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    M.P.E.C. 2014-Q103                               Issued 2014 Aug. 30, 23:57 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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                                  2014 QU362

Observations:
     K14Qa2U* C2014 08 25.46580 23 25 28.644-27 53 11.18         21.4 wLEQ103F51
     K14Qa2U  C2014 08 25.47702 23 25 25.696-27 52 32.67         21.1 wLEQ103F51
     K14Qa2U  C2014 08 25.48821 23 25 22.748-27 51 53.80         21.3 wLEQ103F51
     K14Qa2U _C2014 08 26.41003223 21 47.772-26 57 44.47         20.7 RtEQ103568
     K14Qa2U _C2014 08 26.41128923 21 47.443-26 57 40.11         20.6 RtEQ103568
     K14Qa2U _C2014 08 26.41254123 21 47.116-26 57 35.80         20.6 RtEQ103568
     K14Qa2U 2C2014 08 29.45778223 09 30.877-23 45 23.76         21.1 RtEQ103568
     K14Qa2U 2C2014 08 29.45893923 09 30.562-23 45 19.16         20.7 RtEQ103568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers R. J. Wainscoat, L. Wells, D. J. Tholen.  Measurers
    M. Micheli, R. J. Wainscoat, D. J. Tholen.  2.24-m University of Hawaii
    reflector, 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope + CCD.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers N. Primak, A. Schultz, T. Goggia,
    M. Willman.  Measurers B. Bolin, K. Chambers, S. Chastel, L. Denneau,
    H. Flewelling, M. Huber, E. Magnier, E. Schunova, R. Wainscoat, C. Waters.
    1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2014 QU362                                               Earth MOID = 0.1292 AU
Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5                  MPC
M  57.06445              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.76248656     Peri.   12.84064     +0.99826767     +0.02611432
a   1.1866280      Node   345.35237     -0.05169741     +0.81714545
e   0.0438920      Incl.   12.03416     +0.02808979     +0.57583970
P   1.29           H   24.2           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
140825 F51  0.2+  0.0     140826 568  0.1-  0.0     140829 568  0.0   0.0
140825 F51  0.0   0.1-    140826 568  0.1-  0.1-    140829 568  0.0   0.0
140825 F51  0.2-  0.1+    140826 568  0.1-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2014 QU362               a,e,i = 1.19, 0.04, 12                  q = 1.1345
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2014 07 31    00 26 31.0 -41 56 29   0.2046  1.1494   126.8    45.0    22.8
...
2014 08 15    00 00 45.6 -35 51 11   0.1608  1.1427   141.3    33.7    21.9
...
2014 08 23    23 34 49.9 -30 07 19   0.1428  1.1399   152.4    24.2    21.4
...
2014 08 29    23 11 22.7 -24 14 51   0.1338  1.1381   162.1    15.8    21.0
2014 08 30    23 07 18.4 -23 08 26   0.1328  1.1379   163.7    14.4    20.9
2014 08 31    23 03 13.3 -22 00 06   0.1319  1.1376   165.3    13.0    20.8
...
2014 09 06    22 39 07.0 -14 39 53   0.1297  1.1363   170.7     8.2    20.6
...
2014 09 14    22 10 51.8 -04 37 42   0.1356  1.1351   161.1    16.7    21.0
...
2014 09 29    21 38 24.3 +10 05 04   0.1687  1.1346   139.0    35.4    22.1

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2014 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2014-Q103

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