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    M.P.E.C. 2018-C67                                Issued 2018 Feb. 10, 21:02 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2018 CD2
    
    Observations:
         K18C02D* C2018 02 07.30518 11 15 51.64 +46 39 21.1          21.0 GUEC067G96
         K18C02D  C2018 02 07.31044 11 15 45.32 +46 37 58.4          20.0 GUEC067G96
         K18C02D  C2018 02 07.31571 11 15 39.00 +46 36 37.8          20.5 GUEC067G96
         K18C02D  C2018 02 07.32097 11 15 32.79 +46 35 15.4          20.9 GUEC067G96
         K18C02D  C2018 02 07.36708 11 14 37.40 +46 23 15.3                UEC067V06
         K18C02D  C2018 02 07.36907 11 14 35.00 +46 22 44.8                UEC067V06
         K18C02D  C2018 02 07.37106 11 14 32.74 +46 22 13.5                UEC067V06
         K18C02D  C2018 02 07.37304 11 14 30.25 +46 21 43.1          22.4 GUEC067V06
         K18C02D  C2018 02 09.30854 10 46 58.75 +38 55 33.9          20.3 GUEC067G96
         K18C02D  C2018 02 09.31377 10 46 55.08 +38 54 31.4          20.7 GUEC067G96
         K18C02D  C2018 02 09.31899 10 46 51.60 +38 53 30.1          21.1 GUEC067G96
         K18C02D  C2018 02 09.32422 10 46 47.96 +38 52 27.4          21.0 GUEC067G96
         K18C02D  C2018 02 10.50638 10 35 41.64 +35 15 01.0          20.7 GUEC067I52
         K18C02D  C2018 02 10.50887 10 35 40.40 +35 14 33.9          21.0 GUEC067I52
         K18C02D  C2018 02 10.51384 10 35 37.82 +35 13 43.2          20.2 GUEC067I52
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. D. Grauer.  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.  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.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    V06 Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 CD2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0373 AU
    Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
    M  24.06493              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.26484218     Peri.   85.83327     +0.42215670     -0.90524797
    a   2.4014743      Node   338.99174     +0.76943731     +0.38584606
    e   0.6920776      Incl.    7.70424     +0.47932238     +0.17790144
    P   3.72           H   24.7           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180207 G96  0.2-  0.2-    180207 V06 (4.3-  0.2+)   180209 G96  0.4+  0.4+
    180207 G96  0.3-  0.9-    180207 V06 (3.3-  0.0 )   180209 G96  0.3-  0.0
    180207 G96  0.3-  0.6+    180207 V06 (4.8-  0.5+)   180210 I52  0.2+  0.7+
    180207 G96  0.6+  0.2+    180209 G96  0.3+  0.2-    180210 I52  0.4+  0.7-
    180207 V06 (3.9-  0.4-)   180209 G96  0.7-  0.4-    180210 I52  0.5-  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 CD2                 a,e,i = 2.40, 0.69, 8                   q = 0.7395
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 01 11    21 02 41.7 +06 52 20   0.2342  0.8084    36.9   133.1    27.1
    ...
    2018 01 26    20 17 26.4 +31 36 20   0.09223 0.9287    50.6   125.0    24.6
    ...
    2018 02 03    14 39 11.0 +65 22 16   0.06024 1.0057   107.8    68.9    21.0
    ...
    2018 02 09    10 50 24.0 +39 58 51   0.09183 1.0665   149.2    28.2    20.9
    2018 02 10    10 40 06.7 +36 43 47   0.09984 1.0769   153.3    24.3    21.0
    2018 02 11    10 32 00.1 +33 55 10   0.1083  1.0872   156.7    21.0    21.1
    ...
    2018 02 17    10 05 40.3 +23 10 59   0.1646  1.1501   168.9     9.5    21.7
    ...
    2018 02 25    09 52 30.7 +16 35 56   0.2495  1.2350   168.0     9.6    22.8
    ...
    2018 03 12    09 46 47.6 +11 23 44   0.4316  1.3941   153.9    18.3    24.5
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-C67
    

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