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    M.P.E.C. 2019-A77                                Issued 2019 Jan. 6, 02:53 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

                                   2019 AF3

Observations:
     K19A03F* C2019 01 04.23076 08 05 46.06 +55 49 07.1          21.2 GVEA077703
     K19A03F  C2019 01 04.23619 08 05 45.87 +55 48 47.7          20.8 GVEA077703
     K19A03F  C2019 01 04.24704 08 05 45.42 +55 48 09.6          20.6 GVEA077703
     K19A03F  C2019 01 04.36952 08 05 39.36 +55 40 42.1          19.9 GVEA077703
     K19A03F  C2019 01 04.37126 08 05 39.19 +55 40 34.9                VEA077703
     K19A03F  C2019 01 04.37523 08 05 38.92 +55 40 20.5                VEA077703
     K19A03F  C2019 01 05.23213 08 05 33.54 +54 45 01.4          20.4 GVEA077I52
     K19A03F  C2019 01 05.23390 08 05 33.48 +54 44 54.8          20.2 GVEA077I52
     K19A03F  C2019 01 05.23744 08 05 33.30 +54 44 41.4          20.0 GVEA077I52
     K19A03F KC2019 01 05.31720108 05 26.71 +54 39 29.3          20.3 VuEA077H21
     K19A03F KC2019 01 05.32330708 05 26.39 +54 39 04.9          20.4 VuEA077H21
     K19A03F KC2019 01 05.33300308 05 25.91 +54 38 25.8          20.4 VuEA077H21
     K19A03F KC2019 01 05.93328208 05 20.54 +53 57 53.0          20.2 GVEA077L01
     K19A03F KC2019 01 05.93500608 05 20.45 +53 57 45.9          20.2 GVEA077L01
     K19A03F KC2019 01 05.93672608 05 20.34 +53 57 39.3          20.2 GVEA077L01
     K19A03F pC2019 01 05.94016708 05 20.20 +53 57 25.4          20.3 GVEA077L01
     K19A03F KC2019 01 05.94232408 05 20.11 +53 57 16.5          20.2 GVEA077L01

Observer details:
703 Catalina Sky 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, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. L. Seaman,
    F. C. Shelly.  0.68-m Schmidt + 10K 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:
2019 AF3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1046 AU
Epoch 2019 Apr. 27.0 TT = JDT 2458600.5                 MPC
M  57.34941              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58037861     Peri.  172.66827     -0.45797695     -0.87474338
a   1.4234049      Node   304.46217     +0.80554810     -0.33301931
e   0.2360888      Incl.   11.07422     +0.37596458     -0.35202579
P   1.70           H   23.5           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
190104 703  0.1-  0.5-    190105 I52  0.4-  0.0     190105 L01  0.2+  0.1+
190104 703  0.1+  0.7-    190105 I52  0.2-  0.0     190105 L01  0.1+  0.1-
190104 703  0.2+  0.4-    190105 I52  0.4-  0.1-    190105 L01  0.1-  0.2+
190104 703  0.7+  0.8+    190105 H21  0.1-  0.2-    190105 L01  0.1+  0.1+
190104 703  0.0   0.2+    190105 H21  0.1-  0.1-    190105 L01  0.3+  0.2-
190104 703  0.5-  0.9+    190105 H21  0.1+  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2019 AF3                 a,e,i = 1.42, 0.24, 11                  q = 1.0874
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2018 12 07    07 27 15.5 +68 26 58   0.2222  1.1369   128.4    42.7    22.2
...
2018 12 22    07 59 25.5 +65 09 22   0.1700  1.1085   134.0    39.7    21.4
...
2018 12 30    08 05 27.2 +60 29 00   0.1454  1.0980   139.5    35.6    21.0
...
2019 01 05    08 05 32.1 +55 00 03   0.1293  1.0923   145.5    30.6    20.6
2019 01 06    08 05 16.9 +53 53 16   0.1269  1.0916   146.7    29.6    20.5
2019 01 07    08 04 58.3 +52 42 48   0.1246  1.0909   148.0    28.6    20.4
...
2019 01 13    08 02 20.9 +44 20 29   0.1129  1.0881   156.6    21.0    20.0
...
2019 01 21    07 58 33.2 +30 04 27   0.1051  1.0875   169.6     9.4    19.4
...
2019 02 05    07 55 58.0 +02 57 52   0.1192  1.0966   157.1    20.5    20.1

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2019 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2019-A77

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