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    M.P.E.C. 2013-V34                                Issued 2013 Nov. 6, 20:43 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 VX4

Observations:
     K13V04X  C2013 10 30.45747 02 35 57.059-21 43 14.01         19.3 rLEV034F51
     K13V04X  C2013 10 30.46885 02 36 01.651-21 43 41.78         19.5 rLEV034F51
     K13V04X* C2013 11 04.32314 03 26 33.99 -25 25 47.2          18.8 VqEV034703
     K13V04X  C2013 11 04.33060 03 26 39.69 -25 26 09.6          18.9 VqEV034703
     K13V04X  C2013 11 04.34551 03 26 51.18 -25 26 52.3          19.2 VqEV034703
     K13V04X  C2013 11 04.37615 03 27 15.02 -25 28 17.3          18.9 VqEV034703
     K13V04X  C2013 11 04.37677 03 27 15.58 -25 28 19.2          18.5 VqEV034703
     K13V04X  C2013 11 04.37739 03 27 15.97 -25 28 20.9          18.7 VqEV034703
     K13V04X  C2013 11 04.37801 03 27 16.52 -25 28 21.9          19.2 VqEV034703
     K13V04X  C2013 11 06.36287 03 59 04.23 -26 58 30.3          18.5 VqEV034G96
     K13V04X  C2013 11 06.36734 03 59 08.75 -26 58 41.6          18.4 VqEV034G96
     K13V04X  C2013 11 06.37181 03 59 13.31 -26 58 52.3          18.5 VqEV034G96
     K13V04X  C2013 11 06.37627 03 59 17.88 -26 59 03.0          18.3 VqEV034G96
     K13V04X KC2013 11 06.51947 04 02 04.26 -27 01 45.6          18.5 VqEV034E23
     K13V04X KC2013 11 06.52895 04 02 14.26 -27 02 11.4          18.6 VqEV034E23
     K13V04X KC2013 11 06.53520 04 02 20.79 -27 02 27.8          18.6 VqEV034E23
     K13V04X KC2013 11 06.54145 04 02 27.40 -27 02 44.2          18.6 VqEV034E23

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Boattini.  Measurers A. Boattini,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, J. A. Johnson,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, F. C. Shelly.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
E23 Arcadia.  Observer A. Hidas.  0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers N. Primak, A. Schultz. T. Goggia,
    M. Willman.  Measurer PS1 Science Consortium.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien
    + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers A. Boattini,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, J. A. Johnson,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, F. C. Shelly.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2013 VX4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0032 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5                  MPC
M 348.85489              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39101723     Peri.  351.86944     +0.25173688     -0.96636116
a   1.8521328      Node    83.53854     +0.89089086     +0.21012673
e   0.4726547      Incl.    3.03878     +0.37807673     +0.14829994
P   2.52           H   23.6           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
131030 F51  0.2+  0.2-    131104 703  0.6+  0.3-    131106 G96  0.3+  0.1-
131030 F51  0.2-  0.1+    131104 703  0.7-  0.3-    131106 E23  0.3-  0.0
131104 703  1.0+  1.4+    131104 703  0.2+  0.4+    131106 E23  0.2+  0.2-
131104 703  0.1+  0.3+    131106 G96  0.0   0.2-    131106 E23  0.3-  0.1+
131104 703  0.6-  0.2-    131106 G96  0.3-  0.5-    131106 E23  0.4+  0.4+
131104 703  0.4-  0.1-    131106 G96  0.1-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2013 VX4                 a,e,i = 1.85, 0.47, 3                   q = 0.9767
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2013 10 07    01 24 24.6 -11 15 29   0.1825  1.1738   161.3    15.8    21.1
...
2013 10 22    01 53 31.1 -16 49 52   0.1070  1.0910   152.1    25.2    20.1
...
2013 10 30    02 32 34.3 -21 22 54   0.07314 1.0537   144.7    33.0    19.4
...
2013 11 05    03 36 24.3 -25 55 15   0.05182 1.0297   136.3    41.7    18.9
2013 11 06    03 52 38.8 -26 40 23   0.04884 1.0260   134.3    43.7    18.8
2013 11 07    04 11 05.7 -27 21 13   0.04610 1.0225   132.0    46.0    18.7
...
2013 11 13    06 46 53.1 -26 21 11   0.03709 1.0039   111.7    66.3    18.8
...
2013 11 21    09 43 22.3 -11 17 39   0.04955 0.9863    86.7    90.4    20.2
...
2013 12 06    11 24 54.9 +01 46 57   0.1016  0.9775    82.6    91.5    21.8

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2013 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2013-V34

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