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    M.P.E.C. 2020-B224                             Issued 2020 January 28, 04:37 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
    
                                    2012 RK15                                
    
    
                                Revision to MPEC 2012-S8                            
    
    Additional Observations:
         K12R15K  C2020 01 25.61309014 01 54.561+08 02 19.70         18.47GVEB224F52
         K12R15K  C2020 01 25.63854013 59 45.897+08 09 18.20         17.51GVEB224F52
         K12R15K  C2020 01 25.65132213 58 41.543+08 12 45.79         19.24GVEB224F52
         K12R15K  C2020 01 26.61679212 52 39.84 +11 26 46.9          17.88cVEB224T05
         K12R15K  C2020 01 26.62654812 52 05.71 +11 28 09.7          17.91cVEB224T05
         K12R15K  C2020 01 26.63678612 51 30.06 +11 29 35.8          18.02cVEB224T05
         K12R15K *C2020 01 27.27650 12 20 10.47 +12 40 37.2          17.4 GVEB224G40
         K12R15K *C2020 01 27.28233 12 19 55.05 +12 41 06.5          17.5 GVEB224G40
         K12R15K *C2020 01 27.28756 12 19 41.28 +12 41 33.3          17.6 GVEB224G40
         K12R15K  C2020 01 27.51930512 10 34.96 +13 00 52.6          17.87cVEB224T05
         K12R15K  C2020 01 27.52494512 10 21.44 +13 01 18.1          18.19cVEB224T05
         K12R15K  C2020 01 27.52779812 10 14.48 +13 01 32.0          18.25cVEB224T05
         K12R15K  C2020 01 27.53992512 09 45.41 +13 02 26.4          17.70cVEB224T05
         K12R15K KC2020 01 27.90387 11 56 57.65 +13 24 13.3          18.4 GVEB224K96
         K12R15K KC2020 01 27.90560 11 56 54.21 +13 24 20.1          18.3 GVEB224K96
         K12R15K KC2020 01 27.90836 11 56 48.75 +13 24 29.9          18.0 GVEB224K96
    
    Observer details:
    F52 Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, K. Chambers, T. Dukes, T. 
       Lowe, A. Schultz, M. Willman.  Measurers S. Chastel, M. Huber, Y. 
       Ramanjooloo, R. Wainscoat, R. Weryk.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    G40 Slooh.com Canary Islands Observatory.  Observer M. Suzuki.  0.43-m f/6.8 
       Corrected Dall-Kirkham + CCD.
    K96 Savelli Observatory.  Observers A. Brosio, A. De Pieri.  0.5-m f/8.0 
       Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    T05 ATLAS-HKO, Haleakala.  Observers L. Denneau, J. Tonry, A. Heinze, H. 
       Weiland, H. Flewelling.  Measurers L. Denneau, J. Tonry, A. Heinze, H. 
       Weiland, H. Flewelling, B. Stalder, A. Fitzsimmons, J. Robinson, N. Erasmus. 
        0.5-m reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or zero decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    200125 F52  144-    3-    200127 K96  142-   18-    MPO240066   +2.53 days
    
