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MPEC 2002-R59 : 2002 RB126

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M.P.E.C. 2002-R59                                Issued 2002 Sept. 12, 14:19 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                  2002 RB126

Observations:
     K02RC6B* C2002 09 11.37727 02 58 33.84 -11 10 36.6          17.4 V      G78
     K02RC6B  C2002 09 11.38897 02 58 20.32 -11 10 26.3          17.7 V      G78
     K02RC6B  C2002 09 11.40258 02 58 04.55 -11 10 14.4          17.8 V      G78
     K02RC6B  C2002 09 12.32813 02 40 54.28 -10 54 34.4          16.9 V      G78
     K02RC6B  C2002 09 12.33067 02 40 51.53 -10 54 32.0          17.0 V      G78
     K02RC6B  C2002 09 12.33192 02 40 50.05 -10 54 30.0          17.0 V      G78
     K02RC6B  C2002 09 12.38727 02 39 49.01 -10 53 30.2          17.1 V      G78
     K02RC6B  C2002 09 12.38788 02 39 48.29 -10 53 30.4          17.3 V      G78
     K02RC6B  C2002 09 12.38847 02 39 47.75 -10 53 29.0          17.1 V      G78

Observer details:
G78 Desert Wanderer Observatory.  Observer W. K. Y. Yeung.  0.45-m reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 RB126
Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5                 MPC
M  26.86955              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.56964600     Peri.  224.59744     -0.62439152     +0.78044142
a   1.4412280      Node     6.99014     -0.62166294     -0.47143355
e   0.7273156      Incl.   15.41492     -0.47293806     -0.41068430
P   1.73           H   19.4           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2002 Sept. 11-12.

Ephemeris:
2002 RB126               a,e,i = 1.44, 0.73, 15                  q = 0.3930
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 09 03    05 40.28   -10 33.1    0.160    0.990    78.5    92.3    18.7
2002 09 13    02 28.91   -10 41.0    0.159    1.122   133.5    40.6    17.3
2002 09 23    00 27.80   -06 55.8    0.244    1.245   170.1     8.0    17.4
2002 10 03    23 37.36   -04 29.4    0.370    1.359   163.3    12.2    18.6
2002 10 13    23 15.76   -02 59.3    0.516    1.465   149.2    20.4    19.8
2002 10 23    23 07.36   -01 51.1    0.678    1.564   137.7    25.4    20.7
2002 11 02    23 06.04   -00 50.1    0.851    1.656   127.8    28.3    21.4
2002 11 12    23 09.08   +00 10.3    1.033    1.742   118.8    29.9    22.0
2002 11 22    23 14.99   +01 13.3    1.222    1.821   110.6    30.5    22.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R59

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