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MPEC 2000-R29 : 2000 RE52

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M.P.E.C. 2000-R29                                Issued 2000 Sept. 7, 18:08 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2000 RE52

Observations:
     K00R52E* C2000 09 05.26624 22 54 34.91 -12 07 57.4          18.5        704
     K00R52E  C2000 09 05.27941 22 54 29.03 -12 06 28.0          18.5        704
     K00R52E  C2000 09 05.29273 22 54 23.09 -12 04 55.6          18.4        704
     K00R52E  C2000 09 05.31932 22 54 11.22 -12 01 52.7          18.9        704
     K00R52E  C2000 09 06.18106 22 48 23.35 -10 25 43.3          18.1        704
     K00R52E  C2000 09 06.19425 22 48 17.93 -10 24 17.5          19.1        704
     K00R52E  C2000 09 06.20732 22 48 12.49 -10 22 53.4          18.8        704
     K00R52E  C2000 09 06.22037 22 48 07.09 -10 21 29.7          18.7        704
     K00R52E 1C2000 09 07.31900 22 41 13.49 -08 26 31.0                      658
     K00R52E 1C2000 09 07.32270 22 41 12.10 -08 26 08.5                      658
     K00R52E 1C2000 09 07.32756 22 41 10.28 -08 25 38.6                      658

Observer details:
658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
    Plaskett reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber, L. Manguso.  Measurers J. Stuart,
    R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2000 RE52                                                            PHA 0.032D
Epoch 2000 Aug. 24.0 TT = JDT 2451780.5                 Spahr
M  61.79079              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.79364994     Peri.  258.17781     -0.44869162     +0.88951722
a   1.1553584      Node   344.27522     -0.64468082     -0.38898311
e   0.2480533      Incl.   18.55155     -0.61892040     -0.23968991
P   1.24           H   21.6           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2000 Sept. 5-7.

Ephemeris:
2000 RE52                a,e,i = 1.16, 0.25, 19                  q = 0.8688
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2000 09 03    23 12.07   -16 43.2    0.118    1.125   169.2     9.7    17.8
2000 09 13    22 14.05   -00 29.9    0.166    1.165   162.0    15.5    18.9
2000 09 23    21 48.97   +07 32.2    0.232    1.203   146.3    27.6    20.1
2000 10 03    21 40.31   +11 33.8    0.308    1.240   135.6    34.4    20.9
2000 10 13    21 41.00   +13 48.2    0.391    1.274   127.5    38.4    21.6
2000 10 23    21 47.48   +15 13.8    0.477    1.305   120.8    40.9    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-R29

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