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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R23                                Issued 2002 Sept. 6, 18:41 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
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2002 RQ25
    
    Observations:
         K02R25Q* C2002 09 03.98943 02 40 44.66 +08 56 17.0          19.2 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.00267 02 40 42.65 +08 56 18.1          19.2 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.01510 02 40 40.81 +08 56 19.2          19.6 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.02753 02 40 38.86 +08 56 20.9          18.8 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.95096 02 38 24.22 +08 57 35.6          19.5 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.95642 02 38 23.32 +08 57 34.4          18.9 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.98844 02 38 18.42 +08 57 38.2          19.2 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.99117 02 38 18.00 +08 57 38.5          19.3 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.99436 02 38 17.50 +08 57 38.7          18.8 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 04.99705 02 38 17.04 +08 57 39.0          19.0 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.00045 02 38 16.53 +08 57 38.9          19.0 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.00332 02 38 16.11 +08 57 39.4          19.1 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.02069 02 38 13.17 +08 57 36.2                      557
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.02256 02 38 12.89 +08 57 37.3                      557
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.02443 02 38 12.61 +08 57 36.8                      557
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.94855 02 35 53.28 +08 58 35.1          19.5 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.95098 02 35 52.96 +08 58 36.3          19.4 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.95348 02 35 52.49 +08 58 37.0          19.2 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.95628 02 35 52.03 +08 58 36.7          19.5 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 05.95906 02 35 51.57 +08 58 37.2          19.5 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 06.09802 02 35 28.91 +08 58 45.5          19.4 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 06.10163 02 35 28.38 +08 58 45.5          19.3 R      599
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 06.30718 02 34 57.41 +08 58 56.8          19.2 R      649
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 06.31199 02 34 56.53 +08 58 56.1          19.1 R      649
         K02R25Q  C2002 09 06.31682 02 34 55.79 +08 58 57.0          18.7 R      649
    
    Observer details:
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    599 Campo Imperatore-CINEOS.  Observers F. Bernardi, A. Boattini,
        A. Di Paola.  0.6-m f/3 Schmidt + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, M. Glaze.
        0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 RQ25
    Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5                 MPC
    M  80.45561              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.83838051     Peri.  225.75557     -0.54941935     +0.83541398
    a   1.1138890      Node    10.94598     -0.74251119     -0.47999081
    e   0.3040676      Incl.    4.49899     -0.38316512     -0.26775419
    P   1.18           H   20.4           G   0.15
    From 25 observations 2002 Sept. 3-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 RQ25                a,e,i = 1.11, 0.30, 4                   q = 0.7752
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 09 03    02 43.06   +08 54.9    0.263    1.159   119.0    49.6    19.7
    2002 09 08    02 30.43   +08 59.9    0.261    1.183   126.8    43.0    19.5
    2002 09 13    02 15.72   +08 55.7    0.261    1.205   135.1    36.1    19.4
    2002 09 18    01 59.27   +08 42.0    0.262    1.227   144.0    28.8    19.2
    2002 09 23    01 41.65   +08 19.2    0.267    1.247   153.1    21.3    19.1
    2002 09 28    01 23.63   +07 48.9    0.275    1.267   162.4    13.8    18.9
    2002 10 03    01 06.10   +07 13.6    0.288    1.286   171.6     6.5    18.7
    2002 10 08    00 49.90   +06 36.7    0.305    1.304   178.7     1.0    18.5
    2002 10 13    00 35.70   +06 02.0    0.327    1.321   170.9     6.9    19.1
    2002 10 18    00 23.89   +05 32.3    0.352    1.337   163.1    12.5    19.5
    2002 10 23    00 14.56   +05 09.1    0.382    1.352   155.8    17.6    19.9
    2002 10 28    00 07.60   +04 53.2    0.415    1.366   149.1    21.9    20.2
    2002 11 02    00 02.85   +04 44.8    0.451    1.379   143.0    25.7    20.5
    2002 11 07    00 00.10   +04 43.7    0.489    1.391   137.4    28.9    20.8
    2002 11 12    23 59.11   +04 49.7    0.530    1.402   132.2    31.6    21.1
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R23
    

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