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    M.P.E.C. 2017-C39                                Issued 2017 Feb. 4, 01:15 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
              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
    
                                        2017 CO
    
    Observations:
         K17C00O* C2017 02 01.24108 06 58 33.31 +16 33 19.7          20.1 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.24770 06 58 37.11 +16 32 57.9          21.0 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.25209 06 58 39.61 +16 32 43.4                qEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.25649 06 58 42.12 +16 32 28.8          20.8 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.33715 06 59 28.56 +16 27 52.1          20.7 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.33911 06 59 29.72 +16 27 45.4          20.9 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.34103 06 59 30.81 +16 27 39.2          20.4 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.34293 06 59 31.95 +16 27 32.3          20.9 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.34351 06 59 32.28 +16 27 29.9          21.3 VqEC039I52
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.34698 06 59 34.29 +16 27 17.8          19.6 VqEC039I52
         K17C00O  C2017 02 01.35312 06 59 37.91 +16 26 56.1                qEC039I52
         K17C00O  C2017 02 02.27554 07 09 19.92 +15 36 24.5          19.7 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 02.27810 07 09 21.35 +15 36 17.0          21.2 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 02.28070 07 09 22.76 +15 36 07.5          20.7 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 02.28339 07 09 24.24 +15 35 58.3          20.7 VqEC039G96
         K17C00O  C2017 02 03.25471 07 19 08.99 +14 43 19.7          20.5 VqEC039I52
         K17C00O  C2017 02 03.25582 07 19 09.56 +14 43 15.5          20.7 VqEC039I52
         K17C00O  C2017 02 03.25693 07 19 10.16 +14 43 12.4          20.8 VqEC039I52
         K17C00O  C2017 02 03.25804 07 19 10.72 +14 43 08.7          20.8 VqEC039I52
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer G. J. Leonard.  Measurers E. J. Christensen,
        D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski,
        S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. G. Matheny, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.
        1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
    I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observers R. G. Matheny,
        A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers E. J. Christensen, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs,
        A. D. Grauer, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard,
        R. G. Matheny, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2017 CO                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0287 AU
    Epoch 2017 Feb. 16.0 TT = JDT 2457800.5                 MPC
    M  21.04700              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.60631590     Peri.  166.93808     -0.33458693     -0.94195585
    a   1.3825157      Node   302.60305     +0.86161318     -0.29385115
    e   0.2686403      Incl.    1.88857     +0.38167305     -0.16239052
    P   1.63           H   26.0           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    170201 G96  0.2-  0.2-    170201 G96  0.2+  0.2+    170202 G96  0.1+  0.3-
    170201 G96  0.1+  0.1+    170201 I52  0.1+  0.2-    170203 I52  0.0   0.2+
    170201 G96  0.0   0.3+    170201 I52  0.2-  0.2-    170203 I52  0.1-  0.4-
    170201 G96  0.0   0.4+    170201 I52  0.1+  0.4-    170203 I52  0.2+  0.1+
    170201 G96  0.0   0.2-    170202 G96  0.3-  0.4-    170203 I52  0.1-  0.0
    170201 G96  0.2+  0.1-    170202 G96  0.2+  0.7+
    170201 G96  0.2-  0.4+    170202 G96  0.0   0.1-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2017 CO                  a,e,i = 1.38, 0.27, 2                   q = 1.0111
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2017 01 05    02 25 09.2 +26 22 31   0.06114 1.0129   117.4    59.6    22.1
    ...
    2017 01 20    04 31 15.8 +25 27 14   0.04465 1.0133   130.1    48.0    21.1
    ...
    2017 01 28    06 09 49.9 +20 23 39   0.04364 1.0206   144.2    34.4    20.7
    ...
    2017 02 03    07 16 39.1 +14 58 00   0.04822 1.0291   153.6    25.2    20.6
    2017 02 04    07 26 18.7 +14 04 37   0.04941 1.0307   154.8    24.0    20.7
    2017 02 05    07 35 30.6 +13 12 39   0.05071 1.0324   155.9    22.9    20.7
    ...
    2017 02 11    08 21 25.1 +08 42 45   0.06056 1.0442   160.4    18.5    21.0
    ...
    2017 02 19    09 02 40.4 +04 43 58   0.07820 1.0633   162.2    16.5    21.5
    ...
    2017 03 06    09 46 45.9 +01 26 55   0.1226  1.1079   159.7    18.1    22.6
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2017 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2017-C39
    

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