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    M.P.E.C. 2014-P17                                Issued 2014 Aug. 3, 14:09 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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                                  2014 OS338

Observations:
     K14OX8S* C2014 07 29.37342 20 18 31.647-17 36 49.81         20.9 wLEP017F51
     K14OX8S  C2014 07 29.38557 20 18 33.080-17 38 30.55         21.3 wLEP017F51
     K14OX8S  C2014 07 30.38306 20 21 18.300-19 46 48.53         21.1 wLEP017F51
     K14OX8S  C2014 07 30.40690 20 21 20.490-19 49 42.72         21.3 wLEP017F51
     K14OX8S  C2014 07 30.41881 20 21 21.487-19 51 09.27         21.7 wLEP017F51
     K14OX8S KC2014 08 03.34374 20 30 10.15 -26 10 46.6          20.9 RoEP017291
     K14OX8S KC2014 08 03.35000 20 30 10.54 -26 11 14.8          21.4 RoEP017291
     K14OX8S KC2014 08 03.35628 20 30 10.96 -26 11 43.3          21.4 RoEP017291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer R. A. Mastaler.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers N. Primak, A. Schultz, T. Goggia,
    M. Willman.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2014 OS338                                               Earth MOID = 0.0292 AU
Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5                  MPC
M   2.44089              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.79318929     Peri.  102.93713     -0.64127525     +0.76155746
a   1.1558057      Node   126.77374     -0.74155776     -0.58370382
e   0.1891501      Incl.    6.72410     -0.19712469     -0.28163823
P   1.24           H   27.0           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
140729 F51  1.2-  0.0     140730 F51  0.5+  0.1+    140803 291  0.2-  0.1+
140729 F51  1.0+  0.0     140730 F51  0.7-  0.1+    140803 291  0.2-  0.2-
140730 F51  0.5+  0.1-    140803 291  0.2+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2014 OS338               a,e,i = 1.16, 0.19, 7                   q = 0.9372
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2014 07 04    12 42 06.0 +72 49 05   0.05660 0.9964    67.5   109.5    24.9
...
2014 07 19    19 22 54.4 +27 40 36   0.02967 1.0359   130.9    47.9    21.2
...
2014 07 27    20 10 46.7 -11 17 58   0.04394 1.0591   171.4     8.3    20.9
...
2014 08 02    20 27 28.3 -24 17 41   0.06270 1.0770   172.1     7.5    21.7
2014 08 03    20 29 31.9 -25 42 02   0.06616 1.0801   170.5     9.0    21.9
2014 08 04    20 31 27.0 -26 57 28   0.06969 1.0831   168.9    10.4    22.1
...
2014 08 10    20 40 45.2 -32 13 40   0.09217 1.1014   161.4    17.1    22.9
...
2014 08 18    20 49 42.4 -35 38 55   0.1250  1.1261   154.0    23.2    23.8
...
2014 09 02    21 03 58.1 -37 02 25   0.1954  1.1716   143.3    31.0    25.1

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2014 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2014-P17

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