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    M.P.E.C. 2020-S124                           Issued 2020 September 21, 00:26 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 SM2                                 
    
    
    Observations:
         K20S02M  C2020 09 15.31782 23 55 57.02 -07 29 13.6          21.9 GVES124G96
         K20S02M  C2020 09 15.32341 23 55 59.91 -07 28 41.8          20.9 GVES124G96
         K20S02M  C2020 09 15.32901 23 56 02.80 -07 28 11.0          21.3 GVES124G96
         K20S02M  C2020 09 15.33461 23 56 05.66 -07 27 39.6                VES124G96
         K20S02M* C2020 09 20.37443 02 01 51.39 +10 21 58.6                VES124G96
         K20S02M  C2020 09 20.38021 02 02 06.90 +10 24 19.4          20.3 GVES124G96
         K20S02M  C2020 09 20.38599 02 02 22.46 +10 26 39.7          19.8 GVES124G96
         K20S02M  C2020 09 20.39176 02 02 38.02 +10 28 58.9          19.6 GVES124G96
         K20S02M  C2020 09 20.48701 02 07 00.46 +11 07 31.7          19.7 GVES124I52
         K20S02M  C2020 09 20.48780 02 07 02.63 +11 07 50.3          19.8 GVES124I52
         K20S02M  C2020 09 20.48859 02 07 04.85 +11 08 09.7          19.6 GVES124I52
         K20S02M  C2020 09 20.48937 02 07 07.09 +11 08 28.5          19.9 GVES124I52
         K20S02M KC2020 09 20.96360002 34 48.28 +14 26 07.6          19.8 GVES124J95
         K20S02M EC2020 09 20.96895202 35 06.73 +14 28 33.2          19.0 GVES124J95
         K20S02M KC2020 09 20.97123702 35 14.63 +14 29 36.5          19.9 GVES124J95
         K20S02M KC2020 09 20.97794402 35 37.76 +14 32 37.9          18.8 GVES124J95
         K20S02M KC2020 09 20.97976 02 35 35.36 +14 34 07.7          20.1 GVES124K62
         K20S02M KC2020 09 20.98031102 35 45.93 +14 33 42.3          20.1 GVES124J95
         K20S02M KC2020 09 20.99149 02 36 15.19 +14 39 24.6          19.8 GVES124K62
         K20S02M KC2020 09 21.00126 02 36 48.46 +14 43 47.7          19.7 GVES124K62
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers D. Rankin, K. W. Wierzchos.  Measurers B.
        Gray, D. Rankin, F. C. Shelly, 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, R. L. Seaman, 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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.41-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    K62 Teplice Observatory.  Observers Z. Moravec, R. Neuvirt.  Measurer Z.
        Moravec.  0.43-m f/4.5 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2020 SM2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0012 AU
    Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Veres
    M 245.38527              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.74048483     Peri.   46.41726     +0.70456312     -0.70964120
    a   1.2100183      Node   358.78823     +0.64512465     +0.64075877
    e   0.2103905      Incl.    1.15739     +0.29564338     +0.29298048
    P   1.33           H   28.9           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    200915 G96  0.7-  0.7-    200920 G96  0.0   1.0-    200920 J95  0.1+  0.7+
    200915 G96  0.1-  0.3+    200920 I52  1.1+  0.7+    200920 J95  0.1+  0.2-
    200915 G96  0.4+  0.0     200920 I52  0.1+  0.2+    200920 K62  0.7-  1.0+
    200915 G96  0.4+  0.3+    200920 I52  0.2-  0.5+    200920 J95  0.3+  0.1-
    200920 G96  0.4-  0.1-    200920 I52  0.2+  0.4+    200920 K62  0.8-  1.4+
    200920 G96  0.6-  0.2+    200920 J95  0.1+  0.7-    200921 K62  0.2+  1.2+
    200920 G96  0.3-  0.0     200920 J95  0.2-  0.6-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2020 SM2                 a,e,i = 1.21, 0.21, 1                   q = 0.9554
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2020 08 22    22 48 01.4 -15 12 02   0.08838 1.0983   169.0    10.1    24.5
    ...
    2020 09 06    23 07 18.2 -13 36 25   0.04376 1.0514   172.6     7.1    22.7
    ...
    2020 09 14    23 43 13.9 -09 08 17   0.02277 1.0286   173.2     6.7    21.3
    ...
    2020 09 20    01 44 01.0 +08 03 01   0.0097651.0128   150.1    29.6    20.2
    2020 09 21    02 36 21.9 +14 53 05   0.0085471.0103   136.8    42.9    20.2
    2020 09 22    03 44 51.8 +22 08 15   0.0080141.0078   120.2    59.4    20.6
    ...
    2020 09 28    08 37 10.3 +27 22 43   0.01708 0.9938    60.8   118.4    24.8
    ...
    2020 10 06    09 45 18.2 +22 32 45   0.03665 0.9778    52.4   125.9    27.0
    ...
    2020 10 21    10 21 54.2 +18 47 32   0.07530 0.9574    57.7   118.5    27.9
    
    M. P. C. Staff               (C) Copyright 2020 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2020-S124
    


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