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    M.P.E.C. 2015-V114                               Issued 2015 Nov. 10, 14:08 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 VQ65

Observations:
     K15V65Q* C2015 11 08.24547 02 43 14.68 +13 36 25.4          20.5 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 08.25056 02 43 14.73 +13 36 04.0          21.6 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 08.25565 02 43 14.80 +13 35 42.5          21.1 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 08.26073 02 43 14.83 +13 35 21.2          21.3 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 08.33771 02 43 16.16 +13 29 57.8          20.9 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 08.34398 02 43 16.22 +13 29 31.7          20.7 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 08.35025 02 43 16.34 +13 29 05.0          20.9 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 08.35652 02 43 16.44 +13 28 37.7          21.5 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q KC2015 11 08.87999102 43 41.626+12 52 01.93         20.5 RqEV114J04
     K15V65Q KC2015 11 08.88556002 43 41.756+12 51 38.69         20.6 RqEV114J04
     K15V65Q KC2015 11 09.16558 02 43 51.40 +12 31 54.1          20.4 RqEV114H36
     K15V65Q KC2015 11 09.19703 02 43 52.04 +12 29 43.3          20.4 RqEV114H36
     K15V65Q KC2015 11 09.22531 02 43 52.69 +12 27 45.2          21.1 RqEV114H36
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 09.27546 02 43 54.41 +12 24 20.5          21.2 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 09.28216 02 43 54.52 +12 23 52.8          20.9 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 09.28886 02 43 54.62 +12 23 24.2          21.1 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 09.29561 02 43 54.75 +12 22 55.9          21.0 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 10.29371 02 44 34.20 +11 13 02.6          20.8 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 10.30120 02 44 34.29 +11 12 31.2          20.4 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 10.30856 02 44 34.44 +11 12 00.6          20.4 VqEV114G96
     K15V65Q  C2015 11 10.31584 02 44 34.57 +11 11 29.8          20.6 VqEV114G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer D. C. Fuls.  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.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
J04 ESA Optical Ground Station, Tenerife.  Observer D. Abreu.  Measurers
    M. Micheli, D. Koschny, A. Knoefel, E. Schwab, M. Busch.  1.0-m f/4.4
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2015 VQ65                                                Earth MOID = 0.1353 AU
Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5                 MPC
M  26.51044              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.67769533     Peri.  205.06158     +0.37134773     -0.92181312
a   1.2836493      Node   223.37627     +0.87682721     +0.38754812
e   0.1293061      Incl.    9.31646     +0.30540942     +0.00818727
P   1.45           H   24.6           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
151108 G96  0.7+  0.4+    151108 G96  0.3-  0.9-    151109 G96  0.0   0.3+
151108 G96  0.2+  0.3+    151108 J04  0.1+  0.3+    151109 G96  0.2-  0.2-
151108 G96  0.0   0.0     151108 J04  0.0   0.1+    151109 G96  0.1+  0.1-
151108 G96  0.8-  0.0     151109 H36  0.7-  0.4-    151110 G96  0.1+  0.2-
151108 G96  0.4+  0.2-    151109 H36  0.5-  0.1+    151110 G96  0.4-  0.1-
151108 G96  0.3-  0.1+    151109 H36  1.4+  0.4+    151110 G96  0.0   0.2+
151108 G96  0.1-  0.1-    151109 G96  0.1-  0.2-    151110 G96  0.1+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2015 VQ65                a,e,i = 1.28, 0.13, 9                   q = 1.1177
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2015 10 11    02 19 46.1 +37 11 59   0.1916  1.1605   144.9    29.7    22.6
...
2015 10 26    02 33 56.5 +27 37 11   0.1529  1.1410   162.6    15.1    21.6
...
2015 11 03    02 39 45.3 +19 35 36   0.1411  1.1328   174.7     4.6    21.0
...
2015 11 09    02 43 43.2 +12 44 03   0.1374  1.1277   175.3     4.1    20.9
2015 11 10    02 44 22.7 +11 34 02   0.1372  1.1270   173.7     5.6    21.0
2015 11 11    02 45 02.4 +10 24 08   0.1372  1.1262   172.0     7.0    21.1
...
2015 11 17    02 49 13.3 +03 37 18   0.1394  1.1225   162.3    15.6    21.4
...
2015 11 25    02 55 46.2 -04 09 49   0.1487  1.1191   150.6    25.7    21.9
...
2015 12 10    03 11 47.7 -13 14 53   0.1795  1.1181   134.5    38.9    22.7

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2015 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2015-V114

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