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MPEC 2002-A32: 2002 AA2

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M.P.E.C. 2002-A32                                Issued 2002 Jan. 8, 23:08 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
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                                   2002 AA2

Observations:
     K02A02A* C2002 01 07.27300 04 46 29.56 -03 43 40.7          18.2        608
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.28373 04 46 26.90 -03 40 34.4          18.0        608
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.29420 04 46 24.30 -03 37 32.3          18.6        608
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.73613 04 44 46.71 -01 27 41.9                      620
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.73839 04 44 46.20 -01 27 01.5                      620
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.74478 04 44 44.63 -01 25 04.4                      620
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.79431 04 44 31.92 -01 10 19.0          17.9        106
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.79588 04 44 31.56 -01 09 50.3          17.7        106
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.79749 04 44 31.14 -01 09 21.4          17.9        106
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.90103 04 44 05.40 -00 38 06.6          18.2        106
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.90272 04 44 04.95 -00 37 37.4          18.9        106
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.90457 04 44 04.52 -00 37 03.2          18.1        106
     K02A02A  C2002 01 07.90622 04 44 04.14 -00 36 32.9          18.5        106
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.13667 04 43 13.51 +00 33 59.0          17.7 R      448
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.14929 04 43 10.32 +00 37 51.8          17.5 R      448
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.15557 04 43 08.70 +00 39 47.5          17.6 R      448
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.16462 04 43 06.32 +00 42 35.0          16.9 R      448
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.17410 04 43 04.66 +00 45 30.9          17.2        644
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.18484 04 43 01.91 +00 48 50.2          17.3        644
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.19437 04 42 59.47 +00 51 45.7          17.4        644
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.19866 04 42 58.49 +00 53 05.0                      670
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.20179 04 43 00.23 +00 54 19.3          18.5        608
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.21240 04 42 57.65 +00 57 35.5          18.0        608
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.22147 04 42 52.68 +01 00 07.8                      670
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.22294 04 42 55.00 +01 00 51.6          18.0        608
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.24792 04 42 45.76 +01 08 18.6                      670
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.74789 04 40 51.29 +03 45 13.7          17.0 V      151
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.74863 04 40 51.07 +03 45 27.2          17.0 V      151
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.74906 04 40 51.09 +03 45 35.6          17.3 V      151
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.74980 04 40 50.84 +03 45 49.7          17.3 V      151
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.75023 04 40 50.72 +03 45 59.7          17.0 V      151
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.75064 04 40 50.65 +03 46 06.1          17.3 V      151
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.83965 04 40 27.57 +04 14 32.7          17.3 R      046
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.84043 04 40 27.38 +04 14 48.4                      046
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.84082 04 40 27.24 +04 14 55.6                      046
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.84116 04 40 27.23 +04 15 02.1                      046
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.84203 04 40 26.94 +04 15 18.2                      046
     K02A02A  C2002 01 08.84256 04 40 26.74 +04 15 28.7          17.2 R      046

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
106 Crni Vrh.  Observer H. Mikuz.  0.36-m f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
    Hypergraph + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory, Las Cruces.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m
    reflector + CCD.
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.  Observer S. Sanchez.  0.40-m
    f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
    A. Deetz.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 AA2
Epoch 2002 Jan. 6.0 TT = JDT 2452280.5                  MPC
M 356.35708              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28709703     Peri.    7.41604     -0.39508066     -0.73587310
a   2.2757100      Node   107.26517     +0.81051236     -0.56099294
e   0.5303120      Incl.   35.15976     +0.43241298     +0.37918030
P   3.43           H   20.2           G   0.15
From 34 observations 2002 Jan. 7-8.

Ephemeris:
2002 AA2                 a,e,i = 2.28, 0.53, 35                  q = 1.0689
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 01 06    04 51.06   -09 33.1    0.133    1.080   133.7    41.1    17.6
2002 01 08    04 43.73   -00 07.4    0.124    1.077   136.7    38.8    17.4
2002 01 10    04 35.73   +10 36.7    0.118    1.074   138.1    37.7    17.2
2002 01 12    04 26.99   +21 59.1    0.117    1.072   136.9    38.8    17.2
2002 01 14    04 17.41   +33 04.1    0.121    1.070   133.5    41.8    17.4
2002 01 16    04 06.88   +43 03.1    0.129    1.069   128.8    45.8    17.6
2002 01 18    03 55.28   +51 31.9    0.141    1.069   124.0    49.8    17.9
2002 01 20    03 42.45   +58 28.9    0.155    1.069   119.5    53.3    18.3
2002 01 22    03 28.21   +64 04.8    0.172    1.070   115.6    56.1    18.6
2002 01 24    03 12.33   +68 33.9    0.190    1.071   112.3    58.3    18.8
2002 01 26    02 54.6    +72 09.5    0.209    1.073   109.5    59.9    19.1
2002 01 28    02 34.7    +75 02.6    0.228    1.075   107.2    61.1    19.3
2002 01 30    02 12.3    +77 21.8    0.248    1.078   105.3    61.8    19.5
2002 02 01    01 47.3    +79 13.7    0.269    1.081   103.7    62.3    19.7
2002 02 03    01 19.5    +80 43.0    0.289    1.085   102.3    62.6    19.9
2002 02 05    00 48.8    +81 53.6    0.310    1.089   101.2    62.6    20.1
2002 02 07    00 15.6    +82 48.7    0.330    1.094   100.2    62.5    20.2
2002 02 09    23 40.3    +83 30.5    0.351    1.099    99.3    62.3    20.3
2002 02 11    23 03.6    +84 01.4    0.371    1.105    98.6    62.0    20.5
2002 02 13    22 26.4    +84 23.0    0.392    1.111    98.0    61.6    20.6
2002 02 15    21 49.6    +84 37.2    0.412    1.118    97.4    61.1    20.7
2002 02 17    21 13.7    +84 45.3    0.432    1.125    97.0    60.6    20.8
2002 02 19    20 39.3    +84 48.6    0.451    1.133    96.6    60.1    20.9
2002 02 21    20 06.6    +84 48.0    0.471    1.141    96.3    59.5    21.0
2002 02 23    19 35.8    +84 44.2    0.490    1.149    96.1    58.9    21.1
2002 02 25    19 06.9    +84 37.7    0.509    1.158    95.9    58.2    21.1
2002 02 27    18 39.6    +84 28.8    0.527    1.167    95.7    57.6    21.2
2002 03 01    18 14.1    +84 17.7    0.546    1.177    95.6    56.9    21.3
2002 03 03    17 50.0    +84 04.7    0.564    1.187    95.5    56.2    21.4
2002 03 05    17 27.4    +83 49.7    0.582    1.197    95.5    55.6    21.4
2002 03 07    17 06.2    +83 32.7    0.599    1.207    95.5    54.9    21.5
2002 03 09    16 46.2    +83 13.7    0.617    1.218    95.5    54.2    21.6
2002 03 11    16 27.5    +82 52.5    0.633    1.229    95.6    53.6    21.6
2002 03 13    16 10.0    +82 29.2    0.650    1.240    95.7    52.9    21.7
2002 03 15    15 53.7    +82 03.7    0.667    1.252    95.8    52.2    21.7
2002 03 17    15 38.6    +81 36.0    0.683    1.264    95.9    51.6    21.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-A32

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