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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R24                                Issued 2002 Sept. 6, 18:51 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
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                                   2002 RR25

Observations:
     K02R25R* C2002 09 04.30715 00 07 09.40 -06 09 05.1          18.8 R      699
     K02R25R  C2002 09 04.33524 00 07 01.87 -06 08 42.4                      699
     K02R25R  C2002 09 04.36330 00 06 54.27 -06 08 19.7                      699
     K02R25R  C2002 09 04.39135 00 06 46.77 -06 07 56.1                      699
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.01329 00 04 05.82 -05 59 06.6                      557
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.01584 00 04 05.07 -05 59 05.2                      557
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.01713 00 04 04.75 -05 59 03.8                      557
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.23529 00 03 08.17 -05 55 51.4          18.5 R      734
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.23885 00 03 07.31 -05 55 45.4          18.2 R      734
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.33525 00 02 40.87 -05 54 18.5          18.7        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.33872 00 02 40.01 -05 54 16.7          19.2        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.33877 00 02 39.81 -05 54 15.4          18.8        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.34862 00 02 37.13 -05 54 06.8          19.2        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.35274 00 02 35.94 -05 54 03.9          20.0        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.35398 00 02 35.72 -05 54 02.7          19.5        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.36195 00 02 33.38 -05 53 54.6          18.9        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.36672 00 02 31.99 -05 53 50.7          19.7        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.37539 00 02 29.61 -05 53 42.9          18.9        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.38076 00 02 28.01 -05 53 37.8          19.5        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.38466 00 02 27.08 -05 53 35.5          19.6        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.39513 00 02 24.06 -05 53 24.8          19.7        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 05.40032 00 02 22.77 -05 53 21.8          19.7        704
     K02R25R  C2002 09 06.27137 23 58 27.74 -05 40 23.1          18.3 R      649
     K02R25R  C2002 09 06.27427 23 58 26.90 -05 40 20.3          18.6 R      649
     K02R25R  C2002 09 06.27717 23 58 26.08 -05 40 17.7          18.6 R      649
     K02R25R  C2002 09 06.38233 23 57 55.65 -05 38 41.0          18.0 R      734
     K02R25R  C2002 09 06.38706 23 57 54.49 -05 38 37.7          17.9 R      734

Observer details:
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, M. Glaze.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m
    LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
    S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 RR25
Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5                 MPC
M 210.82573              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.03731557     Peri.  156.16571     -0.83225921     -0.55304345
a   0.9664857      Node   349.98536     +0.46629948     -0.66069614
e   0.2978954      Incl.   12.81405     +0.29984898     -0.50756631
P   0.95           H   20.8           G   0.15
From 26 observations 2002 Sept. 4-6.

Ephemeris:
2002 RR25                a,e,i = 0.97, 0.30, 13                  q = 0.6786
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 09 03    00 12.56   -06 26.7    0.234    1.230   158.8    17.3    19.0
2002 09 08    23 50.28   -05 12.9    0.217    1.221   168.8     9.2    18.5
2002 09 13    23 24.14   -03 45.3    0.204    1.210   179.7     0.2    17.8
2002 09 18    22 55.53   -02 05.5    0.197    1.199   168.6     9.6    18.3
2002 09 23    22 26.39   -00 19.1    0.195    1.185   156.8    19.5    18.6
2002 09 28    21 58.80   +01 27.0    0.198    1.171   145.4    29.1    18.9
2002 10 03    21 34.30   +03 06.8    0.206    1.155   134.9    37.9    19.2
2002 10 08    21 13.72   +04 37.5    0.216    1.138   125.3    45.8    19.5
2002 10 13    20 57.11   +05 59.5    0.229    1.120   116.8    52.7    19.8
2002 10 18    20 44.03   +07 14.3    0.242    1.100   109.2    58.8    20.0
2002 10 23    20 33.84   +08 23.7    0.255    1.079   102.5    64.2    20.3
2002 10 28    20 25.89   +09 29.0    0.267    1.057    96.3    69.1    20.5
2002 11 02    20 19.60   +10 31.2    0.278    1.034    90.7    73.7    20.7
2002 11 07    20 14.42   +11 31.0    0.288    1.010    85.4    78.1    20.8
2002 11 12    20 09.85   +12 28.5    0.296    0.985    80.4    82.4    21.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R24

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