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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R32                                Issued 2002 Sept. 7, 13:49 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2002 RP28
    
    Observations:
         K02R28P  C2002 09 05.27243 23 25 04.53 -04 02 27.8          19.5        704
         K02R28P  C2002 09 05.28643 23 25 05.04 -04 02 53.6          19.9        704
         K02R28P  C2002 09 05.30055 23 25 05.39 -04 03 21.1          19.4        704
         K02R28P  C2002 09 05.31451 23 25 05.84 -04 03 48.3          19.3        704
         K02R28P* C2002 09 06.24549 23 25 48.10 -04 34 19.8          19.0        704
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.25855 23 25 48.52 -04 34 46.1                      704
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.27163 23 25 48.96 -04 35 12.7          19.0        704
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.28493 23 25 49.41 -04 35 40.2          18.9        704
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.29812 23 25 49.81 -04 36 05.7          18.9        704
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.97560 23 26 20.44 -04 59 24.8                      557
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.97781 23 26 20.52 -04 59 28.7                      557
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.97984 23 26 20.62 -04 59 33.2                      246
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.98081 23 26 20.65 -04 59 35.3                      246
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.98176 23 26 20.71 -04 59 36.8                      246
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.98291 23 26 20.76 -04 59 39.6                      246
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.98384 23 26 20.77 -04 59 41.0                      246
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.98507 23 26 20.84 -04 59 44.3                      246
         K02R28P  C2002 09 06.98896 23 26 20.96 -04 59 53.3                      557
         K02R28P  C2002 09 07.00556 23 26 21.88 -05 00 23.0          18.0 R      176
         K02R28P  C2002 09 07.00833 23 26 21.97 -05 00 28.8          18.1 R      176
         K02R28P  C2002 09 07.01112 23 26 22.06 -05 00 34.7          18.0 R      176
         K02R28P  C2002 09 07.01389 23 26 22.15 -05 00 40.5          18.2 R      176
         K02R28P  C2002 09 07.25919 23 26 33.86 -05 09 15.5          17.9 R      734
         K02R28P  C2002 09 07.26307 23 26 33.94 -05 09 24.6          18.6 R      734
         K02R28P  C2002 09 07.26642 23 26 34.12 -05 09 32.8          18.1 R      734
         K02R28P  C2002 09 07.27045 23 26 34.29 -05 09 38.8          18.8 R      734
    
    Observer details:
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.  0.41-m
        f/4 reflector + CCD.
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.
        1.06-m KLENOT telescope + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + 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.  Measurer R. Valentine.  0.30-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 RP28
    Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5                 MPC
    M 327.46670              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.44464765     Peri.  250.44767     +0.58296820     -0.81149931
    a   1.7000383      Node   163.70011     +0.78878980     +0.55339856
    e   0.4053275      Incl.    8.23717     +0.19483000     +0.18766700
    P   2.22           H   20.9           G   0.15
    From 26 observations 2002 Sept. 5-7.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 RP28                a,e,i = 1.70, 0.41, 8                   q = 1.0110
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 09 03    23 23.45   -02 53.5    0.256    1.261   169.8     8.1    19.0
    2002 09 08    23 27.14   -05 35.4    0.227    1.234   174.6     4.4    18.5
    2002 09 13    23 31.52   -09 01.0    0.201    1.207   174.5     4.5    18.2
    2002 09 18    23 37.09   -13 15.7    0.179    1.181   168.7     9.6    18.2
    2002 09 23    23 44.48   -18 23.7    0.160    1.156   161.3    16.1    18.1
    2002 09 28    23 54.54   -24 25.5    0.144    1.133   153.2    23.5    18.1
    2002 10 03    00 08.45   -31 14.7    0.132    1.111   144.4    31.6    18.1
    2002 10 08    00 27.91   -38 33.4    0.123    1.091   135.3    40.1    18.1
    2002 10 13    00 55.28   -45 51.7    0.118    1.072   126.4    48.5    18.2
    2002 10 18    01 33.32   -52 29.3    0.116    1.056   118.0    56.4    18.4
    2002 10 23    02 23.96   -57 41.2    0.116    1.042   110.7    63.3    18.6
    2002 10 28    03 25.29   -60 48.0    0.118    1.030   104.7    69.0    18.8
    2002 11 02    04 29.34   -61 36.1    0.123    1.021   100.1    73.1    18.9
    2002 11 07    05 26.42   -60 27.0    0.128    1.015    97.0    75.8    19.1
    2002 11 12    06 11.87   -58 01.8    0.135    1.012    95.4    77.0    19.3
    2002 11 17    06 46.22   -54 57.2    0.142    1.011    95.1    76.9    19.4
    2002 11 22    07 11.86   -51 36.4    0.149    1.014    95.8    75.8    19.4
    2002 11 27    07 30.97   -48 11.5    0.156    1.019    97.5    73.7    19.5
    2002 12 02    07 45.16   -44 46.8    0.164    1.027   100.1    70.9    19.5
    2002 12 07    07 55.54   -41 21.9    0.171    1.038   103.4    67.4    19.5
    2002 12 12    08 02.93   -37 54.7    0.178    1.052   107.5    63.3    19.5
    2002 12 17    08 07.92   -34 23.2    0.185    1.067   112.1    58.7    19.5
    2002 12 22    08 10.93   -30 45.3    0.192    1.085   117.3    53.6    19.5
    2002 12 27    08 12.25   -26 59.7    0.200    1.105   123.0    48.2    19.4
    2003 01 01    08 12.21   -23 05.4    0.209    1.127   129.1    42.6    19.4
    2003 01 06    08 11.17   -19 03.5    0.219    1.150   135.4    36.9    19.4
    2003 01 11    08 09.54   -14 57.6    0.232    1.174   141.7    31.2    19.4
    2003 01 16    08 07.68   -10 53.1    0.247    1.200   147.7    25.9    19.4
    2003 01 21    08 05.89   -06 56.3    0.265    1.226   153.0    21.4    19.5
    2003 01 26    08 04.43   -03 12.5    0.287    1.254   156.9    17.9    19.6
    2003 01 31    08 03.49   +00 14.0    0.313    1.282   158.9    16.1    19.8
    2003 02 05    08 03.26   +03 20.1    0.342    1.310   158.7    15.9    20.0
    2003 02 10    08 03.86   +06 04.3    0.375    1.339   156.6    17.0    20.3
    2003 02 15    08 05.32   +08 26.4    0.412    1.368   153.3    18.9    20.6
    2003 02 20    08 07.61   +10 27.5    0.452    1.397   149.5    21.0    20.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R32
    

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