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    M.P.E.C. 2020-D149                            Issued 2020 February 29, 19:12 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                    2020 DR4                                 
    
    
    Observations:
         K20D04R* C2020 02 27.12578 08 10 38.41 +06 20 15.8          19.5 GVED149G96
         K20D04R  C2020 02 27.13132 08 10 27.99 +06 19 48.9          19.6 GVED149G96
         K20D04R  C2020 02 27.14244 08 10 07.05 +06 18 53.6          19.3 GVED149G96
         K20D04R  C2020 02 27.28754 08 05 57.16 +06 07 09.2          19.6 GVED149I52
         K20D04R  C2020 02 27.28778 08 05 56.77 +06 07 08.7          19.9 GVED149I52
         K20D04R  C2020 02 27.28803 08 05 56.41 +06 07 06.7          20.1 GVED149I52
         K20D04R  C2020 02 27.28827 08 05 56.01 +06 07 05.8          19.5 GVED149I52
         K20D04R KC2020 02 28.85588307 53 54.239+05 12 36.72         21.2 GVED149J04
         K20D04R KC2020 02 28.86604307 53 49.243+05 12 28.13         21.8 GVED149J04
         K20D04R KC2020 02 28.87619407 53 44.320+05 12 19.28         21.4 GVED149J04
         K20D04R |C2020 02 29.01933 07 53 13.18 +05 21 10.6          21.6 GVED149807
         K20D04R |C2020 02 29.02765 07 53 09.43 +05 21 02.1          21.7 GVED149807
         K20D04R |C2020 02 29.03616 07 53 05.59 +05 20 52.7          21.7 GVED149807
    
    Observer details:
    807 Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes.  
        1.00-m f/10.0 astrograph + 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.
    J04 ESA Optical Ground Station, Tenerife.  Observer P. Ruiz.  Measurers M. 
       Micheli, D. Koschny, L. Conversi, M. Busch, A. Knofel, E. Schwab.  1.0-m 
       f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2020 DR4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
    Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Veres
    M 253.13920              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.33828682     Peri.   32.18258     +0.98767075     -0.15359298
    a   0.8155237      Node   336.59598     +0.12257912     +0.87901603
    e   0.2926216      Incl.    4.36911     +0.09736962     +0.45137568
    P   0.74           H   29.7           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    200227 G96  0.2-  0.3-    200227 I52  0.1+  0.2-    200229 807  0.1-  0.1+
    200227 G96  0.4+  0.2+    200227 I52  0.5-  0.0     200229 807  0.2-  0.1+
    200227 G96  0.1-  0.2-    200228 J04  0.6+  0.2-    200229 807  0.0   0.5-
    200227 I52  0.3+  0.1-    200228 J04  0.5-  0.1+
    200227 I52  0.1-  0.6+    200228 J04  0.1+  0.3+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2020 DR4                 a,e,i = 0.82, 0.29, 4                   q = 0.5769
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2020 01 30    20 25 21.3 -07 50 38   0.1128  0.8747    11.4   167.2
    ...
    2020 02 14    20 16 58.2 -07 00 45   0.04731 0.9440    23.0   155.8    32.7
    ...
    2020 02 22    20 08 30.2 -06 26 40   0.01537 0.9760    32.3   147.2    28.5
    ...
    2020 02 28    07 58 18.4 +05 40 03   0.0086170.9969   139.6    40.1    21.0
    2020 02 29    07 53 01.0 +05 14 54   0.01258 0.9999   137.3    42.2    21.8
    2020 03 01    07 50 21.7 +05 01 49   0.01654 1.0027   135.7    43.6    22.5
    ...
    2020 03 07    07 46 44.6 +04 37 58   0.04030 1.0183   129.2    49.0    24.6
    ...
    2020 03 15    07 48 46.9 +04 31 52   0.07202 1.0347   122.2    54.4    26.0
    ...
    2020 03 30    07 59 00.4 +04 25 59   0.1310  1.0520   110.6    62.7    27.6
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2020 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2020-D149
    


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