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    M.P.E.C. 2018-J08                                Issued 2018 May 6, 00:39 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 JA
    
    Observations:
         K18J00A* C2018 05 03.37675 15 45 49.01 +64 37 10.6          19.6 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 03.38222 15 45 47.27 +64 37 11.3          19.4 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 03.38767 15 45 45.35 +64 37 13.5          19.2 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 03.39537 15 45 43.03 +64 37 15.9          19.9 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 03.42026 15 45 35.17 +64 37 20.8          19.8 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 03.42895 15 45 32.55 +64 37 20.9          19.2 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 03.43323 15 45 30.99 +64 37 21.5          20.6 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 03.43722 15 45 29.98 +64 37 22.7          19.0 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.83966 15 43 37.39 +64 38 43.1          19.1 RqEJ008A17
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.85361 15 43 32.79 +64 38 52.7          18.9 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.85686 15 43 31.75 +64 38 53.8          18.9 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.86011 15 43 30.71 +64 38 54.9          18.9 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.86396 15 43 29.91 +64 38 51.4          19.1 RqEJ008A17
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.87611 15 43 26.10 +64 38 56.3          19.0 RqEJ008A17
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.88019 15 43 24.66 +64 38 56.0                SEJ008621
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.89559 15 43 19.81 +64 39 01.0          20.2 VSEJ008621
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.91099 15 43 14.98 +64 39 06.3          20.0 VSEJ008621
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.92639 15 43 10.04 +64 39 11.2                SEJ008621
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.92946 15 43 08.21 +64 39 16.9          18.7 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.93271 15 43 07.31 +64 39 17.4          19.0 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.93596 15 43 06.21 +64 39 18.2          19.0 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 03.94179 15 43 04.99 +64 39 15.6                SEJ008621
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.02860 15 42 35.70 +64 39 39.5          19.0 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.03115 15 42 34.88 +64 39 39.9          18.9 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.03370 15 42 34.05 +64 39 40.6          19.1 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A  C2018 05 04.35843 15 40 54.62 +64 41 02.0          19.5 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 04.36301 15 40 52.96 +64 41 01.5          19.8 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 04.36754 15 40 51.47 +64 41 02.1          20.6 GUEJ008703
         K18J00A  C2018 05 04.65467 15 39 21.76 +64 41 56.8          19.0 RoEJ008P93
         K18J00A  C2018 05 04.66125 15 39 19.22 +64 41 57.9          18.8 RoEJ008P93
         K18J00A  C2018 05 04.66786 15 39 17.00 +64 41 59.9          19.0 RoEJ008P93
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.90869 15 38 00.42 +64 42 31.1          19.6 VtEJ008L04
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.91698 15 37 57.50 +64 42 33.0          19.5 VtEJ008L04
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.92466 15 37 54.76 +64 42 34.5          19.7 VtEJ008L04
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.95174 15 37 45.31 +64 42 39.5          18.8 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.95429 15 37 44.44 +64 42 39.6          18.7 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.95688 15 37 43.55 +64 42 40.2          19.1 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.95944 15 37 42.61 +64 42 40.6          18.9 RoEJ008K88
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.96168 15 37 42.54 +64 42 38.8          19.7 GUEJ008K87
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.96394 15 37 41.73 +64 42 39.3          19.8 GUEJ008K87
         K18J00A KC2018 05 04.96771 15 37 40.39 +64 42 40.1          19.5 GUEJ008K87
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.29545 15 35 50.70 +64 43 42.1                oEJ008711
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.29815 15 35 49.66 +64 43 42.8                oEJ008711
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.30092 15 35 48.61 +64 43 43.2                oEJ008711
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.34709 15 35 30.71 +64 43 42.8          19.5 RqEJ008734
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.35182 15 35 28.95 +64 43 43.1          19.2 RqEJ008734
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.36356 15 35 24.68 +64 43 44.0          19.2 RqEJ008734
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.98731 15 31 49.25 +64 44 44.4                VEJ008J95
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.98952 15 31 48.42 +64 44 44.9                VEJ008J95
         K18J00A KC2018 05 05.99176 15 31 47.57 +64 44 44.9          19.5 GVEJ008J95
    
