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MPEC 2002-S53 : 2002 RX211

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M.P.E.C. 2002-S53                                Issued 2002 Sept. 27, 13:14 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

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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                  2002 RX211

Observations:
     K02RL1X* C2002 09 09.35566 23 17 00.05 -23 43 50.8          18.9        608
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 09.36657 23 16 59.43 -23 44 02.8          18.8        608
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 09.37734 23 16 58.80 -23 44 14.2          18.7        608
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 10.27611 23 16 12.19 -23 59 53.4          17.6        644
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 10.29745 23 16 10.93 -24 00 16.0          17.8        644
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 10.31832 23 16 09.68 -24 00 37.5          17.7        644
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 17.30609 23 09 38.84 -25 56 00.2          17.5        644
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 17.32716 23 09 37.44 -25 56 19.7          17.7        644
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 17.34850 23 09 36.04 -25 56 39.4          17.7        644
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 26.19115 23 01 05.39 -27 56 46.5          18.2        704
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 26.20701 23 01 04.42 -27 56 57.3          18.4        704
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 26.22280 23 01 03.50 -27 57 07.7          18.8        704
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 26.25470 23 01 01.41 -27 57 30.0          18.1        704
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 26.94534 23 00 23.43 -28 05 12.4          17.5 R      620
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 26.95493 23 00 22.79 -28 05 18.6          17.4 R      620
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 26.97562 23 00 21.51 -28 05 32.0          17.4 R      620
     K02RL1X  C2002 09 26.98595 23 00 20.93 -28 05 38.6          17.3 R      620

Observer details:
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, M. Blasco.
    0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
    S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 RX211
Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5                 MPC
M 327.40691              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33306366     Peri.  323.96363     +0.48679675     -0.86725483
a   2.0611893      Node    96.69360     +0.82402094     +0.41626620
e   0.4583340      Incl.    6.03350     +0.28985931     +0.27311445
P   2.96           H   17.6           G   0.15
From 16 observations 2002 Sept. 9-26.

Ephemeris:
2002 RX211               a,e,i = 2.06, 0.46, 6                   q = 1.1165
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 09 23    23 04.10   -27 17.4    0.422    1.385   149.8    21.4    17.5
2002 10 03    22 55.39   -28 59.7    0.399    1.329   139.4    29.3    17.5
2002 10 13    22 50.44   -29 35.5    0.384    1.277   129.6    37.0    17.6
2002 10 23    22 51.43   -28 59.9    0.374    1.231   121.2    43.8    17.6
2002 11 02    22 59.18   -27 14.5    0.365    1.190   114.3    49.4    17.6
2002 11 12    23 13.78   -24 19.6    0.356    1.157   109.2    53.9    17.6
2002 11 22    23 34.75   -20 14.6    0.348    1.134   105.9    56.9    17.6
2002 12 02    00 01.35   -14 58.3    0.341    1.120   104.2    58.6    17.6
2002 12 12    00 33.05   -08 33.9    0.339    1.117   104.1    58.8    17.6
2002 12 22    01 09.16   -01 18.6    0.343    1.124   105.4    57.5    17.6
2003 01 01    01 48.76   +06 13.4    0.359    1.143   107.3    55.2    17.7
2003 01 11    02 30.85   +13 18.5    0.388    1.170   109.3    52.5    17.8
2003 01 21    03 14.02   +19 17.9    0.431    1.207   110.8    49.7    18.0
2003 01 31    03 56.79   +23 51.5    0.490    1.250   111.3    47.2    18.3
2003 02 10    04 38.04   +26 59.7    0.563    1.299   110.9    45.2    18.6
2003 02 20    05 16.96   +28 53.8    0.650    1.352   109.5    43.5    19.0
2003 03 02    05 53.14   +29 48.7    0.748    1.409   107.4    42.1    19.4
2003 03 12    06 26.64   +29 58.8    0.858    1.468   104.7    40.9    19.7
2003 03 22    06 57.60   +29 35.3    0.977    1.529   101.6    39.7    20.0
2003 04 01    07 26.27   +28 47.0    1.105    1.591    98.1    38.5    20.4
2003 04 11    07 52.98   +27 40.1    1.241    1.652    94.3    37.2    20.7
2003 04 21    08 17.96   +26 19.4    1.384    1.714    90.3    35.9    20.9
2003 05 01    08 41.46   +24 48.4    1.532    1.775    86.1    34.5    21.2
2003 05 11    09 03.71   +23 09.5    1.683    1.835    81.8    33.0    21.4
2003 05 21    09 24.86   +21 24.7    1.838    1.895    77.4    31.4    21.6
2003 05 31    09 45.07   +19 35.6    1.993    1.953    72.9    29.8    21.8
2003 06 10    10 04.49   +17 43.3    2.149    2.010    68.3    28.0    22.0
2003 06 20    10 23.22   +15 48.9    2.304    2.065    63.7    26.2    22.2
2003 06 30    10 41.35   +13 53.2    2.456    2.119    59.0    24.3    22.3
2003 07 10    10 58.99   +11 56.8    2.604    2.172    54.2    22.3    22.4
2003 07 20    11 16.19   +10 00.6    2.747    2.223    49.3    20.3    22.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-S53

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