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    M.P.E.C. 2018-C92                                Issued 2018 Feb. 12, 15:45 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 CD3
    
    Observations:
         K18C03D* C2018 02 10.25652 08 35 20.81 +31 36 03.8          21.3 GUEC092G96
         K18C03D  C2018 02 10.26175 08 35 21.43 +31 35 58.3          21.5 GUEC092G96
         K18C03D  C2018 02 10.26698 08 35 22.02 +31 35 52.8          21.4 GUEC092G96
         K18C03D  C2018 02 10.27220 08 35 22.55 +31 35 46.9          21.3 GUEC092G96
         K18C03D  C2018 02 10.32793 08 35 29.24 +31 34 32.3          20.9 GUEC092I52
         K18C03D  C2018 02 10.33207 08 35 29.79 +31 34 26.1          21.1 GUEC092I52
         K18C03D  C2018 02 10.33621 08 35 30.30 +31 34 19.3          21.5 GUEC092I52
         K18C03D  C2018 02 10.34036 08 35 30.84 +31 34 12.9          21.4 GUEC092I52
         K18C03D  C2018 02 11.37947 08 41 10.35 +31 07 29.0                UEC092G96
         K18C03D  C2018 02 11.38022 08 41 10.62 +31 07 26.3          20.7 GUEC092G96
         K18C03D  C2018 02 11.38342 08 41 11.44 +31 07 17.1          20.6 GUEC092G96
         K18C03D  C2018 02 11.38417 08 41 11.66 +31 07 15.3          20.2 GUEC092G96
         K18C03D KC2018 02 11.88943 08 45 37.10 +30 46 07.3                UEC092J95
         K18C03D KC2018 02 11.89355 08 45 38.68 +30 45 58.1                UEC092J95
         K18C03D KC2018 02 11.89762 08 45 40.25 +30 45 49.6          20.4 GUEC092J95
    
    Observer details:
    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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 CD3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
    Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
    M   0.73545              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.58970961     Peri.  221.88074     -0.98836133     +0.14964593
    a   1.4083499      Node   326.69627     -0.12296967     -0.89176108
    e   0.3431147      Incl.    2.85505     -0.08955637     -0.42704599
    P   1.67           H   28.5           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180210 G96  0.0   0.7+    180210 I52  0.4+  0.5-    180211 G96  0.0   0.5-
    180210 G96  0.2+  0.6+    180210 I52  0.2+  0.9-    180211 G96  0.3+  0.3-
    180210 G96  0.0   0.7+    180210 I52  0.2+  0.8-    180211 J95  0.4+  0.4+
    180210 G96  0.9-  0.6+    180211 G96  0.8-  0.7+    180211 J95  0.1-  0.2-
    180210 I52  0.1+  0.6-    180211 G96  0.2+  0.0     180211 J95  0.3-  0.1-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 CD3                 a,e,i = 1.41, 0.34, 3                   q = 0.9251
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 01 13    08 18 15.0 +31 10 59   0.1611  1.1410   166.7    11.4    25.5
    ...
    2018 01 28    08 19 37.9 +32 13 24   0.08428 1.0665   165.3    13.5    24.0
    ...
    2018 02 05    08 23 42.0 +32 18 28   0.04764 1.0309   160.2    18.9    22.9
    ...
    2018 02 11    08 39 03.6 +31 19 24   0.02120 1.0067   158.3    21.3    21.2
    2018 02 12    08 46 23.2 +30 44 40   0.01686 1.0029   158.9    20.7    20.7
    2018 02 13    08 58 36.7 +29 41 25   0.01255 0.9992   160.6    19.2    20.0
    ...
    2018 02 19    19 33 10.6 -35 16 19   0.01407 0.9782    42.4   137.0    25.7
    ...
    2018 02 27    20 08 15.3 -33 22 45   0.04889 0.9549    42.7   135.3    28.1
    ...
    2018 03 14    20 26 26.5 -31 44 00   0.1160  0.9287    52.9   121.4    28.6
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-C92
    

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