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    M.P.E.C. 2020-T79                              Issued 2020 October 11, 14:18 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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                                2020 TK2                                 


Observations:
     K20T02K  C2020 10 08.26311121 18 57.288-21 40 21.57         20.52GVET079F51
     K20T02K  C2020 10 08.27500221 19 06.184-21 36 59.55         20.40GVET079F51
     K20T02K  C2020 10 08.28689021 19 15.075-21 33 36.36         19.94GVET079F51
     K20T02K* C2020 10 10.16341921 41 56.82 -13 24 55.0          21.32GVET079G96
     K20T02K  C2020 10 10.16855321 41 59.71 -13 23 41.7          20.77GVET079G96
     K20T02K  C2020 10 10.17368821 42 02.58 -13 22 29.0          20.02GVET079G96
     K20T02K  C2020 10 10.17882621 42 05.44 -13 21 16.2          20.28GVET079G96
     K20T02K  C2020 10 10.24113021 42 49.115-13 06 04.19         20.67GVET079F51
     K20T02K  C2020 10 10.26132821 43 00.203-13 01 20.77         21.31GVET079F51
     K20T02K  C2020 10 10.26455021 43 01.975-13 00 35.96         20.34GVET079F51
     K20T02K KC2020 10 10.27115621 42 57.52 -12 59 24.4          19.91GVET079I52
     K20T02K KC2020 10 10.27288121 42 58.48 -12 59 00.2          19.85GVET079I52
     K20T02K  C2020 10 10.27301721 43 06.572-12 58 37.74         19.96GVET079F51
     K20T02K  C2020 10 10.27624421 43 08.377-12 57 51.54         20.77GVET079F51
     K20T02K KC2020 10 11.12864921 51 28.31 -09 48 10.1          20.20GVET079I52
     K20T02K KC2020 10 11.13012421 51 29.05 -09 47 51.2          19.99GVET079I52

Observer details:
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, K. Chambers, T. Lowe, A.
    Schultz, M. Willman.  Measurers S. Chastel, M. Huber, Y. Ramanjooloo, R.
    Wainscoat, R. Weryk.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + 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 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.  1.0-m reflector +
    CCD.

Orbital elements:
2020 TK2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0151 AU
Epoch 2020 Dec. 17.0 TT = JDT 2459200.5                 Veres
M 123.41231              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.87598119     Peri.  275.09362     +0.33762740     +0.94061309
a   1.0817814      Node    14.78859     -0.79926173     +0.30636114
e   0.1877141      Incl.    7.97692     -0.49718048     +0.14625277
P   1.13           H   25.4           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
201008 F51  0.0   0.2+    201010 G96  0.4-  0.5-    201010 F51  0.3-  0.5-
201008 F51  0.1-  0.3-    201010 F51  0.1-  0.1+    201010 F51  0.4+  0.4+
201008 F51  0.1+  0.2+    201010 F51  0.1-  0.3+    201011 I52  0.1-  0.1-
201010 G96  0.0   0.3-    201010 F51  0.1+  0.0     201011 I52  0.2+  0.0
201010 G96  0.1+  0.0     201010 I52  0.3+  0.0
201010 G96  0.1-  0.3-    201010 I52  0.0   0.3-

Ephemeris:
2020 TK2                 a,e,i = 1.08, 0.19, 8                   q = 0.8787
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
2020 09 11    12 44 23.5 -43 41 22   0.1140  0.9410    52.1   122.4    25.6
...
2020 09 26    15 17 56.1 -57 41 47   0.05378 0.9832    67.4   109.7    23.2
...
2020 10 04    19 53 09.3 -43 27 09   0.03797 1.0076   100.0    77.8    21.0
...
2020 10 10    21 40 12.4 -14 01 52   0.04636 1.0264   125.8    52.1    20.7
2020 10 11    21 50 14.1 -10 13 52   0.04920 1.0296   128.3    49.5    20.8
2020 10 12    21 59 00.0 -06 50 35   0.05233 1.0327   130.4    47.4    20.9
...
2020 10 18    22 34 56.1 +06 49 02   0.07496 1.0517   136.2    41.0    21.5
...
2020 10 26    23 02 14.1 +15 23 57   0.1107  1.0768   136.3    39.6    22.4
...
2020 11 10    23 35 25.1 +21 48 07   0.1863  1.1224   131.5    41.4    23.6

M. P. C. Staff               (C) Copyright 2020 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2020-T79

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