.3 VqEN030I39
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.18833 22 23 57.37 -19 47 59.5          18.5 VqEN030I39
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.56252 22 31 37.94 -20 23 06.2          18.8 VcEN030474
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.56327 22 31 38.90 -20 23 10.0          19.1 VcEN030474
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.56402 22 31 39.88 -20 23 15.5          18.9 VcEN030474
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.56477 22 31 40.83 -20 23 20.2          18.9 VcEN030474
     K13N08Q KC2013 07 08.56552 22 31 41.69 -20 23 23.9          18.9 VcEN030474

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore,
    P. M. Kilmartin.  Measurer P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
E23 Arcadia.  Observer A. Hidas.  0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
I39 Observatorio Cruz del Sur, San Justo.  Observer A. Chapman.  0.20-m f/4
    reflector + CCD.
J75 OAM Observatory, La Sagra.  Observers S. Sanchez, J. Nomen, M. Hurtado,
    J. A. Jaume, W. K. Y. Yeung, F. Serra, T. Valls, J. Hurtado.  0.45-m f/2.8
    reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
Q62 iTelescope Observatory, Siding Spring.  Observer H. Sato.  0.51-m f/6.8
    astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer.

Orbital elements:
2013 NQ8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0553 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5                 MPC
M 330.55078              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25255591     Peri.  225.95243     +0.86444017     +0.44621700
a   2.4787403      Node   106.27707     -0.36396549     +0.87324801
e   0.6066472      Incl.   13.96089     -0.34680299     +0.19577617
P   3.90           H   21.9           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
130707 J75  0.4-  0.2+    130707 Q62 (0.9-  1.6+)   130708 I39  0.5-  0.0
130707 J75  0.2+  0.4-    130707 E23  0.5+  0.3+    130708 I39  0.9+  0.2-
130707 J75  0.3+  0.8+    130707 E23  0.9-  0.3-    130708 474  1.0-  0.5+
130707 I39  0.6+  0.3+    130707 E23  0.6-  0.6-    130708 474  0.4-  0.9+
130707 I39  0.4+  0.1+    130708 J95  0.2+  0.1+    130708 474  0.4+  0.3-
130707 I39  0.2-  1.0-    130708 J95  0.2-  0.6-    130708 474  0.9+  0.7-
130707 I39  0.5-  0.3+    130708 J95  0.1+  0.5+    130708 474  0.0   0.1-
130707 Q62  0.5-  0.1+    130708 I39 (1.8-  0.3-)
130707 Q62  0.6+  0.1+    130708 I39  0.5-  0.4+

Ephemeris:
2013 NQ8                 a,e,i = 2.48, 0.61, 14                  q = 0.9750
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2013 06 08    18 53 18.0 +00 00 10   0.3228  1.2928   145.0    26.7    21.2
...
2013 06 23    19 39 53.6 -03 26 57   0.1860  1.1809   149.9    25.6    19.8
...
2013 07 01    20 36 55.2 -09 32 50   0.1268  1.1271   148.9    27.8    18.9
...
2013 07 07    22 00 52.7 -17 54 27   0.09608 1.0905   138.5    38.1    18.5
2013 07 08    22 20 05.3 -19 30 29   0.09290 1.0848   135.4    41.1    18.5
2013 07 09    22 40 48.4 -21 04 21   0.09043 1.0792   131.9    44.5    18.6
...
2013 07 15    00 59 28.6 -26 51 59   0.09210 1.0479   107.6    67.6    19.2
...
2013 07 23    03 09 45.9 -24 42 03   0.1283  1.0139    85.5    87.3    20.5
...
2013 08 07    04 40 59.9 -18 39 34   0.2276  0.9779    74.4    92.6    21.9

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2013 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2013-N30

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