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    M.P.E.C. 2023-R173                           Issued 2023 September 13, 11:33 UT

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                                2023 RK6                                 


Observations:
     K23R06K* C2023 09 11.38640200 37 55.769+12 57 11.54         20.79wXER173F52
     K23R06K  C2023 09 11.39720800 37 47.243+12 54 18.57         20.67wXER173F52
     K23R06K  C2023 09 11.40804600 37 38.657+12 51 25.03         20.89wXER173F52
     K23R06K  C2023 09 11.52747900 36 05.594+12 20 04.06         20.54GVER173F51
     K23R06K  C2023 09 11.52812100 36 05.097+12 19 53.88         20.49GVER173F51
     K23R06K  C2023 09 11.52876700 36 04.608+12 19 44.03         20.74GVER173F51
     K23R06K  C2023 09 11.52941000 36 04.123+12 19 34.18         20.55GVER173F51
     K23R06K 1C2023 09 11.89373 00 32 09.01 +10 49 31.5          20.5 VXER173033
     K23R06K 1C2023 09 11.89471 00 32 08.39 +10 49 18.6          20.6 VXER173033
     K23R06K 1C2023 09 11.89569 00 32 07.75 +10 49 04.8          20.7 VXER173033
     K23R06K KC2023 09 11.92438100 31 49.29 +10 42 42.9          20.6 GVER173L01
     K23R06K pC2023 09 11.92586300 31 48.33 +10 42 22.7          21.0 GVER173L01
     K23R06K pC2023 09 11.92734400 31 47.28 +10 42 02.8          21.0 GVER173L01
     K23R06K pC2023 09 11.92882600 31 46.34 +10 41 42.9          21.0 GVER173L01
     K23R06K KC2023 09 11.93083900 31 45.02 +10 41 14.8          20.4 GVER173L01
     K23R06K 1C2023 09 13.09946 00 21 34.81 +06 54 49.6          20.7 VXER173033
     K23R06K 1C2023 09 13.10085 00 21 34.17 +06 54 35.2          20.4 VXER173033

Observer details:
033 Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg.  Observers S. Melnikov, C.
    Hoegner, F. Ludwig, M. Hartmann, B. Stecklum.  Measurer B. Stecklum.
    1.34-m f/3 Schmidt + CCD.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, K. Chambers, T. Lowe, P.
    Minguez, A. Schultz, I. Smith.  Measurers S. Chastel, J. Fairlamb, M.
    Huber, Y. Ramanjooloo, R. Wainscoat, R. Weryk.  1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien +
    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.
L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observer K. Korlevic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2023 RK6                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0123 AU
Epoch 2023 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2460200.5                Veres                   
M  18.14452              (2000.0)            P               Q                  
n   0.34037844     Peri.   88.58902     -0.12991208     +0.99146811             
a   2.0315524      Node   173.91537     -0.94503707     -0.12055760             
e   0.6777354      Incl.    5.77704     -0.30004631     -0.04956663             
P   2.90           H   25.60          G   0.15           U   9                  
Residuals in seconds of arc
230911 F52  0.2-  0.3-    230911 F51  0.0   0.2+    230911 L01  0.7-  0.4+
230911 F52  0.2+  0.0     230911 033  0.2-  0.5-    230911 L01  0.3-  0.7+
230911 F52  0.0   0.2-    230911 033  0.1+  0.1+    230911 L01  0.4-  0.0
230911 F51  0.0   0.1+    230911 033  0.1+  0.2-    230913 033  0.1+  0.2+
230911 F51  0.1-  0.1-    230911 L01  0.4+  0.0     230913 033  0.1+  0.5-
230911 F51  0.0   0.0     230911 L01  0.5+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2023 RK6                 a,e,i = 2.03, 0.68, 6                   q = 0.6547
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
2023 08 14    11 11 58.7 +16 30 09   0.2792  0.7668    24.1   147.4    30.2
...
2023 08 29    10 51 13.5 +25 39 13   0.1016  0.9134    17.0   161.2    31.8
...
2023 09 06    06 15 06.0 +57 12 50   0.03062 1.0001    73.8   104.5    21.9
...
2023 09 12    00 31 00.2 +10 27 08   0.06487 1.0665   156.5    22.1    20.9
2023 09 13    00 22 21.6 +07 12 51   0.07494 1.0776   161.1    17.6    21.1
2023 09 14    00 15 50.2 +04 44 20   0.08531 1.0888   164.8    14.0    21.2
...
2023 09 20    23 56 06.2 -02 44 32   0.1510  1.1554   177.4     2.3    22.1
...
2023 09 28    23 46 51.8 -06 09 07   0.2449  1.2437   169.3     8.6    23.6
...
2023 10 13    23 43 09.6 -07 49 33   0.4397  1.4050   153.4    18.5    25.5

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