------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2825 2012 May 28 20.20UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 KT42 Mt. Lemmon Survey. Observer A. R. Gibbs reports on MPEC 2012-K66 discovery of a close approach asteroid using a 1.5-m reflector and CCD: Orbital elements: 2012 KT42 Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 276.07228 (2000.0) P Q n 0.63335661 Peri. 94.63324 +0.94927348 +0.31440030 a 1.3428799 Node 247.04223 -0.29089600 +0.87115523 e 0.5189153 Incl. 0.35369 -0.11941263 +0.37714853 P 1.56 H 28.8 G 0.15 U 6 Ephemeris: Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. V 2012 05 28.70 16 24 39.5 -21 20 11 0.005508 1.0190 179.6 17.6 2012 05 28.72 16 24 29.9 -21 17 52 0.005325 1.0188 179.6 17.6 2012 05 28.74 16 24 19.7 -21 15 23 0.005142 1.0187 179.6 17.5 2012 05 28.76 16 24 08.7 -21 12 43 0.004958 1.0185 179.6 17.4 2012 05 28.78 16 23 56.9 -21 09 51 0.004775 1.0183 179.6 17.3 2012 05 28.80 16 23 44.2 -21 06 45 0.004592 1.0181 179.5 17.2 2012 05 28.82 16 23 30.4 -21 03 23 0.004408 1.0179 179.5 17.2 2012 05 28.84 16 23 15.4 -20 59 44 0.004225 1.0178 179.4 17.1 2012 05 28.86 16 22 59.1 -20 55 45 0.004041 1.0176 179.3 17.0 2012 05 28.88 16 22 41.3 -20 51 23 0.003858 1.0174 179.2 16.9 2012 05 28.90 16 22 21.7 -20 46 34 0.003675 1.0172 179.1 16.8 2012 05 28.92 16 22 00.1 -20 41 15 0.003491 1.0170 179.0 16.7 2012 05 28.94 16 21 36.1 -20 35 21 0.003308 1.0169 178.8 16.6 2012 05 28.96 16 21 09.3 -20 28 45 0.003124 1.0167 178.7 16.5 2012 05 28.98 16 20 39.2 -20 21 19 0.002941 1.0165 178.5 16.4 2012 05 29.00 16 20 05.2 -20 12 53 0.002757 1.0163 178.3 16.3 2012 05 29.02 16 19 26.5 -20 03 15 0.002574 1.0161 178.0 16.1 2012 05 29.04 16 18 41.8 -19 52 07 0.002390 1.0160 177.8 16.0 2012 05 29.06 16 17 49.9 -19 39 08 0.002207 1.0158 177.5 15.8 2012 05 29.08 16 16 48.8 -19 23 45 0.002023 1.0156 177.1 15.7 2012 05 29.10 16 15 35.7 -19 05 18 0.001840 1.0154 176.7 15.5 2012 05 29.12 16 14 06.8 -18 42 42 0.001656 1.0152 176.1 15.3 2012 05 29.14 16 12 16.3 -18 14 25 0.001473 1.0151 175.5 15.1 2012 05 29.16 16 09 55.2 -17 37 59 0.001290 1.0149 174.6 14.8 2012 05 29.18 16 06 48.9 -16 49 20 0.001106 1.0147 173.5 14.5 2012 05 29.20 16 02 31.2 -15 41 05 0.000923 1.0145 172.0 14.2 2012 05 29.22 15 56 11.8 -13 58 37 0.000741 1.0143 169.7 13.8 2012 05 29.24 15 46 01.9 -11 09 26 0.000560 1.0141 165.9 13.4 2012 05 29.26 15 26 29.5 -05 32 08 0.000383 1.0140 158.5 12.8 2012 05 29.28 14 37 05.2 +08 59 22 0.000219 1.0138 139.4 12.1 2012 05 29.30 10 12 37.9 +48 42 57 0.000137 1.0136 71.8 13.6 2012 05 29.32 06 14 34.4 +40 47 54 0.000256 1.0134 29.9 19.3 Guy M Hurst