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    M.P.E.C. 2014-S98                                Issued 2014 Sept. 26, 14:31 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 SN260

Observations:
     K14SQ0N* C2014 09 23.38633 00 54 44.62 +11 02 20.0          21.5 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 23.39241 00 54 45.36 +11 02 04.6          21.8 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 23.39848 00 54 46.06 +11 01 48.7          21.8 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 23.40455 00 54 46.78 +11 01 32.3          21.4 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 23.42142 00 54 48.79 +11 00 49.9          22.3 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 23.42227 00 54 48.91 +11 00 47.5          21.4 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 23.42312 00 54 49.08 +11 00 45.4          22.1 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N KC2014 09 24.02123800 56 15.430+10 34 39.53         21.1 RqES098J04
     K14SQ0N KC2014 09 24.02906800 56 16.399+10 34 18.39         21.1 RqES098J04
     K14SQ0N KC2014 09 24.26206200 56 49.02 +10 23 34.4          21.8 VuES098H21
     K14SQ0N KC2014 09 24.27152900 56 50.21 +10 23 08.5          21.4 VuES098H21
     K14SQ0N KC2014 09 24.28247200 56 51.58 +10 22 38.1          21.7 VuES098H21
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 24.39652 00 57 07.05 +10 17 27.9          21.3 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 24.39737 00 57 07.11 +10 17 24.8          21.8 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 26.34233 01 02 08.32 +08 39 00.4          20.9 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 26.34558 01 02 08.73 +08 38 50.0          21.2 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 26.34884 01 02 09.25 +08 38 39.0          20.8 VqES098G96
     K14SQ0N  C2014 09 26.35208 01 02 09.71 +08 38 28.3          20.9 VqES098G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers
    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.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers L. Buzzi, S. Foglia, T. Vorobjov, T. Linder.  1.3-m f/4.0
    astrograph + CCD.
J04 ESA Optical Ground Station, Tenerife.  Observer D. Abreu.  Measurers
    M. Micheli, D. Koschny, M. Busch, A. Knoefel, E. Schwab.  1.0-m f/4.4
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2014 SN260                                               Earth MOID = 0.0659 AU
Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5                  MPC
M   3.58556              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.57979862     Peri.  254.60340     +0.16364218     -0.98635311
a   1.4243540      Node   186.06599     +0.95810167     +0.16328121
e   0.3603117      Incl.    9.88014     +0.23507962     +0.02113739
P   1.70           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
140923 G96  0.3-  0.1+    140923 G96  1.0+  0.2+    140924 G96  0.1-  0.1+
140923 G96  0.1+  0.3+    140924 J04  0.0   0.1-    140924 G96  0.8-  0.6-
140923 G96  0.2-  0.0     140924 J04  0.2+  0.3-    140926 G96  0.1+  0.1-
140923 G96  0.2-  0.8-    140924 H21  0.1+  0.2+    140926 G96  0.6-  0.2+
140923 G96  0.3-  0.3+    140924 H21  0.2+  0.3+    140926 G96  0.3+  0.0
140923 G96  0.0   0.1+    140924 H21  0.1+  0.1+    140926 G96  0.3+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2014 SN260               a,e,i = 1.42, 0.36, 10                  q = 0.9111
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2014 08 27    00 15 01.0 +17 33 02   0.3585  1.3073   140.5    29.4    24.1
...
2014 09 11    00 33 08.4 +16 18 33   0.2409  1.2240   151.6    23.1    22.9
...
2014 09 19    00 45 47.3 +13 37 04   0.1860  1.1797   158.4    18.2    22.1
...
2014 09 25    00 58 37.4 +09 49 07   0.1488  1.1468   164.0    13.9    21.5
2014 09 26    01 01 12.8 +08 58 01   0.1430  1.1414   164.9    13.2    21.3
2014 09 27    01 03 58.3 +08 02 13   0.1373  1.1360   165.8    12.5    21.2
...
2014 10 03    01 25 19.2 +00 21 08   0.1059  1.1041   167.0    11.8    20.6
...
2014 10 11    02 17 26.4 -18 27 56   0.07499 1.0634   148.9    29.0    20.3
...
2014 10 26    06 57 30.0 -56 20 24   0.08079 0.9951    88.3    87.1    22.1

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2014 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2014-S98

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