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    M.P.E.C. 2018-P24                                Issued 2018 Aug. 8, 10:49 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 PY7

Observations:
     K18P07Y* C2018 08 05.56103 22 33 44.69 +19 15 34.1          18.9 cUEP024T05
     K18P07Y  C2018 08 05.57042 22 33 28.41 +19 19 30.5          18.0 cUEP024T05
     K18P07Y  C2018 08 05.58991 22 32 55.75 +19 27 24.7          19.3 cUEP024T05
     K18P07Y  C2018 08 05.60058 22 32 38.23 +19 31 40.5          17.8 cUEP024T05
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 06.96414022 15 06.82 +24 45 50.3          19.7 GVEP024L01
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 06.96671022 15 05.20 +24 46 10.9          19.6 GVEP024L01
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 06.96932122 15 03.51 +24 46 32.1          19.7 GVEP024L01
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 07.14494322 13 58.27 +25 08 02.4          19.3 VuEP024H21
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 07.14746122 13 56.91 +25 08 21.9          19.4 VuEP024H21
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 07.14950322 13 55.77 +25 08 38.2          19.6 VuEP024H21
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 07.15128422 13 54.80 +25 08 52.6          19.8 VuEP024H21
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 07.34632 22 12 13.08 +25 32 18.2                oEP024711
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 07.34897 22 12 11.57 +25 32 34.4                oEP024711
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 07.35166 22 12 10.05 +25 32 50.9                oEP024711
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 08.34635 22 07 06.02 +26 51 32.8                oEP024711
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 08.34940 22 07 04.89 +26 51 43.5                oEP024711
     K18P07Y KC2018 08 08.35251 22 07 03.72 +26 51 54.4                oEP024711

Observer details:
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  2.1-m reflector + CCD + focal
    reducer.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers S. Foglia, L. Buzzi, T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.76-m f/3.0
    astrograph + CCD.
L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observers D. Ivanic, L. Gelo, J. Minic,
    M. Rakitic, K. Korlevic, F. Hrzenjak.  Measurer E. Pettarin.  1.0-m f/2.9
    reflector + CCD.
T05 ATLAS-HKO, Haleakala.  Observers L. Denneau, H. Flewelling, A. Heinze,
    H. Weiland, J. Tonry.  Measurers L. Denneau, H. Flewelling, A. Heinze,
    J. Tonry, A. Fitzsimmons, D. Young.  0.5-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2018 PY7                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0020 AU
Epoch 2018 Mar. 23.0 TT = JDT 2458200.5                 MPC
M 309.80850              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48588908     Peri.  322.81098     +0.09046877     +0.98587381
a   1.6024259      Node   311.91131     -0.86212128     +0.00667347
e   0.4020016      Incl.   10.91833     -0.49856023     +0.16735682
P   2.03           H   26.7           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
180805 T05  1.2+  0.8-    180806 L01  0.2-  0.4-    180807 711  0.1+  0.0
180805 T05  0.8-  1.1+    180807 H21  0.0   0.3-    180807 711  0.0   0.2+
180805 T05  0.3+  0.7-    180807 H21  0.1-  0.4-    180808 711  0.1-  0.3+
180805 T05  0.6-  0.5+    180807 H21  0.6-  0.0     180808 711  0.3+  0.1+
180806 L01  0.1+  0.0     180807 H21  0.8-  0.6+    180808 711  0.5+  0.0
180806 L01  0.2+  0.4-    180807 711  0.4+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2018 PY7                 a,e,i = 1.60, 0.40, 11                  q = 0.9582
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2018 07 09    09 43 38.7 -29 16 48   0.1471  0.9597    63.3   108.8    26.5
...
2018 07 24    09 43 47.1 -32 08 46   0.06231 0.9829    56.5   120.4    25.5
...
2018 08 01    09 20 22.6 -37 33 30   0.01671 1.0058    56.4   122.8    22.9
...
2018 08 07    22 14 42.5 +24 53 17   0.01810 1.0272   135.4    43.9    19.7
2018 08 08    22 08 39.0 +26 29 00   0.02377 1.0310   135.0    44.1    20.3
2018 08 09    22 04 48.2 +27 26 06   0.02947 1.0349   134.9    44.0    20.8
...
2018 08 15    21 55 36.4 +29 13 21   0.06388 1.0600   136.3    41.3    22.5
...
2018 08 23    21 52 07.6 +29 03 58   0.1105  1.0973   139.2    37.1    23.6
...
2018 09 07    21 51 54.3 +26 51 22   0.2026  1.1758   142.9    31.2    24.9

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-P24

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