MPEC 2018-B97 : 2018 BF3
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M.P.E.C. 2018-B97 Issued 2018 Jan. 23, 03:42 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. Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/ ISSN 1523-6714 2018 BF3 Observations: K18B03F* C2018 01 20.28005 08 58 26.48 -08 55 26.6 16.8 GUEB097703 K18B03F C2018 01 20.28529 08 58 14.02 -08 56 09.6 16.8 GUEB097703 K18B03F C2018 01 20.29053 08 58 01.55 -08 56 51.6 17.0 GUEB097703 K18B03F C2018 01 20.29577 08 57 49.20 -08 57 33.5 17.0 GUEB097703 K18B03F C2018 01 20.34425008 55 55.79 -09 03 54.5 16.8 GUEB097H01 K18B03F C2018 01 20.34774108 55 48.18 -09 04 18.8 17.0 GUEB097H01 K18B03F C2018 01 20.36142108 55 18.81 -09 05 52.0 17.0 GUEB097H01 K18B03F C2018 01 20.36719108 55 06.63 -09 06 30.3 16.9 GUEB097H01 K18B03F C2018 01 20.36873 08 55 06.43 -09 06 23.6 17.0 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 20.36885 08 55 06.17 -09 06 24.5 16.8 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 20.37053 08 55 02.63 -09 06 35.3 16.6 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 20.37065 08 55 02.40 -09 06 36.1 16.6 GUEB097I52 K18B03F #C2018 01 20.41261 08 53 33.46 -09 11 01.4 17.7 VqEB097H06 K18B03F #C2018 01 20.41575 08 53 27.38 -09 11 19.6 17.7 VqEB097H06 K18B03F #C2018 01 20.41731 08 53 24.42 -09 11 28.3 17.3 VqEB097H06 K18B03F C2018 01 20.44882 08 52 29.48 -09 14 27.7 17.0 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 20.44897 08 52 29.22 -09 14 28.5 17.0 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 20.44910 08 52 28.99 -09 14 29.0 16.9 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 20.44922 08 52 28.77 -09 14 29.8 17.0 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 20.48800 08 51 21.64 -09 17 53.9 17.1 GUEB097703 K18B03F C2018 01 20.48812 08 51 21.42 -09 17 53.6 17.1 GUEB097703 K18B03F C2018 01 20.49004 08 51 18.23 -09 18 03.3 16.8 GUEB097703 K18B03F C2018 01 20.49015 08 51 18.08 -09 18 04.0 17.2 GUEB097703 K18B03F KC2018 01 20.59495 08 49 35.58 -09 14 03.2 17.6 VqEB097E23 K18B03F KC2018 01 20.59842 08 49 30.14 -09 14 21.7 17.5 VqEB097E23 K18B03F KC2018 01 20.60189 08 49 24.73 -09 14 39.8 16.9 VqEB097E23 K18B03F KC2018 01 20.60537 08 49 19.35 -09 15 00.0 17.5 VqEB097E23 K18B03F `C2018 01 20.72167 08 46 34.55 -09 24 30.0 17.6 VUEB097Q62 K18B03F `C2018 01 20.72471 08 46 30.61 -09 24 42.2 17.8 VUEB097Q62 K18B03F `C2018 01 20.72816 08 46 26.19 -09 24 56.5 17.6 VUEB097Q62 K18B03F `C2018 01 20.74163 08 46 09.25 -09 25 49.9 18.0 VUEB097Q62 K18B03F `C2018 01 20.74913 08 46 00.07 -09 26 19.5 18.3 VUEB097Q62 K18B03F `C2018 01 20.75467 08 45 53.31 -09 26 41.0 18.2 VUEB097Q62 K18B03F KC2018 01 21.92068 08 34 28.50 -10 22 16.5 18.5 UEB097K63 K18B03F KC2018 01 21.92435 08 34 26.78 -10 22 20.9 18.1 UEB097K63 K18B03F KC2018 01 21.92823 08 34 24.85 -10 22 25.5 18.3 UEB097K63 K18B03F (C2018 01 21.94173 08 34 29.36 -10 21 11.1 18.7 GUEB097G40 K18B03F (C2018 01 21.94683 08 34 26.94 -10 21 18.5 18.7 GUEB097G40 K18B03F C2018 01 22.20421 08 33 00.72 -10 26 17.4 19.0 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 22.20513 08 33 00.34 -10 26 18.5 18.8 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 22.20604 08 32 59.95 -10 26 19.7 19.0 GUEB097I52 K18B03F C2018 01 22.20696 08 32 59.61 -10 26 20.9 18.9 GUEB097I52 Observer details: 703 Catalina Sky 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. 