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    M.P.E.C. 2020-A104                              Issued 2020 January 9, 15:37 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
    
                                    2020 AZ2                                 
    
    
    Observations:
         K20A02Z* C2020 01 06.32446 09 56 18.70 +11 08 03.6          20.3 GVEA104G96
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.32965 09 56 19.37 +11 07 57.9          20.3 GVEA104G96
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.33484 09 56 20.04 +11 07 52.0          20.4 GVEA104G96
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.34005 09 56 20.67 +11 07 46.2          20.4 GVEA104G96
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.39102009 56 26.91 +11 06 47.6          20.1 GVEA104H01
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.39776409 56 27.75 +11 06 39.9          20.1 GVEA104H01
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.40636609 56 28.81 +11 06 30.1          20.0 GVEA104H01
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.41460909 56 29.83 +11 06 20.6          20.0 GVEA104H01
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.44219 09 56 33.33 +11 05 50.0          20.6 GVEA104I52
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.44406 09 56 33.57 +11 05 47.5          20.1 GVEA104I52
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.44562 09 56 33.76 +11 05 45.8          20.3 GVEA104I52
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 06.44638 09 56 33.87 +11 05 45.2          20.1 GVEA104I52
         K20A02Z pC2020 01 06.87425609 57 32.17 +10 57 24.9          20.8 VSEA104L01
         K20A02Z pC2020 01 06.88209509 57 33.19 +10 57 16.0          20.9 VSEA104L01
         K20A02Z pC2020 01 06.88606809 57 33.72 +10 57 10.8          20.7 VSEA104L01
         K20A02Z pC2020 01 06.89658109 57 35.08 +10 56 58.8          20.6 VSEA104L01
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 07.33534 09 58 33.08 +10 48 38.6          20.5 GVEA104I52
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 07.33610 09 58 33.22 +10 48 37.2          20.1 GVEA104I52
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 07.33797 09 58 33.39 +10 48 34.8          20.6 GVEA104I52
         K20A02Z KC2020 01 08.04456 10 00 06.78 +10 34 46.5                VEA104204
         K20A02Z KC2020 01 08.06750 10 00 09.65 +10 34 19.5          20.3 GVEA104204
         K20A02Z KC2020 01 08.37724 10 00 51.01 +10 28 22.1          20.6 RoEA104691
         K20A02Z KC2020 01 08.38919 10 00 52.45 +10 28 07.7          20.3 RoEA104691
         K20A02Z KC2020 01 08.40113 10 00 53.95 +10 27 54.2          20.3 RoEA104691
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 09.40869 10 03 07.21 +10 08 01.4          20.3 VoEA104691
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 09.41386 10 03 07.82 +10 07 55.1          20.4 VoEA104691
         K20A02Z  C2020 01 09.41903 10 03 08.43 +10 07 49.2          20.4 VoEA104691
    
    Observer details:
    204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.84-m f/3.5 reflector + CCD.
    691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak-Spacewatch.  Observers T. H. Bressi, M. T. 
       Read, A. F. Tubbiolo, R. S. McMillan.  Measurers T. H. Bressi, M. T. Read, 
       A. F. Tubbiolo.  0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer H. Groeller.  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.
    H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.  
        Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 Ritchey-Chretien + 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.
    L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observer K. Korlevic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector + 
       CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2020 AZ2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1942 AU
    Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Bell
    M  38.26542              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.37042569     Peri.  227.96211     -0.88508013     -0.46437555
    a   1.9201507      Node   284.34596     +0.43604610     -0.80366864
    e   0.3845650      Incl.    1.85972     +0.16277884     -0.37211834
    P   2.66           H   21.2           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    200106 G96  0.1-  0.1-    200106 I52  0.0   0.0     200107 I52  0.4-  0.5-
    200106 G96  0.1+  0.0     200106 I52  0.0   0.1+    200108 204  0.1-  0.0
    200106 G96  0.4+  0.0     200106 I52  0.2+  0.4+    200108 204  0.0   0.3-
    200106 G96  0.1+  0.1+    200106 L01  0.1-  0.2+    200108 691  0.2+  0.3+
    200106 H01  0.0   0.0     200106 L01  0.2-  0.2+    200108 691  0.2-  0.1-
    200106 H01  0.1+  0.0     200106 L01  0.0   0.5-    200108 691  0.2+  0.3+
    200106 H01  0.0   0.0     200106 L01  0.2-  0.6-    200109 691  0.3+  0.1+
    200106 H01  0.0   0.0     200107 I52  0.2-  0.3+    200109 691  0.0   0.1-
    200106 I52  0.1-  0.4+    200107 I52  0.5+  0.3-    200109 691  0.3-  0.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2020 AZ2                 a,e,i = 1.92, 0.38, 2                   q = 1.1817
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2019 12 10    08 54 08.5 +18 16 39   0.5130  1.3542   126.5    35.8    21.9
    ...
    2019 12 25    09 28 35.9 +14 44 18   0.4048  1.2932   132.8    33.9    21.2
    ...
    2020 01 02    09 46 39.1 +12 28 26   0.3569  1.2648   136.1    32.6    20.8
    ...
    2020 01 08    10 00 00.4 +10 35 55   0.3255  1.2458   138.5    31.6    20.6
    2020 01 09    10 02 12.8 +10 16 18   0.3207  1.2428   138.9    31.4    20.5
    2020 01 10    10 04 25.0 +09 56 26   0.3159  1.2399   139.3    31.2    20.5
    ...
    2020 01 16    10 17 28.4 +07 52 28   0.2896  1.2238   141.6    30.0    20.2
    ...
    2020 01 24    10 34 16.3 +04 56 55   0.2603  1.2060   144.7    28.2    19.9
    ...
    2020 02 08    11 02 52.7 -00 40 57   0.2228  1.1855   150.7    24.1    19.4
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2020 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2020-A104
    


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