    Orbital elements:
    2012 RK15                                                Earth MOID = 0.0043 AU
    Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Bell
    M  46.39459              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.27901890     Peri.   29.06066     +0.44929009     -0.89337645
    a   2.3194248      Node    34.24166     +0.81824611     +0.40964844
    e   0.6661978      Incl.    0.41901     +0.35862477     +0.18457160
    P   3.53           H   23.5           G   0.15           U   0
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    120914 703  0.3-  0.3+    120916 G48  0.8-  0.1+    120919 807  0.2+  0.1+
    120914 703  0.4-  1.1+    120916 G48  1.3-  0.1-    120919 807  0.0   0.0
    120914 703  0.1-  0.5+    120916 H21  0.3-  0.2+    120919 807  0.1+  0.0
    120914 703  0.3-  0.7+    120916 651  0.1+  0.7+    120919 807  0.0   0.1-
    120914 703  0.1+  0.3-    120916 651  0.1-  0.2-    120920 704  1.6+  0.6+
    120914 703  0.8+  0.4+    120916 651  1.2+  0.8+    120920 704  0.4+  0.2-
    120914 703  0.1+  0.6-    120916 474  0.9+  0.0     120920 704  0.2+  0.2-
    120914 703  0.2+  0.1-    120916 474  0.0   0.3+    120920 704  1.7+  0.2-
    120914 204  0.2-  1.2+    120916 474  0.5-  0.1-    120921 807  0.0   0.1+
    120914 J95  0.5-  0.2-    120916 474  1.0+  0.6+    120921 807  0.2-  0.2-
    120914 204  0.2-  0.1-    120916 474  1.1-  0.4-    120921 807  0.3-  0.2-
    120914 J95  0.2-  0.4-    120916 D90  0.0   0.0     120921 807  0.4-  0.4-
    120914 J95  0.4+  0.3-    120916 D90  0.2-  0.0     120921 807  0.4-  0.3-
    120914 J04  0.0   0.3+    120916 D90  0.0   0.1-    200125 F52  0.1-  0.0
    120914 J04  0.1+  0.3+    120917 807  0.0   0.1-    200125 F52  0.1+  0.0
    120914 J04  0.1-  0.2+    120917 807  0.1-  0.1-    200125 F52  0.5-  0.1+
    120915 470  0.1+  0.4-    120917 807  0.1+  0.0     200126 T05  0.5+  0.0
    120915 470  0.6-  0.0     120917 807  0.2+  0.0     200126 T05  0.5+  0.1-
    120915 470  0.2+  0.3+    120917 807  0.2+  0.0     200126 T05  0.7+  0.0
    120915 470  0.3+  0.3+    120918 474  0.0   0.1+    200127 G40  0.9-  0.4+
    120915 I93  0.0   0.4+    120918 474  0.0   0.2+    200127 G40  0.5-  0.3-
    120915 I93  0.0   0.3+    120918 474  0.4+  0.1+    200127 G40  0.2+  0.3-
    120915 I93  0.3-  0.0     120918 474  0.3-  0.2+    200127 T05  0.2-  0.2+
    120915 807  0.1-  0.0     120919 H21  0.3+  0.1-    200127 T05  0.8+  0.2-
    120915 807  0.1+  0.0     120919 H21  0.1+  0.1-    200127 T05  0.6-  0.6+
    120915 807  0.0   0.1-    120919 H21  0.2-  0.5-    200127 T05  0.0   0.0
    120916 H21  0.1-  0.5+    120919 474  0.4-  0.1+    200127 K96  0.7-  0.3-
    120916 G48  0.8-  0.0     120919 474  0.1+  0.0     200127 K96  0.2-  0.1+
    120916 H21  0.2+  0.1+    120919 474  0.9-  0.2-    200127 K96  0.9+  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2012 RK15                a,e,i = 2.32, 0.67, 0                   q = 0.7742
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2019 12 29    21 04 21.9 -15 39 16   0.2504  0.7986    37.3   131.8    25.9
    ...
    2020 01 13    20 48 45.3 -14 16 34   0.1055  0.8844    19.0   158.8    28.9
    ...
    2020 01 21    19 22 12.6 -11 17 14   0.03738 0.9478    14.3   165.1    29.4
    ...
    2020 01 27    12 32 48.5 +12 14 57   0.02933 1.0006   122.4    56.1    17.9
    2020 01 28    11 53 40.4 +13 31 44   0.03625 1.0098   133.0    45.5    18.1
    2020 01 29    11 27 16.4 +14 10 33   0.04386 1.0190   140.4    38.1    18.3
    ...
    2020 02 04    10 24 21.1 +15 00 02   0.09461 1.0757   161.4    17.0    19.4
    ...
    2020 02 12    10 00 57.4 +15 03 46   0.1678  1.1541   174.6     4.6    20.3
    ...
    2020 02 27    09 47 24.0 +14 54 05   0.3214  1.3047   166.4    10.3    22.3
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2020 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2020-B224
    


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