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    M.P.E.C. 2020-S134                           Issued 2020 September 21, 10:51 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 QX7                                 
    
    
    Observations:
         K20Q07X* C2020 08 28.40984 02 39 17.60 +33 40 20.0          20.7 GVES134G96
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 28.41503 02 39 23.91 +33 39 39.7          20.9 GVES134G96
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 28.42023 02 39 30.20 +33 38 58.7          20.6 GVES134G96
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 28.42542 02 39 36.61 +33 38 17.4          20.5 GVES134G96
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 28.47761 02 40 40.17 +33 31 18.9          20.7 GVES134I52
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 28.48057 02 40 43.64 +33 30 55.3          20.2 GVES134I52
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 28.48206 02 40 45.43 +33 30 42.0          21.1 GVES134I52
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 29.38066 02 59 56.69 +31 20 41.6          21.5 GVES134G96
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 29.38159 02 59 57.81 +31 20 32.6                VES134G96
         K20Q07X  C2020 08 29.38252 02 59 58.93 +31 20 25.2          21.1 GVES134G96
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer D. Rankin.  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 D. C. Fuls.  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 QX7                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0066 AU
    Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Veres
    M 271.54811              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.68674665     Peri.  218.62068     +0.92893056     -0.36609213
    a   1.2723454      Node   162.60563     +0.36870112     +0.90095737
    e   0.2353362      Incl.   10.67154     +0.03387486     +0.23292137
    P   1.44           H   24.9           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    200828 G96  0.4+  0.3-    200828 I52  1.2+  0.1+    200829 G96  0.0   0.5-
    200828 G96  0.0   0.2+    200828 I52  0.4-  0.5+    200829 G96  0.0   0.3+
    200828 G96  0.8-  0.2+    200828 I52  0.6-  0.6-
    200828 G96  0.2+  0.1-    200829 G96  0.0   0.2+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2020 QX7                 a,e,i = 1.27, 0.24, 11                  q = 0.9729
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2020 08 22    00 30 36.6 +41 17 08   0.06629 1.0434   117.2    59.6    21.2
    ...
    2020 09 06    05 08 50.3 +08 59 20   0.05805 1.0063    86.7    90.0    21.9
    ...
    2020 09 14    06 20 24.4 -06 55 33   0.08168 0.9915    77.5    97.9    23.0
    ...
    2020 09 20    06 51 34.9 -13 19 54   0.1038  0.9830    75.2    98.9    23.5
    2020 09 21    06 55 44.0 -14 07 17   0.1076  0.9818    75.1    98.8    23.6
    2020 09 22    06 59 39.7 -14 51 06   0.1114  0.9807    74.9    98.8    23.7
    ...
    2020 09 28    07 19 40.2 -18 15 47   0.1347  0.9755    74.9    97.5    24.0
    ...
    2020 10 06    07 40 19.7 -21 09 54   0.1653  0.9727    75.9    94.7    24.3
    ...
    2020 10 21    08 09 55.0 -24 19 04   0.2169  0.9798    79.6    87.8    24.6
    
    M. P. C. Staff               (C) Copyright 2020 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2020-S134
    


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