    Observer details:
    621 Bergisch Gladbach.  Observer W. Bickel.  0.60-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer J. A. Johnson.  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.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  2.1-m reflector + CCD + focal
        reducer.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.69-m reflector + CCD.
    A17 Guidestar Observatory, Weinheim.  Observers M. Emmerich, S. Melchert.
        0.36-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    K87 Dettelbach Vineyard Observatory.  Observer B. Haeusler.  0.30-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    K88 GINOP-KHK, Piszkesteto.  Observer K. Sarneczky.  0.60-m Schmidt + CCD.
    L04 ROASTERR-1 Observatory, Cluj-Napoca.  Observer L. Hudin.  0.3-m f/5
        reflector + CCD.
    P93 Space Tracking and Communications Center, JAXA.  Observers K. Nishiyama,
        A. Asami.  1.0-m f/3.0 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 JA                                             PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0028 AU
    Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
    M 312.82571              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.57579871     Peri.  197.72299     -0.18508724     +0.88584861
    a   1.4309428      Node    63.51466     -0.83424240     +0.08719073
    e   0.3021083      Incl.   28.38194     -0.51940575     -0.45570825
    P   1.71           H   20.3           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180503 703  0.3-  0.6-    180503 621  0.3+  0.1-    180504 K88  0.6-  0.4+
    180503 703  0.3-  1.1-    180503 K88  0.9-  0.6+    180504 K88  0.3-  0.0
    180503 703  1.4-  0.1-    180503 K88  0.1+  0.2+    180504 K88  0.1-  0.2+
    180503 703  0.5-  0.6+    180503 K88  0.1-  0.1+    180504 K88  0.3-  0.1+
    180503 703  0.1-  0.7+    180503 621  0.3-  0.3-    180504 K87  0.1+  0.1-
    180503 703  0.8+  0.7-    180504 K88  0.5-  0.2+    180504 K87  0.0   0.0
    180503 703  0.5-  0.8-    180504 K88  0.4-  0.2+    180504 K87  0.0   0.0
    180503 703  1.2+  0.3-    180504 K88  0.3-  0.4+    180505 711  0.1-  0.0
    180503 A17  0.7-  0.0     180504 703  0.4-  1.8+    180505 711  0.3-  0.3+
    180503 K88  0.1+  0.2+    180504 703  0.9-  0.4+    180505 711  0.4-  0.2+
    180503 K88  0.0   0.2+    180504 703  0.4-  0.2+    180505 734  0.4-  0.1-
    180503 K88  0.0   0.1+    180504 P93  1.2+  0.4+    180505 734  0.4-  0.2-
    180503 A17  0.0   0.4-    180504 P93  0.1-  0.3+    180505 734  0.1+  0.0
    180503 A17  0.2+  0.3+    180504 P93  0.6+  1.1+    180505 J95  0.3-  0.2-
    180503 621  0.5-  0.3-    180504 L04  0.1-  0.3-    180505 J95  0.2-  0.1+
    180503 621  0.3-  0.5-    180504 L04  0.0   0.2-    180505 J95  0.1-  0.2-
    180503 621  0.2+  0.2-    180504 L04  0.1-  0.3-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 JA                  a,e,i = 1.43, 0.30, 28                  q = 0.9986
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 04 06    16 32 22.9 +60 13 04   0.4394  1.1703   101.5    56.9    20.9
    ...
    2018 04 21    16 22 39.3 +63 01 17   0.3286  1.1101   100.0    63.1    20.4
    ...
    2018 04 29    16 03 24.8 +64 10 54   0.2647  1.0815    99.2    66.8    19.9
    ...
    2018 05 05    15 37 29.1 +64 42 35   0.2150  1.0621    98.6    69.8    19.5
    2018 05 06    15 31 43.9 +64 44 37   0.2067  1.0591    98.5    70.4    19.5
    2018 05 07    15 25 27.7 +64 45 12   0.1982  1.0561    98.4    70.9    19.4
    ...
    2018 05 13    14 33 40.0 +63 55 09   0.1477  1.0397    97.4    74.5    18.8
    ...
    2018 05 21    12 30 35.3 +54 23 39   0.08397 1.0216    94.2    81.1    17.8
    ...
    2018 06 05    08 26 59.7 -38 13 43   0.08916 1.0015    79.1    95.9    18.5
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-J08
    

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