0.68-m Schmidt + 10K CCD. E23 Arcadia. Observer A. Hidas. 0.35-m f/1.9 reflector + CCD. G40 Slooh.com Canary Islands Observatory. Observer K. Dankov. 0.43-m f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham + 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. H06 iTelescope Observatory, Mayhill. Observer M. Suzuki. 0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD. I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station. 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. 1.0-m reflector + CCD. K63 G. Pascoli Observatory, Castelvecchio Pascoli. Observer R. Bacci. 0.40-m f/3.2 Newtonian reflector + CCD. Q62 iTelescope Observatory, Siding Spring. Observer S. M. Tilley. 0.50-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer, 0.70-m f/6.6 reflector + CCD. Orbital elements: 2018 BF3 Earth MOID = 0.0013 AU Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5 MPC M 313.60655 (2000.0) P Q n 0.49241228 Peri. 118.53914 +0.52120621 -0.83561447 a 1.5882425 Node 299.01698 +0.69718919 +0.53412916 e 0.4856029 Incl. 11.44181 +0.49221064 +0.12827511 P 2.00 H 26.0 G 0.15 U 6 Residuals in seconds of arc 180120 703 0.6- 0.1- 180120 H06 0.7- 0.1+ 180120 Q62 0.0 0.2+ 180120 703 0.4+ 0.3- 180120 I52 0.1- 0.1+ 180120 Q62 0.1- 0.1- 180120 703 0.0 0.0 180120 I52 0.0 0.1+ 180120 Q62 0.1- 0.2+ 180120 703 0.2+ 0.1- 180120 I52 0.1+ 0.3+ 180120 Q62 0.5+ 0.2- 180120 H01 0.3+ 0.0 180120 I52 0.0 0.2+ 180120 Q62 0.2- 0.4- 180120 H01 0.1+ 0.0 180120 703 0.5+ 0.6- 180121 K63 0.2- 0.5- 180120 H01 0.1+ 0.0 180120 703 0.1+ 0.3+ 180121 K63 0.4+ 0.0 180120 H01 0.2+ 0.1+ 180120 703 0.1- 0.3+ 180121 K63 0.6- 0.5+ 180120 I52 0.3+ 0.1+ 180120 703 0.3+ 0.1+ 180121 G40 0.2+ 0.1+ 180120 I52 0.2+ 0.0 180120 E23 0.1- 0.0 180121 G40 0.2+ 0.3+ 180120 I52 0.1+ 0.3+ 180120 E23 0.2- 0.2+ 180122 I52 0.2+ 0.1- 180120 I52 0.4+ 0.3+ 180120 E23 0.3- 0.7+ 180122 I52 0.0 0.0 180120 H06 0.4- 0.6- 180120 E23 0.1+ 1.1- 180122 I52 0.3- 0.1- 180120 H06 1.0- 0.3- 180120 Q62 0.4+ 0.0 180122 I52 0.1+ 0.2- Ephemeris: 2018 BF3 a,e,i = 1.59, 0.49, 11 q = 0.8170 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2017 12 24 20 13 39.1 +08 19 28 0.2078 0.8464 44.0 126.2 27.6 ... 2018 01 08 20 16 37.5 +10 52 36 0.08635 0.9153 36.4 140.4 27.4 ... 2018 01 16 20 05 58.8 +11 59 16 0.02418 0.9636 33.2 146.0 25.6 ... 2018 01 22 08 33 52.0 -10 18 31 0.02227 1.0035 149.6 29.8 19.0 2018 01 23 08 29 35.5 -10 33 00 0.02998 1.0103 149.8 29.4 19.7 2018 01 24 08 27 04.0 -10 40 23 0.03771 1.0172 150.0 28.9 20.2 ... 2018 01 30 08 21 50.4 -10 40 18 0.08453 1.0596 150.8 27.0 22.0 ... 2018 02 07 08 20 49.7 -10 03 06 0.1487 1.1180 150.4 25.8 23.3 ... 2018 02 22 08 24 36.8 -08 12 40 0.2789 1.2298 145.8 26.9 24.9 A. U. Tomatic (C) Copyright 2018 MPC M.P.E.C. 2018-B97


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