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    M.P.E.C. 2021-R247                           Issued 2021 September 11, 17:24 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                    2021 RT7                                 
    
    
    Observations:
         K21R07T* C2021 09 10.31606100 26 02.70 +00 32 25.2          21.01GVER247G96
         K21R07T  C2021 09 10.32173600 25 59.06 +00 33 28.1          20.49GVER247G96
         K21R07T  C2021 09 10.32740700 25 55.37 +00 34 30.9          20.40GVER247G96
         K21R07T  C2021 09 10.33489300 25 50.65 +00 35 52.0                VER247G96
         K21R07T mC2021 09 10.42062700 24 55.49 +00 51 38.2          20.01GVER247G96
         K21R07T mC2021 09 10.42098100 24 55.29 +00 51 41.5          19.90GVER247G96
         K21R07T mC2021 09 10.42133500 24 55.07 +00 51 46.3          20.76GVER247G96
         K21R07T KC2021 09 10.97726100 19 50.13 +02 28 40.3          20.0 GXER247L01
         K21R07T KC2021 09 10.98222600 19 47.23 +02 29 30.7          20.4 GXER247L01
         K21R07T KC2021 09 10.98759600 19 44.07 +02 30 24.6          19.8 GXER247L01
         K21R07T mC2021 09 11.25566800 17 27.01 +03 14 58.7          21.05GVER247G96
         K21R07T mC2021 09 11.25696300 17 26.33 +03 15 11.4          21.02GVER247G96
         K21R07T mC2021 09 11.25826000 17 25.57 +03 15 24.1          20.83GVER247G96
         K21R07T mC2021 09 11.25855500 17 25.37 +03 15 26.4          20.68GVER247G96
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers D. Rankin, H. Groeller.  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.
    L01 Visnjan Observatory, Tican.  Observers V. Dobos, E. Pettarin, D. Pujagic.
        Measurer D. Pujagic.  1.0-m f/2.9 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2021 RT7                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0319 AU
    Epoch 2021 July 5.0 TT = JDT 2459400.5                  Veres                   
    M 352.81943              (2000.0)            P               Q                  
    n   0.67985839     Peri.  294.59406     +0.23801552     +0.97060657             
    a   1.2809251      Node   348.99523     -0.80981990     +0.17805009             
    e   0.2787154      Incl.   10.76598     -0.53622788     +0.16192915             
    P   1.45           H   26.13          G   0.15           U   8                  
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    210910 G96  0.2-  0.2+    210910 G96  0.0   0.8-    210911 G96  0.2-  0.1-
    210910 G96  0.3+  0.0     210910 G96  0.0   0.1+    210911 G96  0.5+  0.1+
    210910 G96  0.1-  0.1-    210910 L01  0.3+  0.1+    210911 G96  0.0   0.2+
    210910 G96 (1.8+  2.0-)   210910 L01  0.3+  0.4+    210911 G96  0.4-  0.4-
    210910 G96  0.4-  0.2-    210910 L01  0.1-  0.2+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2021 RT7                 a,e,i = 1.28, 0.28, 11                  q = 0.9239
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
    2021 08 12    09 15 13.3 -43 36 29   0.1148  0.9588    58.7   115.4    25.9
    ...
    2021 08 27    06 27 52.7 -52 36 37   0.05028 1.0030    80.1    97.0    23.1
    ...
    2021 09 04    02 08 38.3 -28 41 33   0.03627 1.0317   128.9    49.5    20.8
    ...
    2021 09 10    00 29 10.8 -00 26 07   0.05074 1.0550   160.4    18.7    20.7
    2021 09 11    00 19 37.1 +02 34 10   0.05456 1.0590   162.7    16.5    20.8
    2021 09 12    00 11 16.1 +05 09 43   0.05861 1.0630   164.1    15.0    20.9
    ...
    2021 09 18    23 37 59.9 +14 51 59   0.08629 1.0877   163.1    15.6    21.8
    ...
    2021 09 26    23 16 50.9 +20 09 49   0.1284  1.1219   156.9    20.5    22.9
    ...
    2021 10 11    23 05 12.8 +22 46 50   0.2182  1.1876   147.1    27.2    24.4
    
    M. P. C. Staff               (C) Copyright 2021 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2021-R247
    


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