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    M.P.E.C. 2018-T32                                Issued 2018 Oct. 3, 01:23 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 SJ3
    
    Observations:
         K18S03J* C2018 09 30.29684 23 52 46.63 +08 03 36.3          19.8 GVET032G96
         K18S03J  C2018 09 30.30250 23 52 49.94 +08 03 42.7          20.3 GVET032G96
         K18S03J  C2018 09 30.30815 23 52 53.31 +08 03 48.9          21.2 GVET032G96
         K18S03J  C2018 09 30.31380 23 52 56.69 +08 03 55.3          21.0 GVET032G96
         K18S03J  C2018 09 30.41152 23 53 55.63 +08 05 35.9          20.8 GVET032I52
         K18S03J  C2018 09 30.41401 23 53 57.18 +08 05 38.5          20.9 GVET032I52
         K18S03J  C2018 09 30.41651 23 53 58.70 +08 05 40.7          21.0 GVET032I52
         K18S03J  C2018 09 30.41900 23 54 00.26 +08 05 43.1          21.7 GVET032I52
         K18S03J KC2018 10 01.21846700 02 53.85 +08 19 30.2          21.3 VuET032H21
         K18S03J KC2018 10 01.22567900 02 57.94 +08 19 37.1          21.1 VuET032H21
         K18S03J KC2018 10 01.23427700 03 02.84 +08 19 45.2          21.4 VuET032H21
         K18S03J KC2018 10 02.16313300 12 55.64 +08 34 17.7          20.7 VuET032H21
         K18S03J KC2018 10 02.17209400 13 00.67 +08 34 26.2          20.9 VuET032H21
         K18S03J KC2018 10 02.18406400 13 07.39 +08 34 37.1          21.0 VuET032H21
         K18S03J KC2018 10 02.95860200 20 55.34 +08 45 07.6          20.6 GVET032L01
         K18S03J pC2018 10 02.96247800 20 57.37 +08 45 10.8          20.9 GVET032L01
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer H. Groeller.  Measurers B. M. Africano,
        E. J. Christensen, G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer,
        H. Groeller, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard,
        R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.  1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
    H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
        Measurers S. Foglia, L. Buzzi, T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.81-m f/4.0
        astrograph + CCD.
    I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.
        Measurers B. M. Africano, E. J. Christensen, G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls,
        A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H. Groeller, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski,
        S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.  1.0-m reflector
        + CCD.
    L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observer K. Korlevic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 SJ3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0362 AU
    Epoch 2019 Apr. 27.0 TT = JDT 2458600.5                 MPC
    M 124.20779              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.57023587     Peri.  157.97917     +0.99862975     +0.05163014
    a   1.4402339      Node   199.06727     -0.05106306     +0.92562990
    e   0.2782224      Incl.    1.49820     -0.01145372     +0.37489147
    P   1.73           H   27.3           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    180930 G96  0.4+  0.3-    180930 I52  0.1-  0.0     181002 H21  0.1+  0.1+
    180930 G96  0.4-  0.1-    180930 I52  0.2+  0.0     181002 H21  1.0+  0.1-
    180930 G96  0.2-  0.1-    181001 H21  0.9+  0.3+    181002 L01  0.3+  0.1-
    180930 G96  0.1+  0.2+    181001 H21  0.3-  0.0     181002 L01  0.6-  0.1+
    180930 I52  0.0   0.1+    181001 H21  1.3-  0.4-
    180930 I52  0.2+  0.3+    181002 H21  0.4-  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 SJ3                 a,e,i = 1.44, 0.28, 1                   q = 1.0395
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 09 03    19 43 49.0 -03 32 17   0.05987 1.0515   134.3    43.4    23.0
    ...
    2018 09 18    21 28 18.0 +02 20 07   0.04134 1.0397   146.6    32.2    21.8
    ...
    2018 09 26    23 02 05.2 +06 26 03   0.03939 1.0403   162.3    17.0    21.3
    ...
    2018 10 02    00 11 09.7 +08 33 37   0.04321 1.0439   172.8     6.9    21.1
    2018 10 03    00 21 20.4 +08 47 37   0.04426 1.0448   173.9     5.8    21.1
    2018 10 04    00 31 02.2 +08 59 42   0.04542 1.0457   174.8     5.0    21.1
    ...
    2018 10 10    01 18 57.1 +09 40 18   0.05431 1.0528   174.4     5.3    21.5
    ...
    2018 10 18    01 59 43.2 +09 49 24   0.07027 1.0662   172.7     6.8    22.2
    ...
    2018 11 02    02 35 47.0 +09 47 34   0.1099  1.1019   174.8     4.7    23.1
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-T32
    

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