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    M.P.E.C. 2000-R18                                Issued 2000 Sept. 5, 17:24 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.
    
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2000 RN12
    
    Observations:
         K00R12N* C2000 09 02.19182 21 43 04.52 -16 47 45.9          18.4        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 02.20506 21 43 01.35 -16 47 21.7          18.8        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 02.21854 21 42 58.39 -16 46 58.0          18.7        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 02.23168 21 42 55.29 -16 46 31.7          19.1        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 03.20456 21 39 17.43 -16 15 49.6          18.7        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 03.21820 21 39 14.28 -16 15 23.1          18.5        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 03.23183 21 39 11.02 -16 14 56.3          18.5        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 03.24193 21 39 08.53 -16 14 36.7                      711
         K00R12N  C2000 09 03.24547 21 39 07.78 -16 14 30.7          18.3        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 03.24760 21 39 07.18 -16 14 25.8                      711
         K00R12N  C2000 09 03.25278 21 39 05.98 -16 14 15.4                      711
         K00R12N  C2000 09 04.16674 21 35 36.49 -15 43 41.6          18.5        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 04.18055 21 35 33.17 -15 43 13.4          18.7        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 04.19432 21 35 29.85 -15 42 44.6          18.9        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 04.20805 21 35 26.52 -15 42 16.6          19.2        704
         K00R12N  C2000 09 04.22178 21 35 23.14 -15 41 48.2          18.7        704
         K00R12N 1C2000 09 05.28698 21 31 11.29 -15 04 06.9                      658
         K00R12N 1C2000 09 05.29190 21 31 10.04 -15 03 55.9                      658
         K00R12N 1C2000 09 05.29934 21 31 08.17 -15 03 39.8                      658
    
    Observer details:
    658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
        Plaskett reflector + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber, L. Manguso.  Measurers J. Stuart,
        R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observers P. J. Shelus, J. A. Shelus.  0.76-m
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 RN12
    Epoch 2000 Aug. 24.0 TT = JDT 2451780.5                 Spahr
    M 334.59285              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.30764288     Peri.   80.01016     +0.51098209     -0.85328997
    a   2.1732256      Node   338.27864     +0.63678669     +0.45694733
    e   0.5934967      Incl.   16.30309     +0.57740802     +0.25118791
    P   3.20           H   19.1           G   0.15
    From 19 observations 2000 Sept. 2-5.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 RN12                a,e,i = 2.17, 0.59, 16                  q = 0.8834
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 09 03    21 40.06   -16 22.1    0.303    1.299   160.9    14.7    17.9
    2000 09 13    20 57.86   -09 20.0    0.250    1.215   143.0    29.9    17.8
    2000 09 23    20 09.17   +01 07.3    0.218    1.134   122.0    48.6    17.9
    2000 10 03    19 17.78   +13 44.2    0.206    1.059   100.8    68.2    18.2
    2000 10 13    18 23.97   +26 07.4    0.210    0.992    82.4    85.5    18.7
    2000 10 23    17 24.58   +35 58.0    0.227    0.938    69.1    97.9    19.3
    2000 11 02    16 20.04   +41 36.1    0.253    0.901    61.8   103.8    19.7
    2000 11 12    15 18.92   +42 37.2    0.285    0.884    60.4   103.3    19.9
    2000 11 22    14 31.68   +40 08.1    0.321    0.890    63.1    98.2    19.9
    2000 12 02    14 00.02   +35 55.6    0.355    0.917    68.4    90.5    19.9
    2000 12 12    13 39.12   +31 16.3    0.383    0.962    75.4    81.9    19.8
    2000 12 22    13 23.45   +26 49.3    0.403    1.023    83.9    73.0    19.7
    2001 01 01    13 08.29   +22 50.8    0.416    1.094    94.0    63.7    19.6
    2001 01 11    12 50.22   +19 23.0    0.423    1.172   106.0    53.8    19.5
    2001 01 21    12 27.19   +16 22.6    0.431    1.255   119.8    42.9    19.4
    2001 01 31    11 58.89   +13 45.2    0.446    1.340   135.5    31.0    19.3
    2001 02 10    11 27.71   +11 27.3    0.477    1.426   152.3    18.7    19.2
    2001 02 20    10 57.81   +09 30.0    0.530    1.512   169.1     7.1    19.1
    2001 03 02    10 33.01   +07 54.5    0.607    1.597   175.3     2.9    19.3
    2001 03 12    10 15.27   +06 38.2    0.709    1.681   161.4    10.8    20.2
    2001 03 22    10 04.41   +05 36.3    0.831    1.762   149.2    16.8    20.8
    2001 04 01    09 59.43   +04 42.6    0.971    1.842   138.5    21.1    21.4
    2001 04 11    09 59.05   +03 52.2    1.126    1.920   128.9    24.0    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-R18
    

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