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    M.P.E.C. 2023-R84                             Issued 2023 September 9, 14:33 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites,
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                                2023 RG2                                 


Observations:
     K23R02G*1C2023 09 06.33534100 03 15.260+00 40 35.29         21.15GVER084G96
     K23R02G 1C2023 09 06.34654200 03 14.915+00 40 55.60         21.22GVER084G96
     K23R02G 1C2023 09 06.35212800 03 14.738+00 41 04.34         20.27GVER084G96
     K23R02G KC2023 09 07.29116600 02 55.73 +01 09 19.9          21.2 GXER084858
     K23R02G KC2023 09 07.29901300 02 55.49 +01 09 33.8          20.4 GXER084858
     K23R02G KC2023 09 07.30677600 02 55.28 +01 09 47.5          21.7 GXER084858
     K23R02G KC2023 09 07.36273 00 02 53.58 +01 11 29.3          21.0 RVER084691
     K23R02G KC2023 09 07.36884 00 02 53.39 +01 11 40.5          21.2 RVER084691
     K23R02G KC2023 09 07.37494 00 02 53.24 +01 11 51.3          20.7 RVER084691
     K23R02G pC2023 09 09.03732500 02 14.45 +02 00 42.6          21.3 GVER084L01
     K23R02G KC2023 09 09.04409600 02 14.24 +02 00 55.2          20.9 GVER084L01
     K23R02G  C2023 09 09.44827900 02 04.859+02 12 47.89         20.87wXER084F52
     K23R02G  C2023 09 09.45797600 02 04.460+02 13 05.32         21.12wXER084F52
     K23R02G  C2023 09 09.46767200 02 04.122+02 13 21.51         21.08wXER084F52
     K23R02G  C2023 09 09.47739900 02 03.774+02 13 38.77         21.18wXER084F52

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak-Spacewatch.  Observer M. J. Brucker.  0.9-m
    f/3 reflector + CCD.
858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.51-m f/8.1
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
F52 Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, T. Lowe, P. Minguez, A.
    Schultz, I. Smith.  Measurers K. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Bulger, J.
    Fairlamb, H. Gao, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, P. Minguez, Y.
    Ramanjooloo, A. Schultz, I. Smith, R. Wainscoat, R. Weryk.  1.8-m Ritchey-
    Chretien + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers E. J. Christensen, D.
    Fay, J. B. Fazekas, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H. Groeller, J.
    K. Hogan, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, D. Rankin, R. L.
    Seaman, A. Serrano, F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos.  1.5-m reflector + 10K
    CCD.
L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observer K. Korlevic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2023 RG2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.2531 AU
Epoch 2023 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2460200.5                Veres                   
M   8.52872              (2000.0)            P               Q                  
n   0.30912755     Peri.  343.29913     +0.86514324     +0.50054129             
a   2.1662616      Node   346.53023     -0.44335914     +0.73404508             
e   0.4179903      Incl.    7.74580     -0.23443518     +0.45895124             
P   3.19           H   22.68          G   0.15           U   9                  
Residuals in seconds of arc
230906 G96  0.0   0.1+    230907 858  0.4+  0.2-    230909 L01  0.2-  0.3+
230906 G96  0.0   0.0     230907 691  0.2-  0.1-    230909 F52  0.3+  0.3-
230906 G96  0.0   1.4-    230907 691  0.0   0.1+    230909 F52  0.3-  0.4+
230907 858  0.3-  0.2+    230907 691  0.7+  0.0     230909 F52  0.1+  0.2-
230907 858  0.2-  0.0     230909 L01  0.4-  0.5-    230909 F52  0.4+  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2023 RG2                 a,e,i = 2.17, 0.42, 8                   q = 1.2608
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
2023 08 10    23 54 50.3 -14 01 23   0.2987  1.2624   141.9    29.7    21.9
...
2023 08 25    00 04 14.7 -05 55 30   0.2783  1.2636   152.1    22.0    21.5
...
2023 09 02    00 04 20.6 -01 34 07   0.2775  1.2714   158.5    16.9    21.3
...
2023 09 08    00 02 39.5 +01 30 39   0.2817  1.2804   163.5    12.9    21.2
2023 09 09    00 02 15.8 +01 59 58   0.2828  1.2821   164.4    12.2    21.2
2023 09 10    00 01 50.4 +02 28 46   0.2841  1.2839   165.2    11.6    21.2
...
2023 09 16    23 58 54.2 +05 10 03   0.2944  1.2963   169.6     8.1    21.2
...
2023 09 24    23 54 41.7 +08 10 31   0.3155  1.3165   171.8     6.2    21.3
...
2023 10 09    23 49 42.8 +12 01 53   0.3780  1.3645   162.6    12.6    22.0

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