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    M.P.E.C. 2020-S43                            Issued 2020 September 17, 00:35 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
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                                2020 RA8                                 


Observations:
     K20R08A* C2020 09 14.41858200 26 01.636-20 25 42.00         20.42GVES043F51
     K20R08A  C2020 09 14.42997600 26 03.765-20 25 36.10         21.26GVES043F51
     K20R08A  C2020 09 14.45270500 26 07.976-20 25 23.95         21.06GVES043F51
     K20R08A ^C2020 09 15.36372600 29 20.554-20 16 22.49         21.41GVES043568
     K20R08A ^C2020 09 15.36467400 29 20.738-20 16 21.93         21.45GVES043568
     K20R08A  C2020 09 15.45894100 29 39.037-20 15 26.38         21.62wUES043F51
     K20R08A  C2020 09 15.47568800 29 42.261-20 15 15.86         22.09wUES043F51
     K20R08A  C2020 09 15.49243500 29 45.504-20 15 04.99         21.98wUES043F51
     K20R08A  C2020 09 16.34262 00 32 50.85 -20 05 38.7          21.3 GVES043V06
     K20R08A  C2020 09 16.34529 00 32 51.39 -20 05 37.1          21.8 GVES043V06
     K20R08A  C2020 09 16.34796 00 32 51.89 -20 05 34.8          21.3 GVES043V06
     K20R08A  C2020 09 16.35062 00 32 52.43 -20 05 32.7          21.8 GVES043V06
     K20R08A  C2020 09 16.44566900 33 14.136-20 04 17.59         21.41wUES043F52
     K20R08A  C2020 09 16.45997900 33 17.008-20 04 07.08         22.25wUES043F52
     K20R08A  C2020 09 16.48844300 33 22.684-20 03 46.77         22.17wUES043F52

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers R. Wainscoat, C. Crowder, T. Burdullis.  Measurers
    R. Weryk, R. Wainscoat.  3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope + CCD.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, K. Chambers, T. Lowe, A.
    Schultz, M. Willman.  Measurers S. Chastel, M. Huber, Y. Ramanjooloo, R.
    Wainscoat, R. Weryk, K. Chambers, T. de Boer, L. Denneau, J. Fairlamb, H.
    Flewelling, C.-C. Lin, E. Magnier.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
F52 Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, T. Dukes, 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.
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 RA8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0932 AU
Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Bell
M 326.10622              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23841392     Peri.  342.83049     +0.86848596     -0.49325696
a   2.5758168      Node    46.82939     +0.46237619     +0.77021442
e   0.5786772      Incl.    3.87536     +0.17871874     +0.40431092
P   4.13           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
200914 F51  0.1-  0.1+    200915 F51  0.0   0.0     200916 V06  0.2-  0.2+
200914 F51  0.1+  0.0     200915 F51  0.1-  0.1-    200916 V06  0.2-  0.4+
200914 F51  0.0   0.0     200915 F51  0.1+  0.1-    200916 F52  0.0   0.1-
200915 568  0.0   0.0     200916 V06  0.3+  0.1+    200916 F52  0.1+  0.3+
200915 568  0.0   0.1+    200916 V06  0.3+  0.2-    200916 F52  0.2-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2020 RA8                 a,e,i = 2.58, 0.58, 4                   q = 1.0853
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
2020 08 18    23 23 40.6 -20 17 21   0.3379  1.3290   156.5    17.7    23.3
...
2020 09 02    23 51 29.6 -21 05 14   0.2402  1.2365   159.3    16.8    22.4
...
2020 09 10    00 12 00.1 -20 54 28   0.1981  1.1937   158.7    17.8    21.9
...
2020 09 16    00 31 35.5 -20 08 57   0.1708  1.1653   157.8    19.0    21.6
2020 09 17    00 35 17.6 -19 56 50   0.1666  1.1610   157.6    19.3    21.5
2020 09 18    00 39 08.1 -19 43 09   0.1626  1.1567   157.4    19.5    21.5
...
2020 09 24    01 05 22.9 -17 41 40   0.1405  1.1333   156.4    20.7    21.1
...
2020 10 02    01 49 39.8 -12 42 13   0.1179  1.1088   155.0    22.5    20.8
...
2020 10 17    03 31 24.0 +04 03 05   0.1027  1.0859   149.0    28.2    20.6

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