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    M.P.E.C. 2015-K06                                Issued 2015 May 16, 23:00 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2015 JC2

Observations:
     K15J02C* C2015 05 13.24628 12 58 11.76 +29 04 42.1          21.1 VqEK006G96
     K15J02C  C2015 05 13.25286 12 58 12.26 +29 04 19.2          21.2 VqEK006G96
     K15J02C  C2015 05 13.25945 12 58 12.72 +29 03 56.4          21.0 VqEK006G96
     K15J02C  C2015 05 13.26602 12 58 13.36 +29 03 32.8          21.0 VqEK006G96
     K15J02C  C2015 05 13.33054 12 58 18.28 +28 59 48.0          20.5 VqEK006I52
     K15J02C  C2015 05 13.33164 12 58 18.39 +28 59 44.2          21.2 VqEK006I52
     K15J02C  C2015 05 13.33275 12 58 18.44 +28 59 40.8          21.4 VqEK006I52
     K15J02C  C2015 05 13.33386 12 58 18.51 +28 59 37.0          21.6 VqEK006I52
     K15J02C KC2015 05 14.10593512 59 24.09 +28 15 41.1          21.1 VuEK006H21
     K15J02C KC2015 05 14.11821912 59 25.00 +28 15 00.4          21.2 VuEK006H21
     K15J02C KC2015 05 14.13116812 59 26.01 +28 14 16.9          21.2 VuEK006H21
     K15J02C KC2015 05 15.23675 13 00 55.41 +27 13 22.8          21.1 RoEK006291
     K15J02C KC2015 05 15.23882 13 00 55.54 +27 13 16.1          21.8 RoEK006291
     K15J02C KC2015 05 15.24090 13 00 55.69 +27 13 09.0          21.1 RoEK006291
     K15J02C KC2015 05 16.90042 13 03 05.90 +25 45 30.0                qEK006J95
     K15J02C KC2015 05 16.91744 13 03 07.22 +25 44 37.5                qEK006J95
     K15J02C KC2015 05 16.93676 13 03 08.50 +25 43 39.0          21.1 RqEK006J95

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer R. A. Mastaler.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer 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.  1.5-m
    reflector + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers L. Buzzi, T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.81-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.
I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer R. E. Hill.  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.
    1.0-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2015 JC2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1843 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5                 MPC
M  63.50873              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.50020350     Peri.  357.46234     -0.34062265     -0.92392676
a   1.5717069      Node   112.40781     +0.86590080     -0.38045221
e   0.5695567      Incl.   10.85920     +0.36632230     +0.04019274
P   1.97           H   20.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
150513 G96  0.1+  0.2+    150513 I52  0.2-  0.3+    150515 291  0.0   0.3+
150513 G96  0.0   0.2+    150513 I52  0.5-  0.3+    150515 291  0.0   0.1-
150513 G96  0.6-  0.3+    150514 H21  0.2-  0.7-    150516 J95  0.5-  0.4-
150513 G96  1.2+  0.4-    150514 H21  0.4-  0.1-    150516 J95  0.9+  0.4-
150513 I52  0.1-  0.2-    150514 H21  0.0   0.1-    150516 J95  0.5-  0.7+
150513 I52  0.2+  0.2-    150515 291  0.3+  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2015 JC2                 a,e,i = 1.57, 0.57, 11                  q = 0.6765
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2015 04 16    10 34 00.0 +71 49 10   0.2373  1.0435    93.1    73.8    20.3
...
2015 05 01    12 34 58.7 +43 48 19   0.3258  1.1854   115.7    50.0    20.6
...
2015 05 09    12 51 44.0 +33 28 30   0.3976  1.2594   120.7    43.6    21.0
...
2015 05 15    13 00 36.6 +27 26 19   0.4591  1.3137   122.1    40.7    21.3
2015 05 16    13 01 56.0 +26 32 37   0.4700  1.3226   122.2    40.3    21.4
2015 05 17    13 03 13.5 +25 40 34   0.4809  1.3315   122.3    40.0    21.4
...
2015 05 23    13 10 30.8 +20 59 03   0.5497  1.3842   121.9    38.4    21.7
...
2015 05 31    13 19 34.5 +15 49 02   0.6486  1.4524   120.2    37.1    22.2
...
2015 06 15    13 36 15.6 +08 21 18   0.8530  1.5738   114.5    36.0    22.9

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