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    M.P.E.C. 2018-Y26                                Issued 2018 Dec. 18, 20:14 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2018 XV5
    
    Observations:
         K18X05V* C2018 12 14.32034 05 15 05.25 +04 40 54.6          20.8 GVEY026G96
         K18X05V  C2018 12 14.32596 05 15 04.78 +04 40 55.2          20.8 GVEY026G96
         K18X05V  C2018 12 14.33424 05 15 04.09 +04 40 56.9          21.1 GVEY026G96
         K18X05V  C2018 12 14.43454505 14 55.82 +04 41 11.2          20.9 GVEY026H01
         K18X05V  C2018 12 14.43786605 14 55.54 +04 41 11.7          20.6 GVEY026H01
         K18X05V  C2018 12 14.44901705 14 54.63 +04 41 13.5          20.6 GVEY026H01
         K18X05V  C2018 12 14.46092505 14 53.66 +04 41 15.3          20.6 GVEY026H01
         K18X05V  C2018 12 15.21958 05 13 53.25 +04 43 13.0                VEY026I52
         K18X05V  C2018 12 15.22425 05 13 52.86 +04 43 13.3                VEY026I52
         K18X05V  C2018 12 15.22892 05 13 52.45 +04 43 14.0                VEY026I52
         K18X05V  C2018 12 15.23121 05 13 52.29 +04 43 14.6          20.8 GVEY026I52
         K18X05V KC2018 12 15.23467 05 13 51.89 +04 43 14.4          20.8 GUEY026734
         K18X05V KC2018 12 15.24717 05 13 50.88 +04 43 16.7          20.4 GUEY026734
         K18X05V KC2018 12 15.25965 05 13 49.91 +04 43 18.9          20.8 GUEY026734
         K18X05V  C2018 12 16.36286 05 12 22.39 +04 46 20.4          20.8 GVEY026I52
         K18X05V  C2018 12 16.37140 05 12 21.73 +04 46 21.4          20.8 GVEY026I52
         K18X05V  C2018 12 16.37994 05 12 21.01 +04 46 23.1          20.6 GVEY026I52
         K18X05V KC2018 12 17.21041605 11 16.45 +04 48 47.8          20.5 VuEY026H21
         K18X05V KC2018 12 17.21981205 11 15.70 +04 48 49.3          20.5 VuEY026H21
         K18X05V KC2018 12 17.22988005 11 14.93 +04 48 51.3          20.6 VuEY026H21
         K18X05V IC2018 12 17.87534205 10 25.29 +04 50 48.4          21.0 GVEY026L01
         K18X05V KC2018 12 17.87922705 10 24.98 +04 50 50.1          21.2 GVEY026L01
         K18X05V KC2018 12 17.88195205 10 24.77 +04 50 50.6          20.9 GVEY026L01
    
    Observer details:
    734 Farpoint Observatory, Eskridge.  Observer G. Hug.  0.7-m reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers B. M. Africano,
        E. J. Christensen, G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer,
        H. Groeller, 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 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    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.
    I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer H. Groeller.
        Measurers B. M. Africano, E. J. Christensen, G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls,
        A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H. Groeller, 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 XV5                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0211 AU
    Epoch 2019 Apr. 27.0 TT = JDT 2458600.5                 MPC
    M  80.96728              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.24370333     Peri.  161.13903     +0.72546936     +0.68343435
    a   2.5384098      Node   155.15553     -0.65373284     +0.72120212
    e   0.6204515      Incl.   11.15879     -0.21523842     +0.11307074
    P   4.04           H   17.8           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    181214 G96  0.1-  0.1-    181215 I52  0.0   0.0     181216 I52  0.2-  0.2-
    181214 G96  0.1-  0.3-    181215 I52  0.4-  0.1-    181217 H21  0.1-  0.2-
    181214 G96  0.2-  0.2+    181215 I52  0.0   0.2+    181217 H21  0.1-  0.4-
    181214 H01  0.2+  0.2-    181215 734  0.4-  0.0     181217 H21  0.3+  0.2-
    181214 H01  0.1+  0.2-    181215 734  0.2-  0.3+    181217 L01  0.0   0.4-
    181214 H01  0.1+  0.0     181215 734  0.6+  0.5+    181217 L01  0.1-  0.6+
    181214 H01  0.1+  0.0     181216 I52  0.1-  0.0     181217 L01  0.0   0.5+
    181215 I52  0.1+  0.4+    181216 I52  0.3+  0.5-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2018 XV5                 a,e,i = 2.54, 0.62, 11                  q = 0.9634
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2018 11 18    05 51 43.4 +04 44 38   1.2993  2.1721   143.0    15.9    20.9
    ...
    2018 12 03    05 31 04.5 +04 25 20   1.3407  2.2843   157.9     9.4    20.9
    ...
    2018 12 11    05 19 38.8 +04 33 46   1.3877  2.3425   161.5     7.7    20.9
    ...
    2018 12 17    05 11 32.8 +04 48 14   1.4351  2.3854   160.5     7.9    21.0
    2018 12 18    05 10 15.7 +04 51 16   1.4439  2.3924   160.0     8.1    21.1
    2018 12 19    05 08 59.9 +04 54 28   1.4531  2.3995   159.5     8.3    21.1
    ...
    2018 12 25    05 01 55.2 +05 16 56   1.5139  2.4415   155.1     9.7    21.3
    ...
    2019 01 02    04 54 02.5 +05 54 21   1.6096  2.4966   147.7    12.2    21.6
    ...
    2019 01 17    04 44 44.4 +07 20 03   1.8286  2.5967   132.5    16.2    22.1
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2018 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2018-Y26
    

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