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    M.P.E.C. 2015-R16                                Issued 2015 Sept. 7, 14:07 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
    on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2015 RD

Observations:
     K15R00D* C2015 09 06.28321 23 29 51.21 -02 41 50.0          19.8 VqER016703
     K15R00D  C2015 09 06.29080 23 29 53.86 -02 40 10.4          19.9 VqER016703
     K15R00D  C2015 09 06.29841 23 29 56.48 -02 38 32.2          20.4 VqER016703
     K15R00D  C2015 09 06.30597 23 29 59.05 -02 36 54.3          20.0 VqER016703
     K15R00D  C2015 09 06.36620 23 30 19.51 -02 23 59.2          19.6 VqER016703
     K15R00D  C2015 09 06.37063 23 30 21.01 -02 23 02.7          19.8 VqER016703
     K15R00D KC2015 09 06.45835 23 31 03.38 -02 00 46.5          20.5 RtER016474
     K15R00D KC2015 09 06.45954 23 31 03.75 -02 00 31.5          20.4 RtER016474
     K15R00D KC2015 09 06.46074 23 31 04.19 -02 00 15.8          19.8 RtER016474
     K15R00D KC2015 09 06.46194 23 31 04.56 -02 00 00.6          20.2 RtER016474
     K15R00D KC2015 09 06.91333 23 33 57.82 -00 32 27.5          20.2 VqER016I93
     K15R00D KC2015 09 06.92094 23 34 00.27 -00 30 57.8          20.4 VqER016I93
     K15R00D KC2015 09 06.92875 23 34 02.80 -00 29 25.9          20.3 VqER016I93
     K15R00D KC2015 09 07.03487 23 34 36.51 -00 09 02.3                qER016J95
     K15R00D KC2015 09 07.05244 23 34 42.04 -00 05 39.7                qER016J95
     K15R00D KC2015 09 07.06745 23 34 46.81 -00 02 46.0          19.9 RqER016J95
     K15R00D  C2015 09 07.31024 23 36 15.56 +00 43 39.4          20.3 VqER016I52
     K15R00D  C2015 09 07.31442 23 36 16.75 +00 44 25.5          20.6 VqER016I52
     K15R00D  C2015 09 07.31653 23 36 17.38 +00 44 49.4          19.9 VqER016I52

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore,
    P. M. Kilmartin.  Measurer P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  Measurers
    E. J. Christensen, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. G. Matheny, F. C. Shelly.
    0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer D. C. Fuls.  Measurers
    E. J. Christensen, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. G. Matheny, F. C. Shelly.
    1.0-m reflector + CCD.
I93 St Pardon de Conques.  Observer F. Losse.  0.40-m f/3.7 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2015 RD                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0300 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5                 MPC
M 343.82502              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33348286     Peri.  334.03981     +0.73706241     +0.67507944
a   2.0594616      Node   343.37650     -0.59914256     +0.63098985
e   0.5050203      Incl.    6.36781     -0.31267747     +0.38225588
P   2.96           H   26.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
150906 703  0.5-  1.1-    150906 474  0.2+  0.4-    150907 J95  0.3-  0.3-
150906 703  0.0   0.3+    150906 474  0.5+  0.2+    150907 J95  0.1+  0.4+
150906 703  0.1+  0.1+    150906 474  0.2-  0.3+    150907 I52  0.1-  0.0
150906 703  0.1-  0.3+    150906 I93  0.5+  0.4-    150907 I52  0.2-  0.2-
150906 703  0.3-  0.7+    150906 I93  0.1-  0.3-    150907 I52  0.1+  0.3+
150906 703  0.4-  0.4+    150906 I93  0.2-  0.2-
150906 474  0.9+  0.5-    150907 J95  0.2+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2015 RD                  a,e,i = 2.06, 0.51, 6                   q = 1.0194
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2015 08 08    13 57 06.5 -49 56 31   0.1087  1.0224    91.3    82.6    24.1
...
2015 08 23    16 44 30.8 -63 43 20   0.04775 1.0246   104.7    72.7    22.0
...
2015 08 31    22 09 15.7 -37 27 14   0.03315 1.0387   150.9    28.2    19.9
...
2015 09 06    23 27 49.9 -03 42 42   0.04705 1.0547   171.7     7.9    20.0
2015 09 07    23 34 24.0 -00 13 41   0.05073 1.0579   169.6     9.9    20.3
2015 09 08    23 40 01.0 +02 45 57   0.05465 1.0611   167.5    11.9    20.5
...
2015 09 14    00 01 18.1 +13 55 45   0.08115 1.0829   160.3    18.3    21.7
...
2015 09 22    00 13 58.1 +20 04 41   0.1212  1.1177   158.8    19.0    22.6
...
2015 10 07    00 23 12.5 +23 09 45   0.2072  1.1975   161.0    15.7    23.8

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