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    M.P.E.C. 2020-D124                            Issued 2020 February 28, 04:47 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
    
                                    2020 DT3                                 
    
    
    Observations:
         K20D03T* C2020 02 17.28514 10 17 30.04 -00 12 19.1          20.4 GVED124G96
         K20D03T  C2020 02 17.29078 10 17 29.71 -00 12 20.3          20.5 GVED124G96
         K20D03T  C2020 02 17.29642 10 17 29.37 -00 12 21.3          20.4 GVED124G96
         K20D03T  C2020 02 17.30206 10 17 29.03 -00 12 22.8          20.2 GVED124G96
         K20D03T  C2020 02 27.25696 10 05 46.36 -00 35 16.0          19.9 GVED124G96
         K20D03T  C2020 02 27.26207 10 05 45.84 -00 35 16.4          20.0 GVED124G96
         K20D03T  C2020 02 27.26720 10 05 45.33 -00 35 16.7          20.1 GVED124G96
         K20D03T KC2020 02 27.30571 10 05 41.24 -00 35 18.6                oED124711
         K20D03T KC2020 02 27.30840 10 05 40.96 -00 35 18.8                oED124711
         K20D03T KC2020 02 27.31108 10 05 40.69 -00 35 18.9                oED124711
         K20D03T  C2020 02 27.44214 10 05 27.70 -00 35 28.6          19.7 GVED124I52
         K20D03T  C2020 02 27.44445 10 05 27.45 -00 35 29.3          19.2 GVED124I52
         K20D03T  C2020 02 27.45043 10 05 26.90 -00 35 29.3          19.1 GVED124I52
         K20D03T KC2020 02 28.09073810 04 27.95 -00 36 15.1          20.3 GVED124C95
         K20D03T KC2020 02 28.11580410 04 25.56 -00 36 16.1          18.5 GVED124C95
         K20D03T  C2020 02 28.15702 10 04 24.18 -00 36 12.9          19.6 GVED124I52
         K20D03T  C2020 02 28.15941 10 04 23.97 -00 36 14.2          19.6 GVED124I52
         K20D03T  C2020 02 28.16134 10 04 23.75 -00 36 13.4          19.8 GVED124I52
         K20D03T  C2020 02 28.16326 10 04 23.57 -00 36 13.6          19.6 GVED124I52
    
    Observer details:
    711 McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis.  Observer J. G. Ries.  2.1-m reflector + 
       CCD + focal reducer.
    C95 SATINO Remote Observatory, Haute Provence.  Observer J. Jahn.  0.60-m f/3.2 
       Newtonian reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer T. A. Pruyne.  Measurers 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, T. A. Pruyne, D. Rankin, R. L. Seaman,
        F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos.  1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
    I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer G. J. Leonard.  
        Measurers 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, T. A. 
       Pruyne, D. Rankin, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos.  1.0-m 
       reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2020 DT3                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0179 AU
    Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Bell
    M   7.60062              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.29103783     Peri.   28.01334     -0.56734809     +0.82305681
    a   2.2551205      Node   207.44576     -0.76580050     -0.53909912
    e   0.6095288      Incl.    3.27573     -0.30276349     -0.17874459
    P   3.39           H   21.5           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    200217 G96  0.2-  0.1+    200227 711  0.5+  0.0     200228 C95  1.2+  0.0
    200217 G96  0.0   0.0     200227 711  0.4+  0.0     200228 I52  0.3-  0.5+
    200217 G96  0.0   0.1+    200227 711  0.5+  0.1+    200228 I52  0.2+  0.6-
    200217 G96  0.1+  0.2-    200227 I52  0.3-  0.1+    200228 I52  0.2-  0.3+
    200227 G96  0.2-  0.0     200227 I52  0.6-  0.4-    200228 I52  0.1+  0.2+
    200227 G96  0.2-  0.0     200227 I52  0.1-  0.0
    200227 G96  0.1-  0.1+    200228 C95  0.8-  0.4-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2020 DT3                 a,e,i = 2.26, 0.61, 3                   q = 0.8806
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2020 01 29    10 25 24.9 +01 22 50   0.5874  1.5211   149.7    19.1    22.2
    ...
    2020 02 13    10 20 44.6 +00 04 00   0.4143  1.3893   163.5    11.6    21.0
    ...
    2020 02 21    10 13 51.1 -00 23 10   0.3352  1.3191   168.7     8.5    20.3
    ...
    2020 02 27    10 06 09.1 -00 34 40   0.2817  1.2669   167.9     9.4    19.9
    2020 02 28    10 04 37.7 -00 35 47   0.2732  1.2583   167.3    10.0    19.8
    2020 02 29    10 03 01.8 -00 36 39   0.2648  1.2497   166.5    10.6    19.8
    ...
    2020 03 06    09 51 39.9 -00 36 33   0.2172  1.1987   160.2    16.3    19.5
    ...
    2020 03 14    09 29 52.9 -00 20 25   0.1595  1.1329   148.2    27.5    19.0
    ...
    2020 03 29    07 41 46.6 +01 52 55   0.06756 1.0208   107.5    68.9    18.1
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2020 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2020-D124
    


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