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    M.P.E.C. 2018-J20                                Issued 2018 May 7, 23:47 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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                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2018 JK
    
    Observations:
         K18J00K* C2018 05 05.31995 14 54 47.91 +39 59 21.2          21.1 GUEJ020G96
         K18J00K  C2018 05 05.32614 14 54 48.14 +39 59 45.9          21.0 GUEJ020G96
         K18J00K  C2018 05 05.33807 14 54 48.59 +40 00 34.0          20.7 GUEJ020G96
         K18J00K  C2018 05 05.37269 14 54 50.07 +40 02 52.5          20.6 GUEJ020I52
         K18J00K  C2018 05 05.37434 14 54 50.04 +40 02 58.5          20.6 GUEJ020I52
         K18J00K  C2018 05 05.37600 14 54 50.14 +40 03 05.3          20.9 GUEJ020I52
         K18J00K  C2018 05 05.37766 14 54 50.11 +40 03 12.2          19.6 GUEJ020I52
         K18J00K KC2018 05 05.95882 14 55 35.93 +40 43 10.8                VEJ020J95
         K18J00K KC2018 05 05.96494 14 55 36.21 +40 43 37.7                VEJ020J95
         K18J00K KC2018 05 05.97872 14 55 36.96 +40 44 36.9          20.6 GVEJ020J95
         K18J00K KC2018 05 06.25157 14 55 58.91 +41 04 44.3                oEJ020711
         K18J00K IC2018 05 06.25523 14 55 59.11 +41 05 01.2                oEJ020711
         K18J00K KC2018 05 06.25858 14 55 59.26 +41 05 15.3                oEJ020711
         K18J00K  C2018 05 06.37155914 56 04.82 +41 13 25.7          20.8 GVEJ020H01
         K18J00K  C2018 05 06.37535514 56 05.02 +41 13 42.1          20.6 GVEJ020H01
         K18J00K  C2018 05 06.38831514 56 05.69 +41 14 37.9          20.3 GVEJ020H01
         K18J00K  C2018 05 06.39624814 56 06.12 +41 15 12.1          20.8 GVEJ020H01
         K18J00K KC2018 05 06.87567 14 56 51.23 +41 51 17.6          20.3 RoEJ020K88
         K18J00K KC2018 05 06.88382 14 56 51.77 +41 51 56.0          20.9 RoEJ020K88
         K18J00K KC2018 05 06.89197 14 56 52.25 +41 52 34.3          20.3 RoEJ020K88
         K18J00K KC2018 05 06.91682 14 56 55.16 +41 54 22.5          20.4 GVEJ020J95
         K18J00K KC2018 05 06.92426 14 56 55.66 +41 54 57.7          20.2 GVEJ020J95
         K18J00K FC2018 05 06.93176 14 56 56.08 +41 55 33.9          21.4 GVEJ020J95
         K18J00K  C2018 05 07.19097 14 57 21.29 +42 16 16.3          20.8 GUEJ020V06
         K18J00K  C2018 05 07.19582 14 57 21.55 +42 16 40.8          21.1 GUEJ020V06
         K18J00K  C2018 05 07.20067 14 57 21.87 +42 17 04.7          20.8 GUEJ020V06
         K18J00K  C2018 05 07.20553 14 57 22.14 +42 17 28.9          20.5 GUEJ020V06
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.25004 14 57 23.37 +42 21 02.2          20.4 RqEJ020734
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.25816 14 57 23.83 +42 21 42.5          20.3 RqEJ020734
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.26633 14 57 24.29 +42 22 20.6          20.5 RqEJ020734
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.28316 14 57 26.06 +42 23 53.3                oEJ020711
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.28648 14 57 26.25 +42 24 10.1                oEJ020711
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.28994 14 57 26.43 +42 24 26.0                oEJ020711
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.93516 14 58 30.10 +43 17 48.4          21.0 VSEJ020L01
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.93865 14 58 31.40 +43 17 55.9                VEJ020J95
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.94005 14 58 30.38 +43 18 13.8          20.7 VSEJ020L01
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.94546 14 58 30.80 +43 18 41.9          20.5 VSEJ020L01
         K18J00K KC2018 05 07.94933 14 58 32.23 +43 18 51.5          20.6 GVEJ020J95
    
    Observer details:
    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.
    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 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.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    K88 GINOP-KHK, Piszkesteto.  Observer K. Sarneczky.  0.60-m Schmidt + CCD.
    L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observer K. Korlevic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector
        + CCD.
    V06 Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  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.  1.55-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 JK                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0412 AU
    Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
    M 326.84417              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.36991315     Peri.  208.74729     +0.15917974     +0.96910931
    a   1.9219240      Node    70.94172     -0.86337410     +0.22919193
    e   0.5242267      Incl.   11.49661     -0.47879743     -0.09109451
    P   2.66           H   23.4           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180505 G96  0.2+  0.1-    180506 H01  0.0   0.1-    180507 V06  0.6-  0.1-
    180505 G96  0.1+  0.3-    180506 H01  0.1+  0.1-    180507 734  0.0   0.5-
    180505 G96  0.0   0.1-    180506 H01  0.1+  0.2-    180507 734  0.2-  0.5+
    180505 I52  1.2+  0.3+    180506 H01  0.2+  0.1-    180507 734  0.4-  0.8-
    180505 I52  0.0   0.2-    180506 K88  0.4-  0.6+    180507 711  0.2-  0.1-
    180505 I52  0.4+  0.0     180506 K88  0.1+  0.4+    180507 711  0.1-  0.6+
    180505 I52  0.7-  0.3+    180506 K88  0.1-  0.2+    180507 711  0.2-  0.2-
    180505 J95  0.1-  0.3-    180506 J95  0.2+  0.1-    180507 L01  0.0   0.0
    180505 J95  0.5-  0.2+    180506 J95  0.4+  0.3-    180507 J95  0.2-  0.2+
    180505 J95  0.2-  0.1-    180506 J95  0.3-  0.2+    180507 L01  0.7-  0.0
    180506 711  0.4+  0.5+    180507 V06  0.2+  0.5-    180507 L01  0.3-  0.1+
    180506 711  0.7+  1.2+    180507 V06  0.4-  0.1-    180507 J95  0.0   0.1-
    180506 711  0.7+  0.4+    180507 V06  0.2-  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 JK                  a,e,i = 1.92, 0.52, 11                  q = 0.9144
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 04 07    14 39 03.9 +23 04 47   0.3410  1.2869   142.0    28.6    22.9
    ...
    2018 04 22    14 46 02.1 +29 55 37   0.2223  1.1762   136.5    36.1    22.0
    ...
    2018 04 30    14 50 10.3 +35 03 56   0.1650  1.1205   130.0    43.5    21.4
    ...
    2018 05 06    14 55 37.9 +40 46 18   0.1241  1.0810   122.8    51.6    20.9
    2018 05 07    14 57 00.2 +42 01 05   0.1175  1.0747   121.3    53.3    20.9
    2018 05 08    14 58 35.9 +43 23 23   0.1109  1.0684   119.7    55.2    20.8
    ...
    2018 05 14    15 18 51.7 +55 59 21   0.07349 1.0327   105.5    70.6    20.3
    ...
    2018 05 22    00 34 29.5 +69 55 27   0.04189 0.9905    57.8   120.2    21.3
    ...
    2018 06 06    02 27 26.0 -00 31 29   0.1142  0.9339    42.7   132.6    24.5
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-J20
    

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