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    M.P.E.C. 2018-F96                                Issued 2018 Mar. 22, 14:14 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,
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            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2018 FQ3

Observations:
     K18F03Q* C2018 03 20.38429 13 44 48.51 +00 51 41.5          18.7 GUEF096703
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 20.39476 13 44 58.77 +00 58 41.9          19.1 GUEF096703
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 20.39999 13 45 03.69 +01 02 06.9          18.8 GUEF096703
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 20.41952 13 45 21.96 +01 14 36.6          19.1 GUEF096I52
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 20.41997 13 45 22.44 +01 14 53.5          18.7 GUEF096I52
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 20.42043 13 45 22.86 +01 15 10.5          18.5 GUEF096I52
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 20.42088 13 45 23.30 +01 15 27.9          19.3 GUEF096I52
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 21.45915 13 57 43.38 +07 09 46.3          20.8 GUEF096G96
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 21.45956 13 57 43.43 +07 09 50.5          20.3 GUEF096G96
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 21.45996 13 57 43.49 +07 09 55.2          20.5 GUEF096G96
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 21.46037 13 57 43.58 +07 09 59.4          20.8 GUEF096G96
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 22.41600 14 02 13.99 +09 12 57.7          21.1 GUEF096V06
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 22.41853 14 02 14.07 +09 13 11.1          21.0 GUEF096V06
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 22.42106 14 02 14.19 +09 13 24.7          21.3 GUEF096V06
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 22.43904914 02 13.53 +09 14 47.5          21.2 GUEF096H01
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 22.44141214 02 13.64 +09 14 59.9          21.5 GUEF096H01
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 22.45374714 02 14.23 +09 16 03.3          20.6 GUEF096H01
     K18F03Q  C2018 03 22.46036714 02 14.58 +09 16 37.2          20.6 GUEF096H01

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers B. M. Africano,
    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. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.
    0.68-m Schmidt + 10K CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer G. J. Leonard.  Measurers B. M. Africano,
    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. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.
    1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.
I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.
    Measurers B. M. Africano, 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. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
V06 Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers
    B. M. Africano, 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. L. Seaman,
    F. C. Shelly.  1.55-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2018 FQ3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0019 AU
Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
M  14.95602              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39647185     Peri.  314.23828     -0.68567672     -0.72790258
a   1.8351059      Node   179.04164     +0.70083700     -0.66102682
e   0.5109333      Incl.    7.88983     +0.19665943     -0.18221246
P   2.49           H   28.6           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
180320 703 (0.8-  2.5-)   180320 I52  0.2+  0.0     180322 V06  0.1+  0.2-
180320 703 (1.6+  1.5+)   180321 G96  0.1+  0.2+    180322 V06  0.6+  0.1-
180320 703  0.6+  1.2+    180321 G96  0.3-  0.1-    180322 H01  0.0   0.1-
180320 I52  1.0-  0.1+    180321 G96  0.6-  0.3+    180322 H01  0.0   0.1+
180320 I52  0.1-  0.0     180321 G96  0.4-  0.0     180322 H01  0.1-  0.1-
180320 I52  0.1-  0.4-    180322 V06  0.3+  0.1-    180322 H01  0.0   0.1+

Ephemeris:
2018 FQ3                 a,e,i = 1.84, 0.51, 8                   q = 0.8975
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2018 02 20    01 57 56.5 -13 02 14   0.1751  0.9000    55.1   115.7    29.1
...
2018 03 07    02 10 41.0 -13 54 30   0.07799 0.9392    45.5   131.1    28.7
...
2018 03 15    02 18 09.6 -16 20 37   0.02703 0.9744    41.7   137.2    27.2
...
2018 03 21    13 54 13.7 +05 29 17   0.01129 1.0059   151.0    28.7    20.1
2018 03 22    14 00 46.4 +08 33 13   0.01758 1.0115   149.5    30.0    21.1
2018 03 23    14 03 50.4 +09 59 30   0.02391 1.0172   149.1    30.2    21.8
...
2018 03 29    14 08 17.6 +12 19 13   0.06224 1.0531   151.0    27.4    23.9
...
2018 04 06    14 07 32.2 +12 37 43   0.1147  1.1052   154.5    22.9    25.2
...
2018 04 21    14 03 17.5 +11 32 44   0.2216  1.2114   156.7    19.2    26.7

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-F96

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