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MPEC 2000-R36 : 1999 RM28

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M.P.E.C. 2000-R36                                Issued 2000 Sept. 8, 19:56 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,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   1999 RM28

                           Revision to MPEC 1999-R21

Observations:
     J99R28M 1 1989 07 07.63021 20 39 45.80 -01 01 21.9          18.5 V      413
     J99R28M 1 1989 07 07.67187 20 39 43.31 -01 01 51.7                      413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer K. S. Russell.  Measurer R. H. McNaught.  Image
    identified by A. Boattini and R. H. McNaught.  1.2-m Schmidt.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
890707 413 0.04+ 0.01-    890707 413 0.04+ 0.01-    MPC 39550   -0.081 day

Orbital elements:
1999 RM28
Epoch 2000 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5                Williams
M  92.14949              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40236811     Peri.  301.71545     +0.12788770     -0.92735083
a   1.8171342      Node   136.18990     +0.99092543     +0.13426492
e   0.3241058      Incl.   30.52948     -0.04137066     +0.34927549
P   2.45           H   16.7           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc
890707 413  0.0   0.9-    990920 426  0.2+  0.1+    991205 428  0.3-  0.5+
890707 413  0.1-  0.2+    990920 426  0.1-  0.5-    991220 413  0.5+  0.1+
990903 413  0.0   0.1+    990920 413  0.2-  0.4-    991220 413  0.4+  0.3-
990903 413  0.7-  1.8+    990920 413  0.3-  0.4-    000204 422  0.0   0.0
990905 413  1.5+  1.4+    990928 413  0.1-  0.2-    000204 422  0.3+  0.4+
990905 413  0.4+  2.0+    990928 413  0.1-  0.1-    000204 422  0.2+  0.1-
990909 426  0.4-  0.6-    991005 413  0.1+  0.3-    000226 413  0.1+  0.0
990909 426  0.2-  0.5-    991005 413  0.0   0.3-    000226 413  0.0   0.2-
990909 426  0.3-  0.6-    991006 413  0.2+  0.0     000306 704  0.3+  1.0-
990910 426  0.5-  0.5-    991006 413  0.1-  0.0     000306 704  0.4-  0.3-
990910 426  0.4-  0.5-    991016 413  0.0   0.2-    000306 704  0.3+  0.7+
990910 426  0.4+  0.6-    991016 413  0.0   0.1-    000306 704  0.2-  0.4+
990914 413  0.1-  0.2-    991016 413  0.0   0.2-    000306 704  0.1-  1.1+
990914 413  0.1-  0.0     991104 413  0.1+  0.2+    000315 413  0.2-  0.6-
990918 428  0.9+  0.6+    991104 413  0.2-  0.5+    000315 413  0.1-  0.5-
990918 413  0.3+  0.3-    991205 428  0.6-  0.1+
990918 413  0.0   0.2-    991205 428  1.1-  0.5-

Ephemeris:
1999 RM28                a,e,i = 1.82, 0.32, 31                  q = 1.2282
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 03 22    18 44.35   +04 49.6    2.359    2.400    80.2    24.2    21.6
2001 04 01    18 53.65   +06 01.0    2.247    2.403    86.6    24.5    21.5
2001 04 11    19 01.02   +07 16.3    2.132    2.406    93.2    24.6    21.4
2001 04 21    19 06.19   +08 32.7    2.017    2.406   100.1    24.3    21.3
2001 05 01    19 08.84   +09 46.8    1.904    2.405   107.3    23.6    21.1
2001 05 11    19 08.69   +10 53.6    1.796    2.402   114.8    22.4    21.0
2001 05 21    19 05.50   +11 47.3    1.697    2.398   122.5    20.8    20.8
2001 05 31    18 59.17   +12 20.5    1.609    2.392   130.2    18.9    20.6
2001 06 10    18 49.92   +12 25.1    1.536    2.384   137.4    16.8    20.4
2001 06 20    18 38.31   +11 54.3    1.483    2.375   143.1    14.9    20.3
2001 06 30    18 25.35   +10 43.6    1.452    2.364   146.0    13.9    20.2
2001 07 10    18 12.38   +08 54.1    1.445    2.351   145.0    14.3    20.2
2001 07 20    18 00.69   +06 32.4    1.462    2.337   140.4    16.1    20.2
2001 07 30    17 51.41   +03 48.5    1.502    2.321   133.5    18.5    20.4
2001 08 09    17 45.20   +00 53.9    1.563    2.303   125.4    21.0    20.5
2001 08 19    17 42.32   -02 01.7    1.639    2.284   117.0    23.3    20.7
2001 08 29    17 42.74   -04 51.5    1.727    2.263   108.7    25.0    20.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-R36

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