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    M.P.E.C. 2015-E06                                Issued 2015 Mar. 1, 20:28 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                  2015 DO215

Observations:
     K15DL5O* C2015 02 27.18145 09 07 09.03 +27 46 13.8          18.7 VqEE006703
     K15DL5O  C2015 02 27.18646 09 07 05.19 +27 44 03.4          18.2 VqEE006703
     K15DL5O  C2015 02 27.19148 09 07 01.21 +27 41 51.2          18.3 VqEE006703
     K15DL5O  C2015 02 27.19650 09 06 57.25 +27 39 37.1          17.9 VqEE006703
     K15DL5O KC2015 02 27.28907 09 05 32.83 +26 55 35.6          17.8 RqEE006H36
     K15DL5O KC2015 02 27.29058 09 05 31.61 +26 54 50.3          18.2 RqEE006H36
     K15DL5O KC2015 02 27.29211 09 05 30.43 +26 54 06.6          18.9 RqEE006H36
     K15DL5O KC2015 02 27.29364 09 05 29.22 +26 53 22.4          18.4 RqEE006H36
     K15DL5O  C2015 02 27.37535 09 04 32.60 +26 14 59.5          18.7 VqEE006703
     K15DL5O  C2015 02 27.38020 09 04 28.93 +26 12 32.8          18.3 VqEE006703
     K15DL5O  C2015 02 27.38507 09 04 25.20 +26 10 05.9          18.1 VqEE006703
     K15DL5O  C2015 02 27.38994 09 04 21.55 +26 07 37.8          18.6 VqEE006703
     K15DL5O KC2015 02 28.86199 08 48 12.36 +09 59 56.2          17.7 VqEE006C47
     K15DL5O KC2015 02 28.86398 08 48 10.22 +09 58 14.3          17.7 VqEE006C47
     K15DL5O KC2015 02 28.86596 08 48 08.11 +09 56 32.5          17.6 VqEE006C47
     K15DL5O KC2015 03 01.82963508 33 16.98 -06 22 04.1                qEE006J95
     K15DL5O KC2015 03 01.83351608 33 11.81 -06 26 36.1          17.6 RqEE006J95
     K15DL5O KC2015 03 01.83695908 33 07.23 -06 30 37.7                qEE006J95
     K15DL5O KC2015 03 01.83943008 33 03.97 -06 33 30.4          17.8 RqEE006J95

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers D. C. Fuls, J. A. Johnson.  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.
    0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
C47 Nonndorf.  Observer G. Dangl.  0.25-m f/4.8 reflector + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2015 DO215                                               Earth MOID = 0.0079 AU
Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5                  MPC
M 276.98197              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.74692485     Peri.  212.71115     -0.97806698     +0.20377471
a   1.2030530      Node   338.91882     -0.15583640     -0.85330780
e   0.1896833      Incl.    6.88803     -0.13820271     -0.47993923
P   1.32           H   26.6           G   0.15           U   6
Residuals in seconds of arc
150227 703  1.0-  0.7-    150227 H36  0.5-  0.6-    150228 C47  0.6+  0.2+
150227 703  0.3+  0.7+    150227 703  0.0   0.1+    150301 J95  0.4+  0.0
150227 703  0.1+  1.0+    150227 703  0.4+  0.2-    150301 J95  0.2-  0.1-
150227 703  0.4+  0.0     150227 703  0.1-  0.5+    150301 J95  0.4-  0.3-
150227 H36  0.3+  0.7+    150227 703  0.1+  0.3+    150301 J95  0.0   0.4+
150227 H36  0.3-  1.0-    150228 C47  0.3+  0.5-
150227 H36  0.2-  0.6-    150228 C47  0.3+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2015 DO215               a,e,i = 1.20, 0.19, 7                   q = 0.9749
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2015 01 30    10 04 32.8 +53 35 42   0.1004  1.0652   141.3    35.3    23.2
...
2015 02 14    09 56 04.6 +52 45 46   0.05201 1.0281   140.5    37.7    21.8
...
2015 02 22    09 37 01.9 +46 26 57   0.02777 1.0114   142.9    36.1    20.3
...
2015 02 28    08 58 40.7 +20 37 39   0.01146 1.0006   152.2    27.5    18.1
2015 03 01    08 46 11.7 +08 09 07   0.0094890.9989   150.4    29.3    17.8
2015 03 02    08 29 44.8 -09 27 45   0.0081990.9973   141.3    38.4    17.7
...
2015 03 08    02 41 44.8 -77 03 02   0.01780 0.9886    77.1   101.9    21.6
...
2015 03 16    23 16 51.7 -69 41 49   0.04071 0.9799    67.8   110.0    23.8
...
2015 03 31    22 44 38.8 -63 11 29   0.08376 0.9736    70.2   105.1    25.0

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2015 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2015-E06

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