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    M.P.E.C. 2017-V47                                Issued 2017 Nov. 12, 23:24 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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            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2017 UX51

Observations:
     K17U51X  C2017 10 18.53211 02 19 16.051+19 33 13.83         21.9 wLEV047F51
     K17U51X  C2017 10 18.55789 02 19 15.559+19 33 08.90         21.9 wLEV047F51
     K17U51X  C2017 10 18.57079 02 19 15.304+19 33 06.40         21.7 wLEV047F51
     K17U51X* C2017 10 27.52065 02 16 20.048+19 03 16.83         21.7 wLEV047F51
     K17U51X  C2017 10 27.53296 02 16 19.776+19 03 13.92         21.3 wLEV047F51
     K17U51X  C2017 10 27.54524 02 16 19.534+19 03 11.48         21.4 wLEV047F51
     K17U51X  C2017 10 27.55749 02 16 19.292+19 03 09.10         21.5 wLEV047F51
     K17U51X  C2017 10 28.22018 02 16 06.23 +19 00 53.1          21.8 GUEV047V06
     K17U51X  C2017 10 28.22345 02 16 06.16 +19 00 52.4          21.4 GUEV047V06
     K17U51X  C2017 10 28.22672 02 16 06.12 +19 00 51.8          21.2 GUEV047V06
     K17U51X  C2017 10 28.22999 02 16 06.05 +19 00 50.9          21.4 GUEV047V06
     K17U51X HC2017 10 28.34944 02 16 03.63 +19 00 26.6          21.5 RoEV047691
     K17U51X HC2017 10 28.36301 02 16 03.33 +19 00 23.7          21.4 RoEV047691
     K17U51X HC2017 10 28.37657 02 16 03.12 +19 00 22.0          21.2 RoEV047691
     K17U51X KC2017 11 10.86228 02 11 38.78 +18 13 12.0          20.8 RtEV047Z84
     K17U51X KC2017 11 10.87131 02 11 38.60 +18 13 10.0          21.1 RtEV047Z84
     K17U51X KC2017 11 10.87988 02 11 38.44 +18 13 08.0          21.0 RtEV047Z84
     K17U51X KC2017 11 12.22759 02 11 12.65 +18 08 22.1                oEV047711
     K17U51X KC2017 11 12.23274 02 11 12.54 +18 08 20.9                oEV047711
     K17U51X KC2017 11 12.23778 02 11 12.44 +18 08 19.8                oEV047711

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  2.1-m reflector + CCD + focal
    reducer.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, T. Lowe, A. Schultz,
    M. Willman.  Measurers K. Chambers, S. Chastel, L. Denneau, H. Flewelling,
    M. Huber, E. Lilly, E. Magnier, R. Wainscoat, C. Waters, R. Weryk.  1.8-m
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
V06 Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  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.  1.55-m reflector + CCD.
Z84 Calar Alto-Schmidt.  Observer E. Schwab.  Measurers E. Schwab, M. Micheli,
    D. Koschny.  0.8-m f/3 Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2017 UX51
Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5                 MPC
M 350.50960              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00526347     Peri.  254.28038     +0.22694480     -0.75765057
a  32.7306455      Node   217.73968     +0.51991005     -0.43705467
e   0.7663875      Incl.   91.23448     -0.82352268     -0.48471521
P 187.25           H   10.9           G   0.15           U   5
Residuals in seconds of arc
171018 F51  0.1-  0.1-    171028 V06  0.2-  0.0     171110 Z84  0.2+  0.1-
171018 F51  0.1+  0.0     171028 V06  0.2-  0.1-    171110 Z84  0.1+  0.1-
171018 F51  0.0   0.1+    171028 V06  0.1+  0.0     171110 Z84  0.2+  0.3-
171027 F51  0.3+  0.1+    171028 V06  0.1+  0.2-    171112 711  0.0   0.2+
171027 F51  0.1-  0.2-    171028 691  0.3-  0.0     171112 711  0.2-  0.1+
171027 F51  0.0   0.2-    171028 691  0.6-  0.1-    171112 711  0.2-  0.1+
171027 F51  0.1+  0.0     171028 691  0.2+  1.0+

Ephemeris:
2017 UX51                a,e,i = 32.73, 0.77, 91                 q = 7.6463
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2017 10 13    02 21 01.1 +19 50 49  10.8884 11.8275   159.4     1.7    21.7
...
2017 10 28    02 16 10.6 +19 01 39  10.7865 11.7747   173.8     0.5    21.5
...
2017 11 05    02 13 32.6 +18 33 54  10.7619 11.7465   173.0     0.6    21.5
...
2017 11 11    02 11 36.1 +18 12 43  10.7571 11.7254   167.4     1.1    21.6
2017 11 12    02 11 17.0 +18 09 11  10.7575 11.7219   166.4     1.1    21.6
2017 11 13    02 10 58.0 +18 05 38  10.7581 11.7184   165.4     1.2    21.6
...
2017 11 19    02 09 06.7 +17 44 22  10.7688 11.6973   159.1     1.7    21.6
...
2017 11 27    02 06 47.8 +17 16 20  10.8003 11.6692   150.5     2.4    21.7
...
2017 12 12    02 03 07.8 +16 26 12  10.9073 11.6166   134.3     3.5    21.7

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