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    M.P.E.C. 2018-C90                                Issued 2018 Feb. 12, 15:38 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 CB3
    
    Observations:
         K18C03B* C2018 02 10.23234 08 13 55.26 +30 26 27.2          21.2 GUEC090G96
         K18C03B  C2018 02 10.23753 08 13 55.38 +30 26 14.4          21.0 GUEC090G96
         K18C03B  C2018 02 10.24271 08 13 55.41 +30 26 03.0                UEC090G96
         K18C03B  C2018 02 10.30421 08 13 56.32 +30 23 40.7                UEC090I52
         K18C03B  C2018 02 10.30753 08 13 56.32 +30 23 32.4                UEC090I52
         K18C03B  C2018 02 10.31084 08 13 56.39 +30 23 24.9          20.9 GUEC090I52
         K18C03B  C2018 02 10.31416 08 13 56.39 +30 23 17.6                UEC090I52
         K18C03B IC2018 02 10.88008908 14 13.72 +30 01 53.4          21.2 VSEC090L01
         K18C03B KC2018 02 10.88751008 14 13.87 +30 01 37.8          21.1 VSEC090L01
         K18C03B KC2018 02 10.89517908 14 14.02 +30 01 20.8          21.2 VSEC090L01
         K18C03B  C2018 02 11.13335 08 14 22.16 +29 52 46.3          22.4 GUEC090I52
         K18C03B  C2018 02 11.13832 08 14 22.29 +29 52 35.5          20.9 GUEC090I52
         K18C03B  C2018 02 11.14080 08 14 22.30 +29 52 31.2          21.1 GUEC090I52
         K18C03B KC2018 02 12.15252 08 14 50.50 +29 17 30.4          21.2 RqEC090734
         K18C03B KC2018 02 12.16466 08 14 50.74 +29 17 06.2          20.8 RqEC090734
         K18C03B KC2018 02 12.17603 08 14 50.93 +29 16 43.9          21.0 RqEC090734
    
    Observer details:
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.69-m reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer D. C. Fuls.  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.
    L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observer K. Korlevic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 CB3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0400 AU
    Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
    M  43.51022              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.40047109     Peri.   47.65782     +0.79812395     -0.60236836
    a   1.8228682      Node   349.36216     +0.53139599     +0.71339168
    e   0.6385585      Incl.    3.81076     +0.28393038     +0.35808474
    P   2.46           H   23.0           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180210 G96  0.3-  0.2+    180210 I52  0.4-  0.5+    180211 I52  0.2-  1.0+
    180210 G96  0.3+  0.6-    180210 L01  0.4-  1.0-    180212 734  0.2-  0.1+
    180210 G96  0.2-  0.1-    180210 L01  0.0   0.4-    180212 734  0.2+  0.2-
    180210 I52  0.6+  0.4+    180210 L01  0.3+  0.6-    180212 734  0.2+  0.1-
    180210 I52  0.0   0.1-    180211 I52  0.3-  0.5+
    180210 I52  0.3+  0.1+    180211 I52  0.2+  0.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 CB3                 a,e,i = 1.82, 0.64, 4                   q = 0.6589
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 01 13    20 24 44.3 +16 42 38   0.09097 0.9157    40.0   136.3    24.0
    ...
    2018 01 28    08 03 19.5 +49 36 17   0.1018  1.0723   147.8    29.3    19.5
    ...
    2018 02 05    08 11 16.6 +34 45 30   0.1835  1.1567   156.7    19.7    20.6
    ...
    2018 02 11    08 14 16.7 +29 57 43   0.2511  1.2195   155.2    19.8    21.4
    2018 02 12    08 14 45.3 +29 22 44   0.2628  1.2299   154.7    20.1    21.5
    2018 02 13    08 15 14.2 +28 50 19   0.2746  1.2403   154.1    20.3    21.7
    ...
    2018 02 19    08 18 18.9 +26 15 45   0.3480  1.3019   150.1    22.2    22.3
    ...
    2018 02 27    08 23 13.1 +23 54 57   0.4523  1.3824   144.1    24.8    23.1
    ...
    2018 03 14    08 35 01.8 +21 00 40   0.6674  1.5273   132.6    28.6    24.3
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-C90
    

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