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    M.P.E.C. 2015-S40                                Issued 2015 Sept. 18, 14:15 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2015 RW83

Observations:
     K15R83W* C2015 09 12.29508 22 28 04.304+12 09 24.03         22.5 wLES040F51
     K15R83W  C2015 09 12.30756 22 28 02.059+12 09 27.72         22.3 wLES040F51
     K15R83W  C2015 09 12.32005 22 27 59.838+12 09 31.91         22.5 wLES040F51
     K15R83W _C2015 09 14.38645722 22 27.876+12 17 39.10         21.9 RtES040568
     K15R83W _C2015 09 14.38758722 22 27.680+12 17 39.29         22.0 RtES040568
     K15R83W _C2015 09 14.38865122 22 27.494+12 17 39.50         21.8 RtES040568
     K15R83W _C2015 09 18.32210722 12 37.669+12 25 36.55         20.3 RtES040568
     K15R83W _C2015 09 18.32375922 12 37.411+12 25 36.72         20.3 RtES040568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers R. J. Wainscoat, D. Woodworth, L. Wells.  Measurers
    M. Micheli, R. J. Wainscoat.  3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope + CCD.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers B. Gibson, T. Goggia, N. Primak,
    A. Schultz, M. Willman.  Measurers K. Chambers, S. Chastel, L. Denneau,
    H. Flewelling, M. Huber, E. Lilly, E. Magnier, R. Wainscoat, C. Waters,
    R. Weryk.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2015 RW83                                                Earth MOID = 0.0321 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5                 MPC
M 151.65146              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.83843849     Peri.  184.59408     -0.73403302     -0.67523094
a   1.1138377      Node   312.65571     +0.62617412     -0.63160941
e   0.0869097      Incl.    5.65877     +0.26287163     -0.38096291
P   1.18           H   24.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
150912 F51  0.3+  0.0     150914 568  0.0   0.0     150918 568  0.0   0.0
150912 F51  0.2-  0.2-    150914 568  0.0   0.1-    150918 568  0.0   0.1+
150912 F51  0.1-  0.2+    150914 568  0.0   0.1-

Ephemeris:
2015 RW83                a,e,i = 1.11, 0.09, 6                   q = 1.0170
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2015 08 19    23 28 59.3 +07 07 00   0.2225  1.2074   148.4    26.0    22.3
...
2015 09 03    22 53 52.7 +10 55 56   0.2006  1.2005   161.1    15.8    21.8
...
2015 09 11    22 31 35.1 +12 02 57   0.1984  1.1953   160.0    16.8    21.8
...
2015 09 17    22 15 49.0 +12 24 03   0.2012  1.1907   155.0    20.9    21.9
2015 09 18    22 13 23.1 +12 25 24   0.2020  1.1899   154.0    21.7    22.0
2015 09 19    22 11 01.5 +12 26 11   0.2029  1.1891   153.0    22.6    22.0
...
2015 09 25    21 58 35.0 +12 21 03   0.2100  1.1838   146.5    27.9    22.2
...
2015 10 03    21 47 08.6 +11 56 33   0.2232  1.1760   137.9    34.8    22.5
...
2015 10 18    21 41 44.9 +10 58 05   0.2555  1.1592   124.1    45.4    23.1

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2015 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2015-S40

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