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    M.P.E.C. 2018-O32                                Issued 2018 July 21, 00:35 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 OQ
    
    Observations:
         K18O00Q  C2018 07 18.40970 20 28 18.25 +43 56 36.5                UEO032I41
         K18O00Q  C2018 07 18.41005 20 28 15.72 +43 56 33.7                UEO032I41
         K18O00Q  C2018 07 19.34282 18 47 53.75 +38 53 30.8          18.96RUEO032I41
         K18O00Q  C2018 07 19.34317 18 47 51.67 +38 53 21.4          18.96RUEO032I41
         K18O00Q* C2018 07 19.41118 18 41 04.23 +38 18 21.5          19.12gUEO032I41
         K18O00Q  C2018 07 19.41153 18 41 02.02 +38 18 12.0          19.12gUEO032I41
         K18O00Q  C2018 07 19.43579 18 38 41.40 +38 05 11.5          18.91gUEO032I41
         K18O00Q  C2018 07 19.43613 18 38 39.60 +38 05 02.3          18.91gUEO032I41
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.92284 17 00 01.40 +25 02 32.8          19.0  UEO032104
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.92566 16 59 53.05 +25 01 10.0          19.0  UEO032104
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.95484 16 58 28.22 +24 46 49.9          18.9  UEO032104
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.96007716 58 12.23 +24 43 55.0          19.2 GVEO032L01
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.96049 16 58 12.01 +24 44 02.9                UEO032104
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.96164716 58 07.82 +24 43 09.4          19.1 GVEO032L01
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.96752 16 57 51.92 +24 40 36.2          18.8  UEO032104
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.97656716 57 25.62 +24 35 49.1          19.4 GVEO032L01
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.97850716 57 20.21 +24 34 52.1          19.4 GVEO032L01
         K18O00Q KC2018 07 20.98261216 57 08.68 +24 32 51.3          19.1 GVEO032L01
    
    Observer details:
    104 San Marcello Pistoiese.  Observers P. Bacci, M. Maestripieri.  Measurers
        P. Bacci, L. Tesi, G. Fagioli.  0.60-m reflector + CCD.
    I41 Palomar Mountain--ZTF.  Observer A. U. Tomatic.  Measurers A. J. Nielsen,
        Q.-Z. Ye.  1.2-m f/2.4 Schmidt + ZTF camera.
    L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observer K. Korlevic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 OQ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0071 AU
    Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
    M 350.53229              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.53059292     Peri.  207.52963     -0.50725935     -0.86152816
    a   0.7456979      Node   272.95885     +0.79456432     -0.45793655
    e   0.3710825      Incl.    1.22682     +0.33369970     -0.21923355
    P   0.64           H   26.8           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180718 I41  0.2-  0.0     180719 I41  1.0-  1.4-    180720 104  0.1+  0.6-
    180718 I41  0.1+  0.5+    180719 I41  0.8+  0.4+    180720 L01  0.3+  0.7+
    180719 I41  0.2-  0.3-    180720 104  0.0   0.4-    180720 104  0.3-  0.2-
    180719 I41  0.6+  0.7+    180720 104  0.6-  0.0     180720 L01  0.1+  0.2+
    180719 I41  1.0+  0.9-    180720 104  0.2+  0.1-    180720 L01  0.6+  0.3+
    180719 I41  0.9-  0.7+    180720 L01  0.5-  0.0     180720 L01  0.0   0.4+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 OQ                  a,e,i = 0.75, 0.37, 1                   q = 0.4690
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 06 21    02 14 58.3 +13 43 40   0.09502 0.9623    53.2   122.2    26.6
    ...
    2018 07 06    01 47 53.7 +17 41 16   0.04536 1.0039    72.4   105.1    24.0
    ...
    2018 07 14    00 46 42.4 +28 49 05   0.01927 1.0164    88.9    90.0    21.4
    ...
    2018 07 20    17 53 31.1 +33 09 23   0.01048 1.0213   118.7    60.8    19.1
    2018 07 21    16 56 54.0 +24 30 31   0.01232 1.0217   116.6    62.8    19.5
    2018 07 22    16 21 53.0 +17 40 45   0.01477 1.0220   113.5    65.7    20.0
    ...
    2018 07 28    15 11 21.5 +01 08 37   0.03347 1.0217    99.9    78.3    22.2
    ...
    2018 08 05    14 50 17.1 -04 17 36   0.06006 1.0154    89.2    87.4    23.8
    ...
    2018 08 20    14 37 14.1 -07 22 38   0.1076  0.9854    72.7   101.3    25.6
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-O32
    

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