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    M.P.E.C. 2017-N40                                Issued 2017 July 2, 21:43 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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                                   2017 MR8

Observations:
     K17M08R* C2017 06 30.22541 16 21 57.27 +05 35 24.5          20.1 VqEN040G96
     K17M08R  C2017 06 30.22967 16 21 56.36 +05 35 22.1          20.7 VqEN040G96
     K17M08R  C2017 06 30.23394 16 21 55.57 +05 35 19.9          20.2 VqEN040G96
     K17M08R  C2017 06 30.29390 16 21 43.89 +05 34 48.2          20.4 VqEN040I52
     K17M08R  C2017 06 30.29890 16 21 42.98 +05 34 45.7          20.0 VqEN040I52
     K17M08R  C2017 07 01.21716 16 19 26.93 +05 25 59.7          21.2 VqEN040I52
     K17M08R  C2017 07 01.21793 16 19 26.73 +05 25 59.6          20.8 VqEN040I52
     K17M08R  C2017 07 01.21869 16 19 26.61 +05 25 58.9          21.2 VqEN040I52
     K17M08R  C2017 07 01.21945 16 19 26.39 +05 25 58.7          21.3 VqEN040I52
     K17M08R KC2017 07 02.19551 16 16 42.16 +05 14 23.2          18.9 RoEN040691
     K17M08R KC2017 07 02.21088 16 16 38.45 +05 14 10.5                oEN040691
     K17M08R KC2017 07 02.22646 16 16 34.69 +05 13 58.6                oEN040691
     K17M08R KC2017 07 02.23038 16 16 31.46 +05 13 37.0          19.4 RqEN040H36
     K17M08R KC2017 07 02.23939 16 16 29.37 +05 13 29.4          19.6 RqEN040H36
     K17M08R KC2017 07 02.25737 16 16 25.19 +05 13 14.7          20.0 RqEN040H36
     K17M08R  C2017 07 02.26778 16 16 24.63 +05 13 23.4          20.5 VqEN040G96
     K17M08R  C2017 07 02.26954 16 16 24.22 +05 13 20.6          21.0 VqEN040G96
     K17M08R  C2017 07 02.27124 16 16 23.78 +05 13 20.4          21.1 VqEN040G96

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers R. G. Matheny, 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.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observers R. A. Kowalski,
    D. C. Fuls.  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 MR8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0008 AU
Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5                 MPC
M  13.09604              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.56099779     Peri.  213.61036     +0.80498261     +0.58506305
a   1.4560019      Node   110.27642     -0.51859797     +0.77451715
e   0.3300581      Incl.    6.02819     -0.28819983     +0.24046705
P   1.76           H   25.1           G   0.15           U   6
Residuals in seconds of arc
170630 G96  0.1+  0.1+    170701 I52  0.5-  0.2+    170702 H36  0.1-  0.1+
170630 G96  1.0-  0.1-    170701 I52  0.2+  0.1-    170702 H36  0.1-  0.0
170630 G96  0.2-  0.2-    170701 I52  0.6-  0.2+    170702 H36  0.8-  0.4+
170630 I52  0.0   0.1-    170702 691  0.1+  0.2+    170702 G96  0.1-  0.3+
170630 I52  0.8+  0.2+    170702 691  0.0   0.4-    170702 G96  0.0   1.1-
170701 I52  0.0   0.2-    170702 691  0.0   0.2+    170702 G96  0.5-  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2017 MR8                 a,e,i = 1.46, 0.33, 6                   q = 0.9754
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2017 06 02    16 53 19.3 +03 19 18   0.1827  1.1815   154.3    21.8    22.8
...
2017 06 17    16 42 13.5 +05 34 10   0.1135  1.1134   147.6    29.2    21.9
...
2017 06 25    16 32 02.8 +05 57 37   0.08028 1.0804   141.4    36.0    21.3
...
2017 07 01    16 20 01.7 +05 29 26   0.05643 1.0576   135.5    42.4    20.6
2017 07 02    16 17 16.2 +05 18 10   0.05252 1.0540   134.3    43.6    20.5
2017 07 03    16 14 09.0 +05 04 07   0.04862 1.0505   133.1    44.9    20.4
...
2017 07 09    15 38 27.2 +01 40 27   0.02565 1.0307   122.5    56.3    19.3
...
2017 07 17    08 04 52.4 -21 40 12   0.01124 1.0082    43.2   136.4    21.8
...
2017 08 01    05 18 50.1 -10 28 14   0.06724 0.9812    58.2   118.4    23.9

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