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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R31                                Issued 2002 Sept. 7, 13:43 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 RO28
    
    Observations:
         K02R28O* C2002 09 05.27598 23 56 22.61 +00 22 52.2          18.8        704
         K02R28O  C2002 09 05.28997 23 56 41.44 +00 21 29.1          19.9        704
         K02R28O  C2002 09 05.30408 23 57 00.46 +00 20 06.6          18.5        704
         K02R28O  C2002 09 05.33205 23 57 38.18 +00 17 22.0          18.9        704
         K02R28O  C2002 09 06.27241 00 21 33.80 -01 19 47.8          18.3        704
         K02R28O  C2002 09 06.30142 00 22 17.03 -01 22 55.5          19.4        704
         K02R28O  C2002 09 06.31554 00 22 38.11 -01 24 28.6          19.3        704
         K02R28O  C2002 09 06.32973 00 22 59.24 -01 26 00.8          19.0        704
         K02R28O  C2002 09 07.32079 00 50 18.56 -03 17 10.2          18.6 R      649
         K02R28O  C2002 09 07.32245 00 50 21.19 -03 17 21.5          18.8 R      649
         K02R28O  C2002 09 07.32411 00 50 23.90 -03 17 33.6          18.8 R      649
    
    Observer details:
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.  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 RO28
    Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
    M  27.63074              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.53706651     Peri.  208.87883     +0.97726735     -0.20971009
    a   1.4989391      Node   163.14047     +0.20923706     +0.93032940
    e   0.3295613      Incl.    6.16533     +0.03418161     +0.30084695
    P   1.84           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    020905 704  0.0   0.4+    020906 704  0.4+  0.3+    020907 649  0.2+  0.1+
    020905 704  0.3-  0.6-    020906 704  0.4-  1.0+    020907 649  0.4-  0.2+
    020905 704  0.1-  0.2-    020906 704  0.2+  0.3-    020907 649  0.2+  0.5-
    020905 704  0.4+  0.0     020906 704  0.1+  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 RO28                a,e,i = 1.50, 0.33, 6                   q = 1.0049
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 09 03    23 08.28   +03 36.6    0.035    1.043   167.5    12.1    19.1
    2002 09 04    23 27.73   +02 20.4    0.033    1.040   166.7    12.9    19.0
    2002 09 05    23 49.73   +00 52.1    0.031    1.038   164.2    15.4    19.0
    2002 09 06    00 14.29   -00 47.8    0.029    1.036   160.1    19.3    19.0
    2002 09 07    00 41.20   -02 37.1    0.028    1.033   154.9    24.4    19.0
    2002 09 08    01 09.96   -04 31.7    0.027    1.031   148.9    30.3    19.2
    2002 09 09    01 39.74   -06 25.7    0.027    1.029   142.5    36.6    19.3
    2002 09 10    02 09.57   -08 12.9    0.027    1.027   135.9    43.0    19.5
    2002 09 11    02 38.44   -09 48.3    0.028    1.025   129.6    49.2    19.7
    2002 09 12    03 05.54   -11 09.0    0.029    1.023   123.7    54.9    20.0
    2002 09 13    03 30.35   -12 14.4    0.031    1.021   118.4    60.1    20.2
    2002 09 14    03 52.62   -13 05.7    0.033    1.020   113.8    64.6    20.5
    2002 09 15    04 12.38   -13 44.9    0.035    1.018   109.7    68.4    20.8
    2002 09 16    04 29.77   -14 14.5    0.037    1.016   106.3    71.7    21.0
    2002 09 17    04 45.04   -14 36.4    0.040    1.015   103.3    74.5    21.2
    2002 09 18    04 58.44   -14 52.5    0.042    1.014   100.9    76.8    21.4
    2002 09 19    05 10.21   -15 04.2    0.045    1.012    98.8    78.7    21.6
    2002 09 20    05 20.60   -15 12.6    0.048    1.011    97.0    80.3    21.8
    2002 09 21    05 29.79   -15 18.5    0.051    1.010    95.6    81.5    22.0
    2002 09 22    05 37.97   -15 22.6    0.054    1.009    94.4    82.6    22.2
    2002 09 23    05 45.28   -15 25.3    0.057    1.008    93.4    83.4    22.3
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R31
    

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