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    M.P.E.C. 2018-E14                                Issued 2018 Mar. 4, 17:45 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 DD4
    
    Observations:
         K18D04D* C2018 02 27.15948 05 08 24.87 +06 22 37.2          19.0 GUEE014G96
         K18D04D  C2018 02 27.16479 05 08 25.51 +06 21 55.7          19.9 GUEE014G96
         K18D04D  C2018 02 27.17011 05 08 26.14 +06 21 14.9          19.8 GUEE014G96
         K18D04D  C2018 02 27.17543 05 08 26.80 +06 20 33.4          19.6 GUEE014G96
         K18D04D KC2018 02 27.80173 05 09 47.06 +05 00 36.1                UEE014J95
         K18D04D KC2018 02 27.81492 05 09 48.64 +04 58 56.1                UEE014J95
         K18D04D KC2018 02 27.82807 05 09 50.09 +04 57 17.4                UEE014J95
         K18D04D KC2018 02 27.84112 05 09 51.60 +04 55 37.9          19.5 GUEE014J95
         K18D04D |C2018 03 01.02694 05 12 19.32 +02 30 11.9          19.9 GUEE014807
         K18D04D |C2018 03 01.03119 05 12 19.80 +02 29 41.1          19.8 GUEE014807
         K18D04D |C2018 03 01.03505 05 12 20.24 +02 29 13.0          19.9 GUEE014807
         K18D04D |C2018 03 03.03268 05 16 21.95 -01 22 34.8          19.9 GUEE014807
         K18D04D |C2018 03 03.03684 05 16 22.42 -01 23 02.7          19.6 GUEE014807
         K18D04D |C2018 03 03.04113 05 16 22.89 -01 23 31.1          19.9 GUEE014807
    
    Observer details:
    807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph
        + CCD, 1.00-m f/10.0 astrograph + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon 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.
        1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 DD4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0858 AU
    Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
    M   5.22185              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.40674452     Peri.  199.03187     -0.88224612     -0.26984169
    a   1.8040763      Node   318.24734     +0.47078505     -0.50879677
    e   0.4143052      Incl.   35.40302     -0.00179464     -0.81750309
    P   2.42           H   20.2           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180227 G96  0.0   0.6+    180227 J95  0.8+  0.2-    180301 807  0.1+  0.3+
    180227 G96  0.2+  0.2+    180227 J95  0.7-  0.5+    180303 807  0.1-  0.1-
    180227 G96  0.3+  0.6+    180227 J95  1.1-  0.4-    180303 807  0.1+  0.2-
    180227 G96  0.8+  0.2+    180301 807  0.0   0.5+    180303 807  0.2+  0.1+
    180227 J95  0.5+  0.0     180301 807  0.1+  0.5+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 DD4                 a,e,i = 1.80, 0.41, 35                  q = 1.0566
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 02 02    03 50 45.4 +65 14 57   0.2967  1.1244   110.5    55.2    19.8
    ...
    2018 02 17    04 44 10.3 +31 10 01   0.2475  1.0807   105.5    61.8    19.5
    ...
    2018 02 25    05 03 43.6 +11 11 15   0.2636  1.0661    99.6    66.3    19.8
    ...
    2018 03 03    05 16 18.6 -01 19 05   0.2926  1.0594    95.4    68.7    20.1
    2018 03 04    05 18 16.6 -03 08 32   0.2984  1.0587    94.7    69.0    20.1
    2018 03 05    05 20 12.6 -04 53 35   0.3045  1.0581    94.1    69.2    20.2
    ...
    2018 03 11    05 31 15.1 -13 58 14   0.3453  1.0567    90.9    70.0    20.5
    ...
    2018 03 19    05 44 57.2 -22 58 08   0.4059  1.0609    87.9    69.7    20.8
    ...
    2018 04 03    06 09 39.8 -33 58 03   0.5219  1.0870    85.0    66.4    21.3
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-E14
    

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