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    M.P.E.C. 2017-T58                                Issued 2017 Oct. 12, 22:08 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
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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                                   2017 TP2

Observations:
     K17T02P* C2017 10 11.17727 22 34 44.02 +37 20 07.6          20.1 GUET058G96
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.18557 22 34 45.46 +37 23 02.1          19.6 GUET058G96
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.19160 22 34 46.54 +37 25 09.1          19.8 GUET058G96
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.19951 22 34 47.86 +37 27 55.1          20.0 GUET058G96
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.24605922 34 55.54 +37 44 01.0          19.8 GUET058H01
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.25406322 34 57.01 +37 46 47.0          19.5 GUET058H01
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.26272322 34 58.63 +37 49 46.2          19.5 GUET058H01
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.27611522 35 01.14 +37 54 22.4          19.4 GUET058H01
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.35693 22 35 17.82 +38 22 02.9          19.9 GUET058G96
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.35733 22 35 17.93 +38 22 11.3          19.8 GUET058G96
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.35773 22 35 18.02 +38 22 19.2          20.0 GUET058G96
     K17T02P  C2017 10 11.35814 22 35 18.11 +38 22 27.9          20.2 GUET058G96
     K17T02P KC2017 10 11.97072 22 38 06.45 +41 49 49.8                UET058J95
     K17T02P KC2017 10 11.97471 22 38 07.39 +41 51 08.6                UET058J95
     K17T02P KC2017 10 11.97953 22 38 08.50 +41 52 43.8          20.2 GUET058J95
     K17T02P KC2017 10 12.13249 22 38 57.39 +42 43 50.7          20.0 RqET058H36
     K17T02P KC2017 10 12.14038 22 38 58.79 +42 46 25.9          20.1 RqET058H36
     K17T02P KC2017 10 12.80176 22 42 15.03 +46 16 16.5          19.8  tET058K63
     K17T02P KC2017 10 12.81704 22 42 18.66 +46 21 00.9          19.6  tET058K63
     K17T02P KC2017 10 12.82533 22 42 20.68 +46 23 34.9          19.7  tET058K63

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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
K63 G. Pascoli Observatory, Castelvecchio Pascoli.  Observer R. Bacci.  0.40-m
    f/3.2 Newtonian reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2017 TP2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0438 AU
Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5                 MPC
M 349.52466              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24648721     Peri.   16.00203     +0.91734098     -0.39723685
a   2.5192608      Node     7.56217     +0.33989213     +0.74719197
e   0.5900030      Incl.   11.50016     +0.20726522     +0.53282928
P   4.00           H   24.8           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
171011 G96  0.0   0.3+    171011 H01  0.1-  0.2+    171011 J95  0.5+  0.3+
171011 G96  0.1-  0.2-    171011 G96  0.3-  0.3-    171012 H36  1.1+  0.8+
171011 G96  0.2+  0.1-    171011 G96  0.1-  0.0     171012 H36 (1.5-  0.8+)
171011 G96  0.6-  0.2-    171011 G96  0.0   0.3-    171012 K63  0.4-  0.5+
171011 H01  0.0   0.1+    171011 G96  0.0   0.1+    171012 K63  0.4-  0.2-
171011 H01  0.0   0.3+    171011 J95  0.3-  0.5-    171012 K63  0.1+  0.4-
171011 H01  0.1+  0.3+    171011 J95  0.2+  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2017 TP2                 a,e,i = 2.52, 0.59, 12                  q = 1.0329
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2017 09 12    22 06 51.2 -46 51 00   0.1591  1.1238   134.6    39.6    22.6
...
2017 09 27    22 06 26.6 -30 08 17   0.08243 1.0633   136.1    40.8    21.1
...
2017 10 05    22 16 22.5 -00 23 19   0.05390 1.0436   143.0    35.2    20.0
...
2017 10 11    22 33 58.7 +36 17 08   0.05163 1.0353   134.7    43.2    20.1
2017 10 12    22 38 18.8 +41 59 51   0.05335 1.0345   132.0    45.8    20.3
2017 10 13    22 43 12.0 +47 16 33   0.05559 1.0339   129.3    48.3    20.4
...
2017 10 19    23 29 41.7 +69 17 20   0.07639 1.0334   117.3    59.0    21.4
...
2017 10 27    01 55 58.2 +80 31 18   0.1130  1.0418   112.2    62.1    22.4
...
2017 11 11    05 47 40.5 +78 45 32   0.1865  1.0840   115.7    55.4    23.3

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2017 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2017-T58

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