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    M.P.E.C. 2018-C36                                Issued 2018 Feb. 7, 19:33 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 CZ
    
    Observations:
         K18C00Z* C2018 02 05.33547 09 19 30.31 +01 06 11.5          20.5 GUEC036G96
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 05.34062 09 19 32.14 +01 06 43.9          20.0 GUEC036G96
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 05.34729 09 19 34.58 +01 07 27.3          20.4 GUEC036G96
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 05.35244 09 19 36.40 +01 07 59.9          20.8 GUEC036G96
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 05.43438 09 20 06.11 +01 16 46.4          21.4 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 05.43535 09 20 06.46 +01 16 52.4          20.4 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 05.43727 09 20 07.22 +01 17 05.1          20.4 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 06.25360 09 25 44.79 +02 47 56.5          20.5 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 06.25819 09 25 46.56 +02 48 28.3          20.8 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 06.26199 09 25 48.06 +02 48 54.4          20.0 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 06.26325 09 25 48.60 +02 49 03.7          20.1 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 07.26663 09 33 07.81 +04 49 27.9          21.3 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 07.26759 09 33 08.21 +04 49 36.2          21.7 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 07.26856 09 33 08.58 +04 49 42.5          20.5 GUEC036I52
         K18C00Z  C2018 02 07.26952 09 33 09.02 +04 49 50.0          21.2 GUEC036I52
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer J. A. Johnson.  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 D. C. Fuls,
        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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 CZ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0702 AU
    Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
    M   8.21277              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.42280903     Peri.   22.93084     -0.95860949     -0.24747113
    a   1.7580850      Node   141.85373     +0.21286446     -0.95133562
    e   0.4078650      Incl.   13.17701     +0.18909408     -0.18362621
    P   2.33           H   25.2           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180205 G96  0.2-  0.1+    180205 I52  0.3-  0.1-    180206 I52  0.7+  0.3+
    180205 G96  0.4-  0.5-    180205 I52  0.5+  0.3+    180207 I52  0.2+  0.4-
    180205 G96  0.4+  0.3+    180206 I52  0.1-  0.1-    180207 I52  0.1+  0.7+
    180205 G96  0.0   0.1-    180206 I52  0.4-  0.1-    180207 I52  0.5-  0.3-
    180205 I52  0.2-  0.2+    180206 I52  0.0   0.3-    180207 I52  0.0   0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 CZ                  a,e,i = 1.76, 0.41, 13                  q = 1.0410
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 01 08    08 00 25.8 -15 20 24   0.2492  1.1869   140.8    31.6    23.9
    ...
    2018 01 23    08 25 11.4 -12 24 40   0.1589  1.1222   148.0    27.7    22.7
    ...
    2018 01 31    08 51 11.4 -06 24 38   0.1179  1.0940   156.1    21.4    21.8
    ...
    2018 02 06    09 23 56.8 +02 19 45   0.09260 1.0763   166.5    12.4    20.9
    2018 02 07    09 31 05.2 +04 17 13   0.08907 1.0737   168.6    10.5    20.8
    2018 02 08    09 38 49.6 +06 24 16   0.08578 1.0711   170.6     8.6    20.6
    ...
    2018 02 14    10 40 22.3 +22 02 26   0.07277 1.0580   164.9    14.0    20.4
    ...
    2018 02 22    12 42 30.8 +41 30 20   0.07737 1.0461   135.9    41.1    21.4
    ...
    2018 03 09    15 39 02.9 +47 54 29   0.1278  1.0427   109.6    63.7    23.1
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-C36
    

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