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    M.P.E.C. 2020-A133                             Issued 2020 January 15, 19:18 UT
    
         The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
             minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
        on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the
              Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
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                                   2002 RS129                                
    
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2002-R67                            
    
    Additional Observations:
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.40440 13 21 36.13 +51 46 05.4          20.7 GVEA133G96
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.41011 13 21 40.93 +51 46 03.4          20.5 GVEA133G96
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.41530 13 21 45.41 +51 46 01.2          20.2 GVEA133G96
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.42049 13 21 49.86 +51 45 59.0          20.3 GVEA133G96
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.44177313 22 07.54 +51 45 49.8          20.4 GVEA133H01
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.44652113 22 11.57 +51 45 47.6          19.9 GVEA133H01
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.45899713 22 22.17 +51 45 41.5          20.3 GVEA133H01
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.46373013 22 26.20 +51 45 39.3          19.9 GVEA133H01
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.50261 13 22 59.56 +51 45 18.3          19.9 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.50358 13 23 00.29 +51 45 18.4          20.5 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.50456 13 23 01.10 +51 45 17.2          20.4 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.50553 13 23 01.98 +51 45 16.8          20.4 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.53093 13 23 23.45 +51 45 01.5          20.1 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.53190 13 23 24.26 +51 45 01.2          19.6 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 14.53287 13 23 25.03 +51 45 00.1          20.1 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 15.53952 13 38 43.84 +51 29 37.2          20.4 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 15.54098 13 38 45.21 +51 29 35.5          20.4 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 15.54184 13 38 45.91 +51 29 34.6          20.1 GVEA133G96
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 15.54242 13 38 46.42 +51 29 33.8          20.2 GVEA133G96
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 15.54244 13 38 46.48 +51 29 33.8          19.8 GVEA133I52
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 15.54300 13 38 46.95 +51 29 33.3          20.4 GVEA133G96
         K02RC9S  C2020 01 15.54358 13 38 47.45 +51 29 32.4          20.0 GVEA133G96
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer G. J. Leonard.  Measurers E. J. Christensen, 
       G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H. Groeller, R. A. 
       Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, T. A. Pruyne, D. Rankin, R. L. Seaman,
        F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos.  1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
    H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.  
        Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer K. W. Wierzchos.  
        Measurers E. J. Christensen, G. A. Farneth, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. 
       Grauer, H. Groeller, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, T. A. 
       Pruyne, D. Rankin, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos.  1.0-m 
       reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    200114 G96 0.52- 1.60-    200115 G96 0.46- 1.71-    MPO116220   -0.22 days
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 RS129                                               Earth MOID = 0.0167 AU
    Epoch 2020 May 31.0 TT = JDT 2459000.5                  Veres
    M  58.06518              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.94157549     Peri.  247.17165     -0.69027673     +0.72160842
    a   1.0309382      Node   338.89046     -0.59825411     -0.61034641
    e   0.3290042      Incl.    8.44769     -0.40695216     -0.32673927
    P   1.05           H   22.8           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    020826 644  0.5-  0.2-    020913 291  0.4+  0.0     200114 H01  0.2-  0.1-
    020826 644  0.5+  0.7-    020913 291  0.2-  0.1+    200114 H01  0.2-  0.1-
    020912 644  0.4-  0.4-    020913 644  0.8-  0.3+    200114 H01  0.0   0.1-
    020912 644  1.2-  0.6-    020913 644  1.0-  0.6-    200114 H01  0.2+  0.1+
    020912 644  1.2-  0.5-    020913 644  0.9-  0.4-    200114 I52  0.6+  0.4-
    020912 611  0.0   0.1-    020914 291  0.3+  0.5+    200114 I52  0.2-  0.2+
    020912 611  1.1+  0.1-    020914 291  0.6+  0.7+    200114 I52  0.4-  0.4-
    020912 611  0.4+  0.7-    020914 291  0.3+  0.5+    200114 I52  0.2+  0.2-
    020912 J95 (1.6-  0.3+)   020916 649  0.5+  0.0     200114 I52  0.1+  0.1-
    020912 J95 (1.7+  1.1+)   020916 649  0.4+  0.2+    200114 I52  0.0   0.2+
    020912 J95  0.6-  0.2-    020916 649  0.5+  0.2+    200114 I52  0.5-  0.3-
    020912 246  0.2-  0.5+    020924 649  0.6+  0.7-    200115 I52  0.2+  0.1+
    020912 246  1.2+  0.6+    020924 649  0.3+  0.0     200115 I52  0.7+  0.1+
    020912 246  0.6+  1.2+    020924 649  1.4+  0.4-    200115 G96  0.0   0.2+
    020912 246  0.6+  1.1+    020930 696  0.1-  0.6-    200115 G96  0.1-  0.0
    020912 246  0.3+  1.3+    020930 696  0.3-  0.9-    200115 I52  0.3+  0.1+
    020913 675 (2.7+  1.4-)   200114 G96  0.2+  0.0     200115 G96  0.0   0.2+
    020913 675 (2.6+  1.4-)   200114 G96  0.5-  0.2+    200115 G96  0.2-  0.0
    020913 675 (2.8+  1.4-)   200114 G96  0.0   0.1+
    020913 291  0.3+  0.1+    200114 G96  0.2+  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 RS129               a,e,i = 1.03, 0.33, 8                   q = 0.6918
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2019 12 16    10 01 57.1 +44 14 46   0.3144  1.1803   121.7    45.2    22.4
    ...
    2019 12 31    11 06 35.5 +48 38 31   0.2106  1.1096   122.1    48.7    21.5
    ...
    2020 01 08    12 05 28.1 +51 09 42   0.1614  1.0680   117.7    54.6    21.0
    ...
    2020 01 14    13 15 39.8 +51 49 35   0.1288  1.0352   110.3    63.0    20.7
    2020 01 15    13 30 23.1 +51 38 32   0.1239  1.0297   108.6    64.9    20.6
    2020 01 16    13 46 00.7 +51 19 13   0.1192  1.0241   106.6    67.0    20.6
    ...
    2020 01 22    15 33 49.3 +44 58 28   0.09622 0.9899    90.7    83.7    20.6
    ...
    2020 01 30    17 45 56.1 +22 11 17   0.08887 0.9433    59.7   115.6    21.9
    ...
    2020 02 14    19 47 21.0 -13 10 52   0.1549  0.8553    29.1   145.8    26.1
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2020 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2020-A133
    


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