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    M.P.E.C. 2019-A173                               Issued 2019 Jan. 11, 16:08 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
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                                   2019 AM8

Observations:
     K19A08M* C2019 01 09.32950 07 54 49.73 +41 29 58.6          21.7 GVEA173G96
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.33520 07 54 46.55 +41 31 11.9          21.2 GVEA173G96
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.34118 07 54 43.10 +41 32 29.5          21.1 GVEA173G96
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.34750 07 54 39.49 +41 33 51.6          20.8 GVEA173G96
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.43047 07 53 51.98 +41 51 38.3          20.5 GVEA173V06
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.43212 07 53 51.08 +41 51 59.0          21.6 GVEA173V06
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.43294 07 53 50.72 +41 52 07.6          20.8 GVEA173V06
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.47253 07 53 28.06 +42 00 37.3          21.1 GVEA173V06
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.47499 07 53 26.68 +42 01 07.6          21.9 GVEA173V06
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.49547 07 53 15.23 +42 05 29.9          21.4 GVEA173V06
     K19A08M  C2019 01 09.49630 07 53 14.66 +42 05 42.1          19.9 GVEA173V06
     K19A08M KC2019 01 09.92992307 49 42.760+43 48 03.17         20.8 GVEA173J04
     K19A08M KC2019 01 09.93896807 49 36.754+43 50 23.31         20.8 GVEA173J04
     K19A08M KC2019 01 09.94802207 49 30.668+43 52 43.26         20.7 GVEA173J04
     K19A08M  C2019 01 11.25294 07 31 55.33 +50 14 40.3          20.9 GVEA173I52
     K19A08M  C2019 01 11.25439 07 31 53.40 +50 15 10.6          20.4 GVEA173I52
     K19A08M  C2019 01 11.25585 07 31 51.56 +50 15 40.6          20.6 GVEA173I52

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. D. Grauer.  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.
I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer B. M. Africano.
    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.
J04 ESA Optical Ground Station, Tenerife.  Observer P. Ruiz.  Measurers
    M. Micheli, D. Koschny, A. Knoefel, M. Busch, E. Schwab.  1.0-m f/4.4
    reflector + CCD.
V06 Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper.  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.  1.55-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2019 AM8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0190 AU
Epoch 2019 Apr. 27.0 TT = JDT 2458600.5                 MPC
M  32.39443              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.03588530     Peri.  143.51830     -0.65972647     +0.75051193
a   0.9673752      Node    85.16871     -0.69833905     -0.59324780
e   0.3630337      Incl.    2.22220     -0.27763927     -0.29118532
P   0.95           H   27.0           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
190109 G96  0.0   0.2-    190109 V06 (1.7+  2.0-)   190109 J04  0.0   0.0
190109 G96  0.6+  0.6-    190109 V06  0.4-  1.0+    190109 J04  0.1-  0.1-
190109 G96  0.0   0.3-    190109 V06  0.3-  0.1-    190111 I52  1.4+  0.2+
190109 G96  0.1-  0.2+    190109 V06  0.1-  0.1+    190111 I52  0.3-  0.2+
190109 V06  0.1+  0.4+    190109 V06 (1.3-  1.7+)   190111 I52  1.0-  0.3-
190109 V06  0.5+  0.1-    190109 J04  0.1-  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2019 AM8                 a,e,i = 0.97, 0.36, 2                   q = 0.6162
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2018 12 12    08 18 14.7 +20 01 57   0.2379  1.1709   137.4    34.7    25.7
...
2018 12 27    08 22 44.7 +23 37 41   0.1300  1.1001   152.2    24.6    23.9
...
2019 01 04    08 15 55.0 +29 53 56   0.07761 1.0570   160.9    17.7    22.5
...
2019 01 10    07 48 48.0 +44 05 09   0.04202 1.0223   157.3    21.7    21.2
2019 01 11    07 36 04.2 +48 49 38   0.03678 1.0163   153.0    26.0    21.0
2019 01 12    07 15 09.4 +54 52 31   0.03196 1.0103   146.7    32.3    20.9
...
2019 01 18    21 54 44.3 +39 19 13   0.02651 0.9733    66.0   112.6    23.4
...
2019 01 26    21 00 39.5 +03 05 17   0.06894 0.9215    23.1   155.2    30.6
...
2019 02 10    20 47 58.6 -08 31 37   0.1714  0.8202    12.4   165.0

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