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MPEC 2002-B14 : 2002 AJ129

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M.P.E.C. 2002-B14                                Issued 2002 Jan. 19, 22:01 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 AJ129

Observations:
     K02AC9J* C2002 01 15.59885 14 07 52.80 -13 57 46.7          20.3        608
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 15.60982 14 07 48.03 -13 57 09.6          20.0        608
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 15.62014 14 07 43.49 -13 56 34.8          20.0        608
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 18.54864 13 46 04.08 -10 59 29.6          19.1        644
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 18.55896 13 45 59.22 -10 58 49.1          19.6        644
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 18.56960 13 45 54.23 -10 58 08.7          19.5        644
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.45533 13 39 04.06 -10 00 08.0          18.8        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.45558 13 39 03.96 -10 00 07.0          18.5        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.47065 13 38 56.78 -09 59 07.2          18.6        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.47090 13 38 56.65 -09 59 06.5          18.8        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.48594 13 38 49.48 -09 58 05.6          18.8        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.48619 13 38 49.37 -09 58 05.7          19.0        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.50126 13 38 42.16 -09 57 04.6          18.8        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.50151 13 38 42.07 -09 57 04.1          18.8        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.51659 13 38 34.85 -09 56 03.1          19.1        704
     K02AC9J  C2002 01 19.51683 13 38 34.74 -09 56 03.3          19.0        704

Observer details:
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.
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.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli.  Measurers
    J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 AJ129                                                           PHA 0.006
Epoch 2002 Jan. 6.0 TT = JDT 2452280.5                  MPC
M  15.06130              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.57110368     Peri.  209.53567     +0.96555947     +0.17661907
a   1.4387745      Node   138.85240     -0.14240966     +0.97329537
e   0.9265292      Incl.   16.87898     -0.21774845     +0.14663503
P   1.73           H   18.4           G   0.15
From 16 observations 2002 Jan. 15-19.

Ephemeris:
2002 AJ129               a,e,i = 1.44, 0.93, 17                  q = 0.1057
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 01 06    15 09.84   -21 14.3    0.454    0.810    54.7    98.1    19.8
2002 01 16    14 04.99   -13 34.7    0.382    1.004    81.9    76.0    19.0
2002 01 26    12 44.63   -01 58.1    0.347    1.173   114.8    49.6    18.3
2002 02 05    11 17.32   +10 42.0    0.377    1.325   149.5    22.2    18.0
2002 02 15    10 06.04   +19 06.2    0.476    1.462   173.0     4.7    18.0
2002 02 25    09 20.15   +23 04.0    0.625    1.587   158.0    13.5    19.2
2002 03 07    08 54.20   +24 40.4    0.804    1.702   142.3    20.9    20.1
2002 03 17    08 41.12   +25 11.8    1.003    1.807   129.6    25.1    20.8
2002 03 27    08 36.17   +25 11.8    1.213    1.905   118.7    27.4    21.4
2002 04 06    08 36.44   +24 55.0    1.431    1.996   109.0    28.3    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-B14

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