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    M.P.E.C. 2020-S10                            Issued 2020 September 16, 02:53 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

                                2020 RT6                                 


Observations:
     K20R06T* C2020 09 13.33678921 16 47.305-09 43 28.00         21.86wUES010F51
     K20R06T  C2020 09 13.34950621 16 43.664-09 42 21.54         22.05wUES010F51
     K20R06T  C2020 09 13.36214921 16 40.055-09 41 15.39         22.17wUES010F51
     K20R06T  C2020 09 14.32553121 12 24.919-08 17 20.19         22.28GVES010F52
     K20R06T  C2020 09 14.34144121 12 20.448-08 15 56.37         22.06GVES010F52
     K20R06T ^C2020 09 14.34866321 12 18.404-08 15 18.48         22.19GVES010568
     K20R06T ^C2020 09 14.34961321 12 18.137-08 15 13.48         22.14GVES010568
     K20R06T ^C2020 09 14.35056021 12 17.876-08 15 08.55         22.01GVES010568
     K20R06T  C2020 09 14.35738221 12 16.049-08 14 33.60         23.02GVES010F52
     K20R06T  C2020 09 14.37335521 12 11.683-08 13 11.03         23.60GVES010F52
     K20R06T  C2020 09 15.17665 21 08 46.43 -07 03 54.8          22.9 GVES010V06
     K20R06T  C2020 09 15.18199 21 08 45.00 -07 03 27.2          22.3 GVES010V06
     K20R06T  C2020 09 15.18733 21 08 43.57 -07 02 59.7          21.9 GVES010V06
     K20R06T  C2020 09 15.19266 21 08 42.15 -07 02 32.2          22.4 GVES010V06

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers R. Wainscoat, L. Wells, T. Burdullis.  Measurers R.
    Weryk, R. Wainscoat.  3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope + CCD.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, T. Lowe, A. Schultz, M.
    Willman.  Measurers K. Chambers, S. Chastel, T. de Boer, L. Denneau, J.
    Fairlamb, H. Flewelling, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, E. Magnier, Y. Ramanjooloo,
    R. Wainscoat, R. Weryk.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
F52 Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, K. Chambers, T. Dukes, T.
    Lowe, A. Schultz, M. Willman.  Measurers S. Chastel, M. Huber, Y.
    Ramanjooloo, R. Wainscoat, R. Weryk.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
V06 Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper.  Observer D. C. Fuls.  Measurers E. J.
    Christensen, G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H.
    Groeller, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, T. A. Pruyne, D.
    Rankin, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos.  1.55-m reflector +
    CCD.

Orbital elements:
2020 RT6                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1864 AU
Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Pan
M 237.15510              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.66251991     Peri.   73.20743     +0.53295249     -0.83704971
a   1.3031771      Node   342.80990     +0.52427319     +0.44144659
e   0.1704235      Incl.   24.74985     +0.66415304     +0.32322235
P   1.49           H   23.9           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
200913 F51  0.0   0.2+    200914 568  0.3-  0.2+    200915 V06  0.1+  0.1-
200913 F51  0.1-  0.0     200914 568  0.4-  0.2+    200915 V06  0.0   0.0
200913 F51  0.0   0.2-    200914 568  0.4-  0.2+    200915 V06  0.1-  0.0
200914 F52  0.9+  0.6-    200914 F52  0.0   0.2+    200915 V06  0.1-  0.0
200914 F52  0.1-  0.4+    200914 F52  0.6+  0.5-

Ephemeris:
2020 RT6                 a,e,i = 1.30, 0.17, 25                  q = 1.0811
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
2020 08 17    23 35 50.8 -38 16 33   0.2968  1.2677   145.3    27.1    23.0
...
2020 09 01    22 20 56.5 -26 40 03   0.2299  1.2288   161.0    15.5    22.0
...
2020 09 09    21 37 38.5 -16 02 57   0.2184  1.2085   154.9    20.7    22.0
...
2020 09 15    21 09 31.1 -07 18 46   0.2227  1.1936   144.3    29.4    22.3
2020 09 16    21 05 21.3 -05 53 10   0.2244  1.1912   142.5    31.0    22.4
2020 09 17    21 01 21.3 -04 28 48   0.2264  1.1888   140.6    32.5    22.4
...
2020 09 23    20 40 47.3 +03 21 38   0.2431  1.1746   130.0    40.9    22.8
...
2020 10 01    20 21 53.6 +11 54 29   0.2748  1.1566   118.2    49.7    23.3
...
2020 10 16    20 06 11.2 +22 59 06   0.3462  1.1266   103.0    59.6    24.0

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