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    M.P.E.C. 2015-C37                                Issued 2015 Feb.  9, 14:41 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2015 CP
    
    Observations:
         K15C00P  C2015 02 08.13401 08 43 22.51 +18 34 44.6          20.8 VqEC037G96
         K15C00P  C2015 02 08.14186 08 43 23.40 +18 35 11.5          20.9 VqEC037G96
         K15C00P  C2015 02 08.14972 08 43 24.37 +18 35 38.5          20.8 VqEC037G96
         K15C00P  C2015 02 08.15758 08 43 25.23 +18 36 05.6          21.3 VqEC037G96
         K15C00P  C2015 02 08.25568608 43 34.72 +18 41 23.1          20.9 RtEC037H01
         K15C00P  C2015 02 08.26057308 43 35.17 +18 41 38.6          21.1 RtEC037H01
         K15C00P  C2015 02 08.27044808 43 36.10 +18 42 09.1          20.8 RtEC037H01
         K15C00P  C2015 02 08.27880808 43 36.88 +18 42 34.9          20.5 RtEC037H01
         K15C00P FC2015 02 08.80150 08 44 47.88 +19 05 52.9          21.3 RqEC037J95
         K15C00P KC2015 02 08.88591 08 44 55.73 +19 09 29.5                qEC037J95
         K15C00P* C2015 02 09.14885608 45 25.45 +19 19 58.7          21.3 RtEC037H01
         K15C00P  C2015 02 09.15522608 45 25.91 +19 20 13.6          21.0 RtEC037H01
         K15C00P  C2015 02 09.16485308 45 26.61 +19 20 35.8          21.1 RtEC037H01
         K15C00P  C2015 02 09.17056008 45 26.99 +19 20 48.8          21.0 RtEC037H01
         K15C00P KC2015 02 09.37907 08 45 40.23 +19 28 09.7          21.8 RoEC037291
         K15C00P KC2015 02 09.38346 08 45 40.49 +19 28 18.0          22.3 RoEC037291
         K15C00P KC2015 02 09.38788 08 45 40.76 +19 28 26.5          21.5 RoEC037291
    
    Observer details:
    291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer R. A. Mastaler.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers E. J. Christensen,
        D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, J. A. Johnson,
        R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. G. Matheny, F. C. Shelly.  1.5-m
        reflector + CCD.
    H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
        reflector + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2015 CP                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0055 AU
    Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5                  MPC
    M 356.58365              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.26911326     Peri.  258.78973     +0.79951428     -0.59810408
    a   2.3759976      Node   137.91285     +0.57821521     +0.74151043
    e   0.7917776      Incl.    4.72509     +0.16261639     +0.30402926
    P   3.66           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    150208 G96  0.1-  0.1+    150208 H01  0.0   0.1-    150209 H01  0.5-  0.1-
    150208 G96  0.6-  0.0     150208 H01  0.1+  0.1-    150209 H01  0.8-  0.2-
    150208 G96  0.3+  0.0     150208 J95  0.2+  0.0     150209 291  0.2+  0.1+
    150208 G96  0.1-  0.4+    150208 J95  0.5+  0.0     150209 291  0.0   0.0
    150208 H01  0.1+  0.2-    150209 H01  0.6-  0.3-    150209 291  0.1-  0.1+
    150208 H01  0.1-  0.0     150209 H01  0.7-  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2015 CP                  a,e,i = 2.38, 0.79, 5                   q = 0.4947
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2015 01 10    20 50 28.4 -23 02 12   0.3797  0.6405    20.2   148.0    31.2
    ...
    2015 01 25    21 00 05.1 -24 35 25   0.1381  0.8485     9.4   169.1
    ...
    2015 02 02    21 34 00.7 -34 44 12   0.02259 0.9641    19.3   160.3    29.0
    ...
    2015 02 08    08 42 55.4 +18 27 59   0.06456 1.0499   169.6     9.8    21.0
    2015 02 09    08 45 05.2 +19 15 00   0.07894 1.0640   168.8    10.4    21.5
    2015 02 10    08 46 37.2 +19 47 19   0.09338 1.0782   167.9    11.1    21.9
    ...
    2015 02 16    08 51 10.0 +21 08 21   0.1813  1.1619   162.3    15.0    23.7
    ...
    2015 02 24    08 54 37.1 +21 30 44   0.3031  1.2706   154.9    19.3    25.1
    ...
    2015 03 11    09 02 18.7 +21 10 18   0.5494  1.4649   141.8    24.8    26.9
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2015 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2015-C37
    

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