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    M.P.E.C. 2013-S03                                Issued 2013 Sept. 16, 01:59 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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                                   2013 RU73

Observations:
     K13R73U* C2013 09 13.39890 01 57 26.52 +11 50 23.2          19.8 VqES003G96
     K13R73U  C2013 09 13.40801 01 57 31.77 +11 49 58.2          20.0 VqES003G96
     K13R73U  C2013 09 13.41708 01 57 37.00 +11 49 33.5          20.0 VqES003G96
     K13R73U  C2013 09 13.42615 01 57 42.22 +11 49 08.1          20.3 VqES003G96
     K13R73U  C2013 09 13.43501 01 57 47.32 +11 48 43.3          20.6 VqES003G96
     K13R73U  C2013 09 13.43757 01 57 48.77 +11 48 36.5          21.1 VqES003G96
     K13R73U KC2013 09 14.32187502 06 57.68 +11 06 38.6          20.4 VuES003H21
     K13R73U KC2013 09 14.32888802 07 01.69 +11 06 18.7          20.3 VuES003H21
     K13R73U KC2013 09 14.33258302 07 03.85 +11 06 08.1          20.4 VuES003H21
     K13R73U  C2013 09 14.36208 02 07 23.55 +11 04 55.1          19.9 VqES003G96
     K13R73U  C2013 09 14.36388 02 07 24.60 +11 04 50.0          20.2 VqES003G96
     K13R73U  C2013 09 14.36569 02 07 25.65 +11 04 44.4          20.1 VqES003G96
     K13R73U  C2013 09 14.36750 02 07 26.68 +11 04 39.5          20.4 VqES003G96
     K13R73U KC2013 09 14.50631 02 08 46.63 +10 57 55.5          20.1 RoES003291
     K13R73U KC2013 09 14.50693 02 08 47.03 +10 57 53.2          20.1 RoES003291
     K13R73U KC2013 09 14.50755 02 08 47.39 +10 57 51.3          19.9 RoES003291
     K13R73U KC2013 09 15.05125 02 14 27.50 +10 30 37.3                qES003J95
     K13R73U KC2013 09 15.06592 02 14 36.11 +10 29 53.4                qES003J95
     K13R73U KC2013 09 15.07551 02 14 41.67 +10 29 25.3          20.5 RqES003J95

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers A. Boattini,
    E. J. Christensen, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, J. A. Johnson,
    R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, F. C. Shelly.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observers R. Holmes,
    T. Linder.  Measurers R. Holmes, T. Linder, S. Foglia, L. Buzzi,
    T. Vorobjov.  0.76-m f/3.0 astrograph + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2013 RU73                                                Earth MOID = 0.0529 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5                  MPC
M  16.97427              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51267278     Peri.  199.43229     +0.97594979     -0.21760361
a   1.5461177      Node   173.09661     +0.21161991     +0.93131688
e   0.3215679      Incl.    6.23984     +0.05233561     +0.29205743
P   1.92           H   24.3           G   0.15           U   6
Residuals in seconds of arc
130913 G96  0.2+  0.3-    130914 H21  0.5-  0.0     130914 291  0.3+  0.0
130913 G96  0.2+  0.2-    130914 H21  0.2-  0.0     130914 291  0.3+  0.0
130913 G96  0.2+  0.2+    130914 G96  0.0   0.1+    130915 J95  0.1-  0.3+
130913 G96  0.1+  0.0     130914 G96  0.2+  0.1+    130915 J95  0.4+  0.3-
130913 G96  0.0   0.1-    130914 G96  0.3+  0.3-    130915 J95  0.1-  0.0
130913 G96  0.4-  0.3+    130914 G96  0.1+  0.0
130914 H21  0.2+  0.3-    130914 291  0.3-  0.5+

Ephemeris:
2013 RU73                a,e,i = 1.55, 0.32, 6                   q = 1.0489
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2013 08 17    22 39 27.1 +16 30 45   0.1402  1.1328   147.2    29.0    21.6
...
2013 09 01    00 01 40.5 +17 28 26   0.09290 1.0886   147.3    30.0    20.6
...
2013 09 09    01 12 38.3 +14 46 26   0.07818 1.0711   143.4    34.1    20.3
...
2013 09 15    02 13 53.6 +10 34 30   0.07389 1.0611   137.2    40.1    20.4
2013 09 16    02 24 04.9 +09 44 08   0.07378 1.0597   136.0    41.2    20.4
2013 09 17    02 34 08.4 +08 52 17   0.07383 1.0584   134.8    42.4    20.4
...
2013 09 23    03 29 43.4 +03 32 12   0.07743 1.0523   127.4    49.2    20.7
...
2013 10 01    04 26 07.8 -02 39 03   0.08882 1.0490   120.4    55.4    21.2
...
2013 10 16    05 23 32.6 -09 37 23   0.1196  1.0575   117.5    56.7    21.9

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2013 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2013-S03

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