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MPEC 2006-E05 : 2003 RC2

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M.P.E.C. 2006-E05                                Issued 2006 Mar. 2, 19:15 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                                   2003 RC2

                           Revision to MPEC 2003-R24

Additional Observations:
     K03R02C 7C2006 02 24.43556 15 08 41.26 +11 26 00.5                 EE005696
     K03R02C 7C2006 02 24.45051 15 08 41.92 +11 26 44.9                 EE005696
     K03R02C  C2006 02 24.52142 15 08 44.90 +11 30 13.6          20.9 V EE005G96
     K03R02C  C2006 02 24.52265 15 08 44.97 +11 30 17.1          20.8 V EE005G96
     K03R02C  C2006 02 24.52390 15 08 45.03 +11 30 20.5          19.5 V EE005G96

Observer details:
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observers T. B. Spahr, P. Berlind,
    M. Calkins.  Measurer T. B. Spahr.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 RC2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.2568 AU
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5                  MPC
M  70.98982              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52323934     Peri.  273.13315     +0.12900298     -0.97766918
a   1.5252316      Node   165.73279     +0.93629399     +0.17519565
e   0.3711341      Incl.   42.31099     -0.32666772     +0.11605797
P   1.88           H   19.4           G   0.15           U   1
Residuals in seconds of arc
030902 704  0.1+  0.5+    030905 026  0.5+  0.1+    031018 474  0.6-  0.2+
030902 704  0.1+  0.5+    030905 026  0.3+  0.2-    031018 474  0.9-  0.1-
030902 704  0.1-  0.1-    030905 413  0.1+  0.0     031018 474  0.8-  0.2-
030902 704  0.1+  0.4+    030905 413  0.2+  0.1-    031018 474  0.5-  0.4-
030902 704  0.1-  0.3-    030905 413  0.1+  0.2+    031018 474  0.3-  0.0
030903 649  0.3-  0.3+    030905 246  0.1-  1.6+    031104 413  0.5-  0.5+
030903 649  0.3+  0.7-    030905 246  0.1-  1.1+    031104 413  0.6-  0.1-
030903 649  0.8+  0.0     030905 246  0.2+  0.9+    040218 493  0.1-  0.3+
030903 649  0.3+  1.0-    030905 246  0.0   0.5+    040218 493  0.2-  0.5+
030903 704  0.1+  0.1+    030905 246  0.5+  0.6+    040226 704  0.6+  0.2+
030903 704  0.8-  0.7+    030905 246  0.1-  0.9+    040226 704  0.5+  0.1+
030903 704  0.7-  0.1-    030907 859  2.1-  1.5+    040226 704  1.0+  0.3+
030903 704  0.3-  0.1+    030907 859 (2.7-  3.7+)   040226 704  1.7+  0.6-
030903 704  0.8-  0.1+    030908 413  0.4+  0.1+    040226 704  1.1+  0.2-
030903 026  0.4-  0.4+    030910 413  0.2+  0.2+    040314 704  0.4+  0.6+
030903 026  0.3-  0.2+    030910 413  0.4+  0.1-    040314 704  0.2-  0.7+
030903 026  0.2-  0.1-    030911 474  0.0   0.2-    040314 704  0.1-  0.6+
030904 620  0.1-  0.4+    030911 474  0.4+  0.5-    040314 704  0.5-  0.2-
030904 620  0.8-  0.1+    030911 474  0.2-  0.1+    040314 A41  0.8-  0.7+
030904 649  0.2-  0.3-    030911 474  0.1+  0.1+    040314 A41  0.2-  0.4+
030904 649  0.4+  0.1-    030911 474  0.1+  0.2-    040315 A41  1.0-  0.1-
030904 649  0.4+  0.7-    030911 474  1.4+  1.3-    040320 170  0.0   0.0
030904 448  0.0   0.3-    030911 474  0.4+  0.4-    040320 170  0.2-  0.2-
030904 448  0.2-  0.3-    030911 474  0.6+  0.6-    040320 170  0.6-  0.1-
030904 448  0.4+  0.3-    030911 474  0.1+  0.7-    060224 696  0.7+  1.6-
030904 704  0.2-  0.1-    030913 448  0.3+  0.7-    060224 696  0.8+  0.9-
030904 704  0.0   0.5-    030913 448  0.7+  0.6-    060224 G96  0.5-  0.5+
030904 704  1.1-  0.3+    030913 448  0.1-  0.3+    060224 G96  0.2-  0.4+
030904 704  0.5-  0.3-    030913 448  0.1+  0.0     060224 G96  0.1-  0.1+
030904 026  0.1+  0.1-    030918 413  0.3+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2003 RC2                 a,e,i = 1.53, 0.37, 42                  q = 0.9592
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2006 02 24    15 08.33   +11 04.9    0.819    1.496   111.2    38.1    21.4
2006 03 06    15 13.86   +19 21.6    0.808    1.547   118.2    34.4    21.3
2006 03 16    15 13.87   +27 33.5    0.817    1.597   123.4    31.3    21.3
2006 03 26    15 07.96   +34 58.1    0.849    1.645   125.8    29.4    21.4
2006 04 05    14 56.41   +40 58.9    0.901    1.691   125.5    28.8    21.6
2006 04 15    14 40.73   +45 15.0    0.970    1.734   123.0    29.0    21.8
2006 04 25    14 23.43   +47 45.2    1.053    1.775   119.1    29.7    22.0

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2006 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2006-E05

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