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    M.P.E.C. 2018-V87                                Issued 2018 Nov. 10, 01:08 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 VV3
    
    Observations:
         K18V03V* C2018 11 04.40591609 07 12.53 +70 16 28.2          18.23RUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 04.40626309 07 08.74 +70 16 38.9          18.23RUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 04.42594509 03 40.30 +70 25 54.7          18.33RUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 04.42629209 03 36.33 +70 26 04.0          18.33RUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 04.45082608 59 18.01 +70 36 45.2          19.02gUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 04.45117208 59 14.32 +70 36 53.1          19.02gUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 04.45176608 59 07.95 +70 37 07.5          19.10gUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 04.45211308 59 04.36 +70 37 15.9          19.10gUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 05.47026707 14 36.74 +72 19 11.3          19.25RUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 05.47061407 14 35.24 +72 19 10.6          19.25RUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 06.32294 06 38 40.26 +72 00 38.0          20.33gUEV087I41
         K18V03V  C2018 11 06.34828 06 37 46.24 +72 00 39.6          20.39gUEV087I41
         K18V03V KC2018 11 07.43276 06 12 58.60 +71 36 12.3                oEV087711
         K18V03V KC2018 11 07.43559 06 12 55.02 +71 36 07.7          20.8 VoEV087711
         K18V03V KC2018 11 07.43843 06 12 51.48 +71 36 04.1                oEV087711
         K18V03V KC2018 11 08.06859706 04 39.432+71 22 35.40         20.8 GVEV087J04
         K18V03V IC2018 11 08.07538706 04 32.896+71 22 32.96               VEV087J04
         K18V03V KC2018 11 08.46557 05 59 34.52 +71 15 37.3                oEV087711
         K18V03V KC2018 11 08.46867 05 59 31.95 +71 15 32.7                oEV087711
         K18V03V KC2018 11 08.47185 05 59 29.20 +71 15 27.6                oEV087711
    
    Observer details:
    711 McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis.  Observer J. G. Ries.  2.1-m reflector
        + CCD + focal reducer.
    I41 Palomar Mountain--ZTF.  Observer A. U. Tomatic.  Measurers H.-J. Tan,
        H.-W. Lin, F. J. Masci, Q.-Z. Ye.  1.2-m f/2.4 Schmidt.
    J04 ESA Optical Ground Station, Tenerife.  Observer D. Abreu.  Measurers
        M. Micheli, D. Koschny, A. Knoefel, M. Busch, E. Schwab.  1.0-m f/4.4
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2018 VV3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0025 AU
    Epoch 2019 Apr. 27.0 TT = JDT 2458600.5                 MPC
    M  49.26267              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25468685     Peri.  335.71260     +0.95207249     -0.25938668
    a   2.4648947      Node    40.43707     +0.30519946     +0.77046495
    e   0.6122290      Incl.   14.47270     +0.02027981     +0.58232492
    P   3.87           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   5
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    181104 I41  0.4-  0.3+    181104 I41  0.1-  0.7-    181107 711  0.0   0.4+
    181104 I41  0.9-  0.8+    181105 I41  0.5+  0.8+    181108 J04  0.7+  0.3-
    181104 I41  1.1+  0.2-    181105 I41  0.3+  0.1+    181108 J04  0.6+  0.0
    181104 I41  0.4-  0.4-    181106 I41  0.2-  0.9-    181108 711  0.0   0.2+
    181104 I41  0.6+  0.6+    181106 I41  0.9-  0.2-    181108 711  0.3+  0.2+
    181104 I41  0.3+  0.1-    181107 711  0.8-  0.2+    181108 711  0.0   0.1-
    181104 I41  0.4-  0.5-    181107 711  0.5-  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 VV3                 a,e,i = 2.46, 0.61, 14                  q = 0.9558
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 10 11    16 55 06.5 -68 16 28   0.1713  0.9599    72.2    98.1    25.8
    ...
    2018 10 26    16 52 21.2 -68 13 46   0.06188 0.9672    62.5   114.3    24.5
    ...
    2018 11 03    13 50 29.6 -24 22 50   0.0035810.9887    13.5   166.4    28.0
    ...
    2018 11 09    05 54 52.5 +71 04 43   0.04279 1.0124   119.5    58.4    21.5
    2018 11 10    05 47 42.3 +70 50 41   0.05023 1.0169   120.6    57.0    21.8
    2018 11 11    05 42 19.2 +70 38 43   0.05767 1.0215   121.6    55.7    22.1
    ...
    2018 11 17    05 24 42.3 +69 44 14   0.1024  1.0524   126.1    49.4    23.2
    ...
    2018 11 25    05 12 15.4 +68 32 15   0.1624  1.1003   130.9    42.7    24.1
    ...
    2018 12 10    04 57 50.0 +65 21 32   0.2796  1.2058   137.5    33.5    25.2
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-V87
    

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