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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R28                                Issued 2002 Sept. 6, 19:25 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 RW25
    
    Observations:
         K02R25W* C2002 09 05.42705 05 11 50.04 +19 15 02.6          19.7        704
         K02R25W  C2002 09 05.44267 05 11 54.27 +19 15 07.9          19.8        704
         K02R25W  C2002 09 05.45719 05 11 58.19 +19 15 11.3          19.7        704
         K02R25W  C2002 09 05.47166 05 12 02.11 +19 15 14.7          20.1        704
         K02R25W  C2002 09 06.11705 05 15 02.10 +19 17 31.5                      557
         K02R25W  C2002 09 06.11832 05 15 02.41 +19 17 32.2                      557
         K02R25W  C2002 09 06.11961 05 15 02.74 +19 17 32.1                      557
         K02R25W  C2002 09 06.14539 05 15 10.00 +19 17 41.3          18.9 R      599
         K02R25W  C2002 09 06.14725 05 15 10.42 +19 17 41.1          19.0 R      599
         K02R25W  C2002 09 06.34173 05 16 05.70 +19 18 20.7          19.5 R      649
         K02R25W  C2002 09 06.34947 05 16 07.89 +19 18 22.7          19.0 R      649
    
    Observer details:
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  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.
    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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 RW25                                                            PHA 0.013
    Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5                 MPC
    M 210.20210              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.28001785     Peri.   68.78570     -0.95230567     -0.30431678
    a   0.8400891      Node    93.49173     +0.27095209     -0.87717601
    e   0.2594027      Incl.    1.29032     +0.14035266     -0.37142099
    P   0.77           H   19.0           G   0.15
    From 11 observations 2002 Sept. 5-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 RW25                a,e,i = 0.84, 0.26, 1                   q = 0.6222
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 09 03    05 00.79   +19 04.7    0.368    1.039    84.3    75.1    19.5
    2002 09 08    05 23.94   +19 23.7    0.352    1.030    83.7    76.5    19.5
    2002 09 13    05 48.91   +19 31.7    0.337    1.020    82.7    78.2    19.4
    2002 09 18    06 15.84   +19 25.8    0.324    1.007    81.2    80.3    19.4
    2002 09 23    06 44.80   +19 02.9    0.312    0.994    79.2    82.8    19.4
    2002 09 28    07 15.70   +18 19.6    0.304    0.978    76.7    85.7    19.4
    2002 10 03    07 48.25   +17 13.3    0.298    0.961    73.8    88.9    19.4
    2002 10 08    08 21.94   +15 42.8    0.296    0.943    70.5    92.3    19.5
    2002 10 13    08 56.13   +13 49.5    0.298    0.923    67.0    95.8    19.6
    2002 10 18    09 30.12   +11 36.9    0.304    0.902    63.3    99.1    19.8
    2002 10 23    10 03.28   +09 10.4    0.316    0.879    59.8   102.2    20.0
    2002 10 28    10 35.15   +06 36.1    0.332    0.856    56.5   104.7    20.1
    2002 11 02    11 05.43   +03 59.6    0.354    0.832    53.5   106.5    20.3
    2002 11 07    11 34.04   +01 25.4    0.381    0.807    50.9   107.6    20.5
    2002 11 12    12 01.08   -01 03.7    0.412    0.782    48.7   107.9    20.6
    2002 11 17    12 26.78   -03 26.4    0.449    0.757    46.9   107.4    20.7
    2002 11 22    12 51.43   -05 42.6    0.491    0.732    45.4   106.1    20.7
    
    2002 12 02    13 38.83   -09 56.3    0.588    0.686    43.1   101.1    20.7
    2002 12 12    14 25.59   -13 46.0    0.701    0.650    41.2    93.6    20.6
    2002 12 22    15 13.42   -17 08.3    0.826    0.627    39.3    84.1    20.5
    2003 01 01    16 03.06   -19 53.6    0.956    0.623    37.5    73.7    20.5
    2003 01 11    16 54.03   -21 48.8    1.082    0.638    35.6    63.7    20.5
    2003 01 21    17 45.05   -22 45.5    1.200    0.670    33.9    55.1    20.5
    2003 01 31    18 34.71   -22 42.7    1.304    0.713    32.7    48.2    20.7
    2003 02 10    19 21.94   -21 46.4    1.394    0.761    31.8    43.1    20.8
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R28
    

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