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MPEC 2007-T123: 2007 KJ

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M.P.E.C. 2007-T123                               Issued 2007 Oct. 15, 22:40 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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                                    2007 KJ

                           Revision to MPEC 2007-K20

Additional Observations:
     K07K00J  C1996 06 17.50663 19 30 03.19 -19 42 41.2          17.4 R ET123566
     K07K00J  C1996 06 17.53122 19 30 06.82 -19 43 16.2          18.0 R ET123566
     K07K00J  C1996 06 17.55051 19 30 09.55 -19 43 43.4          18.4 R ET123566
     K07K00J  C1996 06 21.59811 19 41 48.49 -21 30 46.9          17.3 R ET123566
     K07K00J  C1996 06 21.61071 19 41 50.75 -21 31 09.0                 ET123566
     K07K00J  C1996 06 21.61634 19 41 51.78 -21 31 19.3          17.6 R ET123566
     K07K00J bC2007 10 14.35735 18 42 00.62 -41 28 47.2          19.1 R ET123474
     K07K00J bC2007 10 14.36141 18 42 02.38 -41 28 50.7          18.7 R ET123474
     K07K00J bC2007 10 14.37133 18 42 06.49 -41 28 52.6          19.0 R ET123474
     K07K00J bC2007 10 14.37468 18 42 07.81 -41 28 56.0          19.6 R ET123474

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  1.0-m f/7.7
    reflector + CCD.
566 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, P. Kervin.  Measurer R. Matson.  1.0-m f/2.2
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
960617 566 2.23- 0.03-    071014 474 36.5+  9.3-    MPO121880   -0.012 day

Orbital elements:
2007 KJ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0982 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M   6.86672              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26596435     Peri.  242.55177     +0.91187334     +0.37947958
a   2.3947146      Node    94.79349     -0.29881032     +0.87504295
e   0.5793486      Incl.    9.03381     -0.28142388     +0.30049140
P   3.71           H   18.8           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc
960617 566  0.1-  0.5+    070517 G96  0.3-  0.2+    070524 448  0.4-  0.1-
960617 566  1.2+  0.1-    070517 G96  0.2+  0.1+    070524 448  0.5-  0.3-
960617 566  0.5+  0.5-    070517 G96  0.0   0.4+    070524 448  1.4+  0.1+
960621 566  0.5-  0.6+    070518 850  0.9-  0.2+    070608 291  0.5+  1.3-
960621 566  0.5-  0.4+    070518 H55  0.2+  0.1-    070608 291  0.4+  1.3-
960621 566  0.3-  0.1-    070518 H55  0.0   0.4+    070608 291  0.8+  0.3-
070516 G96  1.2+  0.2-    070518 H55  0.1-  0.3-    070617 H55  0.2+  0.5+
070516 G96  0.2-  0.0     070518 850  0.2-  0.5-    070617 H55  0.7+  0.1-
070516 G96  0.0   0.0     070518 291  0.7-  0.1+    070617 H55  0.5+  0.2+
070516 G96  0.3-  0.2+    070518 291  0.5-  0.1+    070702 H55  0.5-  0.5-
070516 G96  0.6-  1.1+    070518 291  0.5-  0.0     070702 H55  0.7-  0.4-
070516 G96  0.1-  0.1-    070518 474  0.8-  0.2+    070702 H55  0.3+  0.3+
070516 G96  0.4-  0.3+    070518 474  0.2+  0.6+    070714 H55  0.3-  0.3+
070516 G96  0.2+  0.2-    070518 474  0.2+  0.1+    070714 H55  0.0   0.5+
070517 673  0.0   0.3+    070518 474  0.3-  0.1-    070714 H55  0.6-  1.0+
070517 673  0.2+  0.7+    070519 246  0.1+  1.7+    071014 474  0.0   0.7+
070517 673  0.8+  0.5+    070519 246  0.8-  0.9+    071014 474  0.6+  1.2-
070517 673  0.4+  0.5+    070519 246  0.4+  0.5+    071014 474  0.1+  0.9+
070517 G96  0.0   0.3-    070519 246  0.3-  1.0+    071014 474  0.9-  1.2-

Ephemeris:
2007 KJ                  a,e,i = 2.39, 0.58, 9                   q = 1.0073
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2007 10 07    17 53.38   -39 58.3    0.522    1.010    76.1    73.8    20.0
2007 10 17    19 01.10   -41 42.5    0.493    1.028    79.5    72.4    19.9
2007 10 27    20 17.87   -40 36.4    0.478    1.061    84.6    68.8    19.7
2007 11 06    21 33.31   -36 09.4    0.483    1.108    90.6    63.5    19.7
2007 11 16    22 38.24   -29 13.1    0.514    1.164    96.4    57.6    19.8
2007 11 26    23 30.34   -21 23.7    0.570    1.229   100.8    52.1    19.9
2007 12 06    00 11.83   -13 56.0    0.651    1.300   103.3    47.5    20.2
2007 12 16    00 45.86   -07 22.9    0.753    1.374   103.8    44.1    20.6
2007 12 26    01 14.92   -01 50.3    0.873    1.451   102.7    41.4    20.9
2008 01 05    01 40.68   +02 48.2    1.008    1.530   100.4    39.2    21.3
2008 01 15    02 04.33   +06 41.9    1.156    1.609    97.2    37.3    21.7
2008 01 25    02 26.58   +09 59.2    1.315    1.688    93.3    35.6    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-T123

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