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    M.P.E.C. 2015-U05                                Issued 2015 Oct. 16, 14:07 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
    on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the
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                                  2015 TG238

Observations:
     K15TN8G* C2015 10 12.23229 00 51 18.01 +40 30 25.6          21.3 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 12.23688 00 51 18.63 +40 30 12.4          21.5 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 12.24148 00 51 19.17 +40 30 00.7          21.3 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 12.24607 00 51 19.74 +40 29 46.8          22.0 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 12.37282 00 51 35.33 +40 23 44.7          20.5 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 12.37526 00 51 35.61 +40 23 37.7          21.2 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 12.37769 00 51 35.92 +40 23 30.7          21.3 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 12.38015 00 51 36.26 +40 23 23.3          20.7 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 14.38807 00 56 20.35 +38 41 00.5          21.4 RoEU005926
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 14.39667 00 56 21.45 +38 40 31.7          21.3 RoEU005926
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 14.40398 00 56 22.47 +38 40 07.2          21.5 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 14.40524 00 56 22.63 +38 40 03.4          21.3 RoEU005926
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 14.40662 00 56 22.83 +38 39 58.1          21.4 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 14.40927 00 56 23.19 +38 39 49.6          21.0 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 14.41192 00 56 23.56 +38 39 39.7          21.5 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 15.22853 00 58 26.02 +37 54 01.5                qEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 15.23242 00 58 26.48 +37 53 47.9          21.1 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 15.23630 00 58 27.10 +37 53 34.7                qEU005G96
     K15TN8G KC2015 10 16.12147 01 00 40.14 +37 01 05.6          21.2 VtEU005754
     K15TN8G KC2015 10 16.13899 01 00 42.60 +37 00 02.6          21.7 VtEU005754
     K15TN8G KC2015 10 16.14611 01 00 43.62 +36 59 37.0          21.6 VtEU005754
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 16.32042 01 01 08.43 +36 49 05.4          20.3 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 16.32668 01 01 09.30 +36 48 41.5          20.9 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 16.33295 01 01 10.16 +36 48 17.8          21.2 VqEU005G96
     K15TN8G  C2015 10 16.33921 01 01 10.75 +36 47 54.6                qEU005G96

Observer details:
754 Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay.  Observer V. L. Hoette.  Measurers
    V. L. Hoette, A. W. Puckett, T. R. Linder.  1.02-m f/8.04 Cassegrain
    reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem.  Measurer
    M. Schwartz.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers R. G. Matheny, J. A. Johnson, A. D. Grauer.
    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.

Orbital elements:
2015 TG238                                               Earth MOID = 0.1801 AU
Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5                 MPC
M  18.71625              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34077017     Peri.  196.07416     +0.60729938     -0.76320906
a   2.0299952      Node   217.35657     +0.76309192     +0.63765376
e   0.4271530      Incl.   21.32718     +0.22108412     -0.10444911
P   2.89           H   22.7           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
151012 G96  0.8-  0.2-    151014 926  0.7-  0.4-    151016 754  0.3-  0.3-
151012 G96  0.2-  0.6-    151014 G96  0.3-  0.1+    151016 754  0.1-  0.3-
151012 G96  0.5-  0.6+    151014 926  0.2-  0.0     151016 754  0.3+  0.2-
151012 G96  0.4-  0.5-    151014 G96  0.2-  0.1-    151016 G96  0.2+  0.5+
151012 G96  0.0   0.3-    151014 G96  0.2-  0.3+    151016 G96  0.4+  0.1-
151012 G96  0.3-  0.2-    151014 G96  0.0   0.7-    151016 G96  0.4+  0.5-
151012 G96  0.2-  0.1-    151015 G96  0.1-  0.2+    151016 G96  2.8-  0.3-
151012 G96  0.2+  0.3-    151015 G96  0.8-  0.1-
151014 926  0.2-  0.3-    151015 G96  0.4+  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2015 TG238               a,e,i = 2.03, 0.43, 21                  q = 1.1629
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2015 09 16    00 08 35.2 +48 11 43   0.4492  1.3314   128.3    36.4    23.1
...
2015 10 01    00 29 08.1 +46 24 48   0.3366  1.2668   136.5    33.0    22.2
...
2015 10 09    00 44 11.3 +42 46 26   0.2832  1.2373   143.1    29.0    21.7
...
2015 10 15    00 57 51.3 +38 07 04   0.2479  1.2180   149.8    24.3    21.2
2015 10 16    01 00 20.4 +37 08 36   0.2425  1.2150   151.1    23.4    21.2
2015 10 17    01 02 53.0 +36 06 25   0.2373  1.2121   152.4    22.4    21.1
...
2015 10 23    01 19 17.9 +28 30 12   0.2103  1.1962   161.4    15.4    20.6
...
2015 10 31    01 43 34.2 +14 48 04   0.1885  1.1796   171.4     7.2    20.0
...
2015 11 15    02 30 27.3 -13 00 25   0.2025  1.1636   146.5    28.0    20.8

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