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    M.P.E.C. 2021-F04                                Issued 2021 March 16, 13:29 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
    
                                    2021 EQ4                                 
    
    
    Observations:
         K21E04Q* C2021 03 15.42164912 34 21.143+06 29 04.44         20.64wUEF004F51
         K21E04Q  C2021 03 15.43517812 34 16.829+06 27 26.71         20.31wUEF004F51
         K21E04Q  C2021 03 15.44874012 34 12.456+06 25 47.63         20.65wUEF004F51
         K21E04Q  C2021 03 15.46243212 34 08.022+06 24 07.60         20.59wUEF004F51
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 15.84797012 32 24.11 +05 31 34.8          20.4 GVEF004L01
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 15.85108712 32 23.05 +05 31 07.5          20.1 GVEF004L01
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 15.85348512 32 22.25 +05 30 46.6          20.4 GVEF004L01
         K21E04Q 2C2021 03 15.97308112 31 44.482+05 13 43.26         20.1 GVEF004J04
         K21E04Q 2C2021 03 15.97424812 31 44.045+05 13 31.94         20.2 GVEF004J04
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 15.99614 12 31 31.02 +05 09 26.6          20.2 GVEF004204
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 16.01245 12 31 24.73 +05 06 54.5                VEF004204
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 16.10368612 30 49.74 +04 52 32.6          20.2 GVEF004B37
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 16.10964112 30 47.30 +04 51 32.9          20.0 GVEF004B37
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 16.11561912 30 44.98 +04 50 34.5          20.0 GVEF004B37
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 16.22069612 30 18.75 +04 33 14.2          20.2 VqEF004858
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 16.22625112 30 16.44 +04 32 17.4          20.1 VqEF004858
         K21E04Q KC2021 03 16.23180412 30 14.13 +04 31 20.4          20.0 VqEF004858
    
    Observer details:
    204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.84-m f/3.5 reflector +
        CCD.
    858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.51-m Schmidt-
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    B37 Obs. de L Ametlla del Valles, Barcelona.  Observer A. Garrigos.  0.51-m
        f/4.0 reflector + CCD.
    F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, T. Lowe, A. Schultz, M.
        Willman.  Measurers K. Chambers, S. Chastel, T. de Boer, L. Denneau, J.
        Fairlamb, H. Flewelling, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, E. Magnier, Y. Ramanjooloo,
        R. Wainscoat, R. Weryk.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    J04 ESA Optical Ground Station, Tenerife.  Observer P. Ruiz.  Measurers M.
        Micheli, D. Koschny, L. Conversi, R. Kresken, A. Knofel, M. Busch, E.
        Schwab.  1.0-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
    L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observer K. Korlevic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2021 EQ4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0106 AU
    Epoch 2020 Dec. 17.0 TT = JDT 2459200.5                 Veres
    M 270.71456              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.60897728     Peri.  279.99049     +0.12729187     +0.99179392
    a   1.3784848      Node   357.23775     -0.78551495     +0.09347732
    e   0.5746869      Incl.   14.29534     -0.60560964     +0.08721702
    P   1.62           H   26.0           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    210315 F51  0.1+  0.0     210315 L01  0.1+  0.2-    210316 B37  0.3-  0.8-
    210315 F51  0.0   0.1+    210315 J04  0.2+  0.7+    210316 B37  0.8+  0.5-
    210315 F51  0.1-  0.2-    210315 J04  0.2+  0.0     210316 858  0.1-  0.1-
    210315 F51  0.0   0.1+    210315 204  0.5-  0.1-    210316 858  0.1-  0.1+
    210315 L01  0.1+  0.4+    210316 204  0.9-  0.2-    210316 858  0.0   0.3+
    210315 L01  0.1-  0.0     210316 B37  0.5+  0.5+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2021 EQ4                 a,e,i = 1.38, 0.57, 14                  q = 0.5863
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2021 02 14    12 40 57.1 +14 19 43   0.4138  1.3262   138.5    29.6    26.0
    ...
    2021 03 01    12 47 10.3 +13 34 22   0.2234  1.1895   150.0    24.6    24.3
    ...
    2021 03 09    12 45 44.9 +12 00 32   0.1286  1.1122   156.9    20.5    22.8
    ...
    2021 03 15    12 35 58.1 +07 16 37   0.06007 1.0526   165.0    14.2    20.8
    2021 03 16    12 31 29.0 +05 10 55   0.04892 1.0425   167.4    12.0    20.3
    2021 03 17    12 24 23.1 +01 51 17   0.03793 1.0324   170.5     9.1    19.6
    ...
    2021 03 23    01 39 37.2 -32 26 15   0.03330 0.9712    39.7   139.0    25.3
    ...
    2021 03 31    01 05 53.3 -20 18 38   0.1234  0.8890    25.3   151.3    29.9
    ...
    2021 04 15    00 59 01.5 -15 29 49   0.3086  0.7400    26.5   142.8    30.0
    
    M. P. C. Staff               (C) Copyright 2021 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2021-F04
    


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