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MPEC 2010-P37 : 2007 RN7

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M.P.E.C. 2010-P37                                Issued 2010 Aug. 7, 20:23 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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                                   2007 RN7

                           Revision to MPEC 2007-R33

Additional Observations:
     K07R07N KC2010 08 06.34847801 42 21.04 +10 22 09.1          22.3 V EP037H21
     K07R07N KC2010 08 06.36371801 42 24.10 +10 22 04.0          22.2 V EP037H21
     K07R07N KC2010 08 06.38446801 42 28.27 +10 21 57.3          22.4 V EP037H21
     K07R07N KC2010 08 07.35482601 45 50.80 +10 16 45.7          22.0 V EP037H21
     K07R07N KC2010 08 07.37069101 45 54.00 +10 16 40.3          22.3 V EP037H21
     K07R07N KC2010 08 07.38775701 45 57.45 +10 16 34.7          22.1 V EP037H21

Observer details:
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers R. Holmes, H. Devore.  0.81-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
100806 H21 55.4+  8.2+    100807 H21 54.8+  6.6+    MPO167689   -0.0094 day

Orbital elements:
2007 RN7                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1764 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M 308.08266              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.66678842     Peri.  232.40524     +0.90048280     -0.42775162
a   1.2976095      Node   152.65878     +0.43303216     +0.86524169
e   0.1122513      Incl.    9.83871     +0.04017306     +0.26150598
P   1.48           H   21.6           G   0.15           U   1
Residuals in seconds of arc
070823 691  0.4+  0.0     070908 703  0.8+  0.8-    080104 568  0.1+  0.8+
070823 691  0.0   0.1-    070908 703  0.5+  0.2+    080104 568  0.5+  1.2+
070823 691  1.4-  1.5-    070908 703  0.2-  0.5+    080104 568  0.1-  0.5-
070905 703  1.3+  0.5+    070908 703  1.1+  1.3+    080108 568  0.1-  0.0
070905 703  0.9+  0.4+    070908 703  1.0+  0.3+    080108 568  0.0   0.1-
070905 703  0.1-  1.2+    070908 703  0.4-  0.4-    080109 568  0.0   0.0
070905 703  0.4-  0.8+    070912 A78  0.9-  0.8-    080109 568  0.0   0.0
070905 703  0.0   0.1+    070912 A78  1.1-  0.8-    100806 H21  0.6+  1.7+
070905 703 (2.0+  0.7+)   070912 A78  0.8-  0.4-    100806 H21  0.2+  1.1+
070905 703  0.9+  0.6+    070922 E12  0.7+  0.0     100806 H21  0.1-  0.5+
070905 703  0.4+  0.1+    070922 E12  0.2-  0.0     100807 H21  0.2-  0.1-
070908 703  0.7+  1.2+    071009 E12  0.3+  0.3-    100807 H21  0.4-  0.2-
070908 703  0.4-  0.7+    071009 E12  0.0   0.1+    100807 H21  0.4-  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2007 RN7                 a,e,i = 1.30, 0.11, 10                  q = 1.1520
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 08 02    01 27.32   +10 39.0    0.433    1.204   105.3    54.4    22.2
2010 08 12    02 02.05   +09 44.6    0.394    1.191   107.2    54.4    21.9
2010 08 22    02 37.12   +07 51.0    0.360    1.179   109.1    54.1    21.7
2010 09 01    03 11.65   +04 56.4    0.331    1.169   110.9    53.7    21.5
2010 09 11    03 44.38   +01 05.3    0.309    1.162   112.7    53.1    21.3
2010 09 21    04 14.04   -03 28.8    0.292    1.156   114.5    52.3    21.2
2010 10 01    04 39.54   -08 26.6    0.280    1.153   116.2    51.2    21.0
2010 10 11    04 59.74   -13 26.4    0.272    1.152   118.1    49.8    20.9
2010 10 21    05 13.80   -18 03.8    0.267    1.154   120.3    48.1    20.9
2010 10 31    05 21.25   -21 57.1    0.265    1.158   122.8    46.1    20.8
2010 11 10    05 21.76   -24 44.0    0.264    1.165   125.7    43.7    20.7
2010 11 20    05 16.14   -26 00.2    0.266    1.173   128.8    41.0    20.7
2010 11 30    05 06.35   -25 28.8    0.271    1.184   131.8    38.4    20.7
2010 12 10    04 55.19   -23 02.3    0.280    1.196   134.0    36.3    20.7
2010 12 20    04 46.00   -18 52.5    0.295    1.210   134.9    35.2    20.8
2010 12 30    04 41.02   -13 31.3    0.318    1.225   133.9    35.3    21.0
2011 01 09    04 41.23   -07 35.7    0.349    1.241   131.2    36.6    21.3
2011 01 19    04 46.79   -01 40.9    0.389    1.258   127.3    38.5    21.6
2011 01 29    04 57.07   +03 48.7    0.436    1.275   122.8    40.5    21.9
2011 02 08    05 11.42   +08 40.2    0.492    1.292   117.9    42.4    22.3
2011 02 18    05 29.19   +12 47.8    0.554    1.309   113.1    44.0    22.6
2011 02 28    05 49.67   +16 10.6    0.621    1.325   108.5    45.1    22.9
2011 03 10    06 12.34   +18 50.2    0.693    1.341   104.0    45.9    23.2

Carl W. Hergenrother         (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-P37

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