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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R67                                Issued 2002 Sept. 13, 15:27 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                  2002 RS129

Observations:
     K02RC9S* C2002 09 12.40355 23 17 51.28 +11 27 44.6          19.7        644
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.41397 23 17 47.32 +11 27 38.4          19.8        644
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.42449 23 17 43.39 +11 27 32.5          19.6        644
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.83179 23 15 26.67 +11 23 36.9          19.4 V      611
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.83337 23 15 26.18 +11 23 36.1                      611
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.83801 23 15 24.49 +11 23 33.2                      611
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.89731 23 15 03.63 +11 23 01.7          18.9 R      J95
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.89905 23 15 03.24 +11 23 01.6          18.9 R      J95
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.90208 23 15 01.60 +11 23 00.8          19.1 R      J95
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.91584 23 14 56.44 +11 22 55.6                      246
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.91645 23 14 56.32 +11 22 55.4                      246
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.91701 23 14 56.08 +11 22 55.7                      246
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.91751 23 14 55.90 +11 22 55.4                      246
     K02RC9S  C2002 09 12.91809 23 14 55.67 +11 22 55.3                      246
     K02RC9S 5C2002 09 13.26212 23 13 01.36 +11 20 00.8                      675
     K02RC9S 5C2002 09 13.26325 23 13 00.96 +11 20 00.2                      675
     K02RC9S 5C2002 09 13.26438 23 13 00.57 +11 19 59.7                      675

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.
    1.06-m KLENOT telescope + CCD.
611 Starkenburg.  Observer M. Busch.  0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
675 Palomar Mountain.  Observer M. Hicks. 1.5-m reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 RS129
Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5                 MPC
M  77.85999              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.93215189     Peri.  247.25813     -0.68556242     +0.72600232
a   1.0378747      Node   339.16115     -0.59966521     -0.60525984
e   0.3400579      Incl.    8.74428     -0.41280237     -0.32646770
P   1.06           H   22.4           G   0.15
From 16 observations 2002 Sept. 12-13.

Ephemeris:
2002 RS129               a,e,i = 1.04, 0.34, 9                   q = 0.6849
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 09 03    00 41.41   +12 08.7    0.088    1.082   145.4    32.0    18.6
2002 09 13    23 14.46   +11 22.8    0.133    1.135   164.5    13.7    19.1
2002 09 23    22 36.48   +09 51.0    0.192    1.183   157.2    19.2    20.2
2002 10 03    22 20.96   +08 35.3    0.261    1.226   146.3    26.9    21.1
2002 10 13    22 17.28   +07 43.2    0.337    1.265   136.8    32.7    21.9
2002 10 23    22 20.71   +07 15.6    0.420    1.299   128.4    36.9    22.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R67

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