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MPEC 2002-Y70 : 2002 YZ3

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M.P.E.C. 2002-Y70                                Issued 2002 Dec. 31, 15:02 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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                                   2002 YZ3

Observations:
     K02Y03Z* C2002 12 28.43727 15 23 45.38 +57 57 56.3          19.2        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.43739 15 23 45.52 +57 57 56.0          19.2        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.43821 15 23 44.97 +57 58 02.7          18.3        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.45152 15 23 38.60 +57 59 34.6          19.1        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.45164 15 23 38.68 +57 59 36.1          19.3        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.45407 15 23 37.43 +57 59 53.3          19.1        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.46562 15 23 31.85 +58 01 13.0          18.9        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.46574 15 23 31.91 +58 01 13.6          19.2        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.46889 15 23 30.22 +58 01 35.9          19.0        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.47965 15 23 25.05 +58 02 51.2          18.8        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.47977 15 23 25.13 +58 02 51.2          19.1        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 28.49856 15 23 15.76 +58 05 02.7          18.8        704
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 30.51220 15 05 26.20 +61 48 13.2          18.1 R      926
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 30.51275 15 05 25.95 +61 48 16.5          17.8 R      926
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 30.51337 15 05 25.53 +61 48 20.8          17.8 R      926
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 31.48891 14 55 19.14 +63 31 00.2          17.6 R      926
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 31.48971 14 55 18.73 +63 31 04.2          17.9 R      926
     K02Y03Z  C2002 12 31.49050 14 55 18.21 +63 31 10.1          18.1 R      926

Observer details:
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. Evans, P. Hopman.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 YZ3
Epoch 2002 Dec. 12.0 TT = JDT 2452620.5                 MPC
M  11.40634              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36505270     Peri.  358.44550     +0.98129215     +0.18395729
a   1.9389458      Node   350.37438     -0.17277034     +0.71125985
e   0.7942359      Incl.   19.85559     -0.08494778     +0.67843139
P   2.70           H   18.1           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2002 Dec. 28-31.

Ephemeris:
2002 YZ3                 a,e,i = 1.94, 0.79, 20                  q = 0.3990
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 01 01    14 49.54   +64 23.0    0.359    1.095    98.4    62.7    18.3
2003 01 03    14 23.62   +67 33.7    0.367    1.124   102.9    58.5    18.3
2003 01 05    13 51.2    +70 18.4    0.377    1.153   107.2    54.6    18.3
2003 01 07    13 11.4    +72 29.2    0.388    1.181   111.3    50.9    18.3
2003 01 09    12 24.6    +73 58.4    0.401    1.209   115.0    47.5    18.3
2003 01 11    11 33.7    +74 40.3    0.415    1.236   118.5    44.4    18.4
2003 01 13    10 43.4    +74 35.7    0.430    1.263   121.6    41.5    18.4
2003 01 15    09 58.4    +73 51.7    0.448    1.290   124.4    39.0    18.5
2003 01 17    09 20.9    +72 39.0    0.466    1.317   126.8    36.7    18.5
2003 01 19    08 50.9    +71 08.2    0.486    1.343   128.8    34.8    18.6
2003 01 21    08 27.27   +69 27.3    0.507    1.369   130.5    33.1    18.7
2003 01 23    08 08.77   +67 42.0    0.530    1.395   131.9    31.7    18.8
2003 01 25    07 54.22   +65 55.8    0.554    1.420   132.9    30.5    18.9
2003 01 27    07 42.70   +64 11.2    0.578    1.445   133.6    29.6    19.0
2003 01 29    07 33.52   +62 29.4    0.604    1.470   133.9    28.8    19.1
2003 01 31    07 26.19   +60 51.3    0.631    1.495   134.1    28.3    19.2

2003 02 10    07 06.65   +53 45.0    0.780    1.613   131.5    27.3    19.8
2003 02 20    07 02.05   +48 17.6    0.949    1.725   125.9    27.7    20.4
2003 03 02    07 04.40   +44 04.7    1.133    1.832   119.0    28.2    20.9
2003 03 12    07 10.64   +40 44.5    1.329    1.933   111.8    28.5    21.4
2003 03 22    07 19.24   +38 01.2    1.534    2.029   104.6    28.4    21.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y70

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