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    M.P.E.C. 2017-S06                                Issued 2017 Sept. 17, 15:29 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2017 RL2
    
    Observations:
         K17R02L* C2017 09 13.32564 21 48 07.759-15 14 44.06         21.3 wLES006F51
         K17R02L  C2017 09 13.33924 21 48 06.982-15 13 55.12         21.2 wLES006F51
         K17R02L  C2017 09 13.35283 21 48 06.211-15 13 05.79         21.1 wLES006F51
         K17R02L  C2017 09 13.36644 21 48 05.433-15 12 16.12         21.3 wLES006F51
         K17R02L _C2017 09 14.35740021 48 16.065-14 12 23.58         20.6 GUES006568
         K17R02L _C2017 09 14.35835021 48 16.017-14 12 20.27         21.1 GUES006568
         K17R02L _C2017 09 14.35929721 48 15.965-14 12 16.91         20.5 GUES006568
         K17R02L |C2017 09 16.10210 21 48 43.59 -12 27 41.1          20.7 VuES006807
         K17R02L |C2017 09 16.10550 21 48 43.44 -12 27 29.6          20.4 VuES006807
         K17R02L  C2017 09 17.24701 21 49 04.95 -11 25 05.3          21.3 VqES006I52
         K17R02L  C2017 09 17.24913 21 49 04.89 -11 24 58.0          21.8 VqES006I52
         K17R02L  C2017 09 17.25124 21 49 04.80 -11 24 50.5          21.7 VqES006I52
    
    Observer details:
    568 Mauna Kea.  Observers R. J. Wainscoat, C. Wipper.  Measurers M. Micheli,
        R. J. Wainscoat.  3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope + CCD.
    807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph
        + CCD.
    F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, T. Lowe, 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.
    I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer J. A. Johnson.
        Measurers E. J. Christensen, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer,
        J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. G. Matheny,
        R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2017 RL2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0464 AU
    Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5                 MPC
    M   1.56780              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.84788895     Peri.  347.75190     +0.93212487     +0.36204953
    a   1.1055458      Node   351.00979     -0.32780779     +0.83421797
    e   0.0464486      Incl.    2.91979     -0.15390022     +0.41593330
    P   1.16           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    170913 F51  0.1+  0.1+    170914 568  0.0   0.1+    170916 807  0.4-  0.1-
    170913 F51  0.1-  0.0     170914 568  0.1+  0.0     170917 I52  0.1+  0.2-
    170913 F51  0.0   0.0     170914 568  0.1+  0.1-    170917 I52  0.3+  0.1-
    170913 F51  0.0   0.1-    170916 807  0.2-  0.1+    170917 I52  0.0   0.2+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2017 RL2                 a,e,i = 1.11, 0.05, 3                   q = 1.0542
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2017 08 18    22 04 21.5 -42 46 42   0.04953 1.0556   150.2    28.4    20.9
    ...
    2017 09 02    21 50 13.7 -27 32 37   0.04905 1.0542   156.7    22.3    20.7
    ...
    2017 09 10    21 47 55.7 -18 41 33   0.05220 1.0546   155.1    23.7    20.9
    ...
    2017 09 16    21 48 40.7 -12 34 25   0.05616 1.0554   152.0    26.6    21.2
    2017 09 17    21 49 00.5 -11 37 17   0.05696 1.0555   151.4    27.1    21.2
    2017 09 18    21 49 24.0 -10 41 26   0.05779 1.0557   150.8    27.7    21.3
    ...
    2017 09 24    21 53 03.1 -05 34 32   0.06355 1.0571   146.9    31.2    21.6
    ...
    2017 10 02    22 01 10.9 +00 00 33   0.07303 1.0595   142.1    35.5    22.0
    ...
    2017 10 17    22 23 49.1 +07 19 40   0.09549 1.0659   134.6    41.7    22.8
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2017 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2017-S06
    

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