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    M.P.E.C. 2015-F146                               Issued 2015 Mar. 29, 16:09 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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            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                  2015 FK120

Observations:
     K15FC0K* C2015 03 27.30206 11 28 14.76 +21 31 58.3          21.1 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.31040 11 28 18.34 +21 31 12.0          20.7 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.31874 11 28 21.87 +21 30 24.7          20.7 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.32709 11 28 25.48 +21 29 36.7          21.0 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.33291 11 28 28.05 +21 29 03.4          20.7 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.33428 11 28 28.65 +21 28 55.3          20.3 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.33569 11 28 29.22 +21 28 47.1          20.8 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.33706 11 28 29.86 +21 28 39.3          20.8 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.37193911 28 44.52 +21 25 04.3          20.2 RtEF146H01
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.38104011 28 48.67 +21 24 10.0          20.1 RtEF146H01
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.38582711 28 50.88 +21 23 41.5          20.0 RtEF146H01
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 27.39196711 28 53.72 +21 23 04.6          19.9 RtEF146H01
     K15FC0K KC2015 03 28.15407411 36 30.63 +20 05 52.8          20.3 VuEF146H21
     K15FC0K KC2015 03 28.15833611 36 32.76 +20 05 26.0          20.3 VuEF146H21
     K15FC0K KC2015 03 28.16232611 36 34.79 +20 05 01.0          20.2 VuEF146H21
     K15FC0K KC2015 03 29.07814 11 46 16.96 +18 14 12.0                tEF146204
     K15FC0K HC2015 03 29.09226 11 46 25.93 +18 12 14.6                tEF146204
     K15FC0K KC2015 03 29.10602 11 46 34.78 +18 10 20.7          21   RtEF146204
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 29.19816 11 48 04.48 +17 59 36.7          20.1 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 29.20370 11 48 07.93 +17 58 52.4          20.9 VqEF146G96
     K15FC0K  C2015 03 29.20923 11 48 11.21 +17 58 09.9          20.5 VqEF146G96

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 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.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observers T. Linder,
    R. Holmes.  Measurers T. Linder, L. Buzzi, S. Foglia, T. Vorobjov.  0.76-m
    f/3.0 astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2015 FK120                                               Earth MOID = 0.0104 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5                 MPC
M  41.04245              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55756822     Peri.  190.50081     -0.90333535     +0.42873813
a   1.4619664      Node    14.90717     -0.38978763     -0.80786989
e   0.3089737      Incl.    2.89540     -0.17902752     -0.40438825
P   1.77           H   27.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
150327 G96  0.3-  0.5-    150327 G96  0.6+  0.0     150328 H21  0.3-  0.0
150327 G96  0.0   0.3+    150327 H01  0.1+  0.0     150329 204  0.3-  0.5+
150327 G96  0.5-  0.3+    150327 H01  0.0   0.0     150329 204  0.1-  0.2-
150327 G96  0.3-  0.0     150327 H01  0.0   0.2+    150329 204  0.0   0.2+
150327 G96  0.4+  0.2+    150327 H01  0.0   0.2+    150329 G96  0.4-  0.3+
150327 G96  0.5+  0.0     150328 H21  0.1+  0.7-    150329 G96  0.9+  0.6-
150327 G96  0.1-  0.1-    150328 H21  0.4-  0.4-    150329 G96  0.0   0.3+

Ephemeris:
2015 FK120               a,e,i = 1.46, 0.31, 3                   q = 1.0103
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2015 02 27    10 20 50.5 +29 09 43   0.1144  1.0978   159.1    18.8    23.5
...
2015 03 14    10 32 59.9 +29 16 38   0.06664 1.0522   149.9    28.3    22.5
...
2015 03 22    10 55 03.3 +26 43 09   0.04396 1.0339   148.4    30.3    21.6
...
2015 03 28    11 34 51.1 +20 24 17   0.02840 1.0235   153.8    25.5    20.5
2015 03 29    11 45 33.9 +18 27 28   0.02603 1.0220   156.0    23.4    20.2
2015 03 30    11 58 06.3 +16 03 50   0.02376 1.0206   158.7    20.8    19.9
...
2015 04 05    14 14 10.9 -13 24 53   0.01499 1.0142   158.8    20.8    18.9
...
2015 04 13    18 22 01.0 -41 29 04   0.02537 1.0103   107.3    71.4    21.5
...
2015 04 28    20 18 24.4 -41 09 54   0.06203 1.0185    99.3    77.3    23.7

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