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    M.P.E.C. 2021-H23                                Issued 2021 April 17, 01:52 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
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                                     2021 HC                                 
    
    
    Observations:
         K21H00C* C2021 04 16.19601 13 07 22.41 +15 51 06.3          19.9 GVEH023U68
         K21H00C  C2021 04 16.19989 13 07 23.81 +15 49 19.1          19.9 GVEH023U68
         K21H00C  C2021 04 16.22667 13 07 33.51 +15 36 47.3          19.9 GVEH023U68
         K21H00C  C2021 04 16.23054 13 07 34.83 +15 35 00.4          19.9 GVEH023U68
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.89079213 12 03.29 +10 30 16.1          19.4 GVEH023J95
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.89348713 12 04.23 +10 29 03.6          19.6 GVEH023J95
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.89621413 12 05.12 +10 27 49.9          19.5 GVEH023J95
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.90136613 12 06.89 +10 25 32.2          19.8 GVEH023J95
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.92725713 12 13.93 +10 14 21.8          19.5 GVEH023K63
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.93199213 12 15.47 +10 12 13.9          20.3 GVEH023K63
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.93680013 12 16.94 +10 10 04.5          19.6 GVEH023K63
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.94716513 12 21.87 +10 04 56.8          20.2 GVEH023Z99
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.95125013 12 23.19 +10 03 07.1          20.1 GVEH023Z99
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.95533613 12 24.56 +10 01 18.1          19.9 GVEH023Z99
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.98306913 12 31.20 +09 49 18.7          19.7 GVEH023L01
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.98425913 12 31.60 +09 48 46.8          19.8 GVEH023L01
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.98545013 12 31.97 +09 48 14.5          19.9 GVEH023L01
         K21H00C KC2021 04 16.98813113 12 32.83 +09 47 02.8          20.0 GVEH023L01
    
    Observer details:
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.41-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    K63 G. Pascoli Observatory, Castelvecchio Pascoli.  Observer R. Bacci.  0.41-m
        f/3.2 Newtonian reflector + CCD.
    L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observers K. Korlevic, M. Himelreich.  1.0-m
        f/2.9 reflector + CCD.
    U68 JPL SynTrack Robotic Telescope, Auberry.  Observers N. Saini, C. Zhai, R.
        Trahan, M. Zhan, M. Shao.  0.28-m f/2.2 Schmidt + CCD.
    Z99 Clixby Observatory, Cleethorpes.  Observer A. Mickleburgh.  0.36-m f/8
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2021 HC                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0344 AU
    Epoch 2020 Dec. 17.0 TT = JDT 2459200.5                 Veres                   
    M 321.63956              (2000.0)            P               Q                  
    n   0.41514222     Peri.  143.41374     -0.98752015     -0.12797556             
    a   1.7796644      Node    29.63220     +0.05880190     -0.84030122             
    e   0.4448715      Incl.   10.69943     +0.14610370     -0.52679799             
    P   2.37           H   26.01          G   0.15           U   8                  
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    210416 U68  0.2+  1.2-    210416 J95  0.3-  0.5-    210416 Z99  0.5-  0.2-
    210416 U68  0.1-  0.4+    210416 J95  0.1+  0.1+    210416 Z99  0.3-  0.4+
    210416 U68  0.4+  0.4-    210416 K63  0.4+  0.9+    210416 L01  0.1+  0.0
    210416 U68  0.4-  1.3+    210416 K63  0.7+  0.3+    210416 L01  0.3+  0.0
    210416 J95  0.1-  0.2-    210416 K63  0.3-  0.0     210416 L01  0.1+  0.3-
    210416 J95  0.2+  0.2-    210416 Z99  0.0   0.1+    210416 L01  0.1+  0.1-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2021 HC                  a,e,i = 1.78, 0.44, 11                  q = 0.9879
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2021 03 18    04 02 16.3 +71 58 41   0.1485  0.9881    83.0    88.5    25.0
    ...
    2021 04 02    07 44 56.9 +78 03 10   0.07822 1.0003    88.4    87.2    23.5
    ...
    2021 04 10    11 55 27.5 +60 05 39   0.04574 1.0186   110.3    67.3    21.7
    ...
    2021 04 16    13 05 48.8 +17 25 46   0.03808 1.0372   151.5    27.5    20.2
    2021 04 17    13 12 40.1 +09 44 17   0.03941 1.0406   158.8    20.4    20.1
    2021 04 18    13 18 42.8 +02 39 00   0.04144 1.0442   165.3    14.2    20.0
    ...
    2021 04 24    13 43 41.1 -24 52 13   0.06352 1.0676   166.8    12.4    20.9
    ...
    2021 05 02    14 01 29.2 -38 34 12   0.1045  1.1037   155.5    22.3    22.4
    ...
    2021 05 17    14 19 32.0 -45 18 29   0.1940  1.1828   149.6    25.6    24.0
    
    M. P. C. Staff               (C) Copyright 2021 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2021-H23
    


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