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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S09                                Issued 2003 Sept. 16, 20:08 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.
    
             Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2000 RH60
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2000-R38
    
    Additional Observations:
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.28534 23 33 23.85 +04 56 16.4          18.1 R      699
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.30517 23 33 18.15 +04 54 46.8                      699
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.32519 23 33 12.42 +04 53 16.9                      699
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.34518 23 33 06.71 +04 51 46.8                      699
         K00R60H 1C2003 09 16.76318 23 31 09.98 +04 20 51.8          18.1 R      413
         K00R60H 1C2003 09 16.76929 23 31 08.28 +04 20 24.3          17.9 R      413
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.80507 23 31 01.21 +04 17 03.5                      246
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.80563 23 31 01.06 +04 17 01.1                      246
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.80650 23 31 00.81 +04 16 57.0                      246
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.80727 23 31 00.54 +04 16 53.2                      246
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.80799 23 31 00.37 +04 16 50.3                      246
         K00R60H  C2003 09 16.80888 23 31 00.16 +04 16 46.5                      246
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + CCD.
    413 Siding Spring.  Observers G. J. Garradd, R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8
        reflector + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2000 RH60                                                            PHA 0.033
    Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
    M 316.51243              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.31316770     Peri.  354.36232     -0.99117919     -0.13197284
    a   0.8258907      Node   177.93331     +0.13089363     -0.98917175
    e   0.5513537      Incl.   19.64480     +0.02075273     -0.06420608
    P   0.75           H   20.2           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    000905 699 (4.9-  5.0-)   000908 557  0.5+  0.0     000920 853  0.6-  0.7-
    000905 699 (5.7-  4.8-)   000908 557  0.2+  0.8+    000920 853  0.0   0.4-
    000905 699 (6.2-  4.7-)   000908 046  0.3-  0.4+    000920 853  0.1-  0.4-
    000905 699 (5.1-  4.6-)   000908 046  0.4-  0.1+    000927 858  0.3-  0.8+
    000907 557  0.4-  1.2-    000908 046  0.3+  0.8+    000927 858  0.3+  0.0
    000907 557  1.2-  1.9-    000908 046  0.3-  1.0+    000927 858  0.1+  0.0
    000907 557  0.6-  0.7-    000908 151  1.3+  0.5+    030916 699  0.1-  0.2+
    000907 557  0.1+  0.8-    000908 151 (0.7-  2.2+)   030916 699  0.2-  0.1-
    000907 557  0.4-  0.4+    000908 151  1.2+  0.0     030916 699  0.0   0.2+
    000907 557  1.2+  1.1+    000908 151  0.1+  0.4+    030916 699  0.4+  0.2+
    000907 046  0.0   0.5+    000908 151  0.1-  0.4-    030916 413  0.2-  0.6-
    000907 046  0.4+  0.3-    000908 151  0.7+  0.3-    030916 413  0.0   0.4-
    000907 046  0.5-  0.4-    000909 118  0.1+  0.2-    030916 246  0.1+  0.6+
    000907 595  0.4-  0.4+    000909 118  0.3-  0.1-    030916 246  0.2+  0.7+
    000907 595  0.4+  0.0     000909 118  0.5-  0.1-    030916 246  0.1+  0.5+
    000907 595  0.3+  0.3-    000909 853  0.2-  0.0     030916 246  0.7-  0.2+
    000908 853  0.3+  0.1-    000909 853  0.7+  0.6+    030916 246  0.2-  0.6+
    000908 853  0.1-  0.3-    000919 413  0.3-  0.6-    030916 246  0.4+  0.8+
    000908 853  0.3+  0.4-    000919 413  0.2-  0.5-
    000908 557  0.8-  0.1-    000919 413  0.2-  0.6-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2000 RH60                a,e,i = 0.83, 0.55, 20                  q = 0.3705
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 09 08    00 10.17   +14 29.6    0.295    1.279   153.9    20.3    19.1
    2003 09 13    23 48.40   +08 57.4    0.282    1.281   165.5    11.4    18.7
    2003 09 18    23 25.50   +02 47.0    0.277    1.280   173.9     4.8    18.4
    2003 09 23    23 02.89   -03 31.4    0.280    1.277   165.8    11.1    18.7
    2003 09 28    22 41.94   -09 25.0    0.292    1.272   154.0    20.2    19.1
    2003 10 03    22 23.68   -14 31.6    0.312    1.263   142.9    28.6    19.4
    2003 10 08    22 08.60   -18 43.4    0.336    1.253   132.9    35.8    19.8
    2003 10 13    21 56.75   -22 03.7    0.365    1.239   124.0    41.9    20.1
    2003 10 18    21 47.91   -24 40.7    0.395    1.223   116.2    47.0    20.4
    2003 10 23    21 41.72   -26 43.0    0.427    1.205   109.2    51.2    20.7
    2003 10 28    21 37.82   -28 18.5    0.458    1.184   102.9    54.9    20.9
    2003 11 02    21 35.82   -29 33.5    0.488    1.160    97.2    58.1    21.1
    2003 11 07    21 35.34   -30 33.3    0.517    1.133    91.9    60.9    21.2
    2003 11 12    21 36.05   -31 21.8    0.543    1.104    87.0    63.6    21.3
    2003 11 17    21 37.63   -32 01.9    0.566    1.071    82.3    66.1    21.4
    2003 11 22    21 39.82   -32 36.1    0.586    1.036    77.7    68.7    21.5
    2003 11 27    21 42.35   -33 06.6    0.601    0.998    73.3    71.4    21.6
    2003 12 02    21 44.91   -33 35.1    0.613    0.956    69.0    74.3    21.6
    2003 12 07    21 47.10   -34 03.6    0.619    0.911    64.6    77.6    21.7
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S09
    

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