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MPEC 2002-C23 : 2002 CM1

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M.P.E.C. 2002-C23                                Issued 2002 Feb. 4, 22:33 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 CM1

Observations:
     K02C01M* C2002 02 03.52720 09 12 36.66 -02 28 44.3          20.6        608
     K02C01M  C2002 02 03.53810 09 12 35.17 -02 28 50.8          20.4        608
     K02C01M  C2002 02 03.54883 09 12 33.66 -02 28 58.8          20.3        608
     K02C01M  C2002 02 03.96878 09 11 37.66 -02 33 38.1          19.1 R      046
     K02C01M  C2002 02 03.97039 09 11 37.49 -02 33 39.2                      046
     K02C01M  C2002 02 03.97169 09 11 37.29 -02 33 39.7          19.4 V      046
     K02C01M  C2002 02 03.97355 09 11 36.99 -02 33 42.2                      046
     K02C01M  C2002 02 03.97497 09 11 36.84 -02 33 42.2                      046
     K02C01M  C2002 02 03.99042 09 11 34.80 -02 33 52.5          19.2 R      966
     K02C01M  C2002 02 04.00833 09 11 32.41 -02 34 04.5          19.0 R      966
     K02C01M  C2002 02 04.30353 09 10 52.99 -02 37 15.5          19.8        644
     K02C01M  C2002 02 04.31443 09 10 51.52 -02 37 23.0          20.3        644
     K02C01M  C2002 02 04.32560 09 10 49.99 -02 37 29.7          19.7        644
     K02C01M  C2002 02 04.87287 09 09 37.19 -02 43 21.8          18.4 R      046
     K02C01M  C2002 02 04.87429 09 09 36.95 -02 43 23.6                      046
     K02C01M  C2002 02 04.87847 09 09 36.47 -02 43 26.4                      046
     K02C01M  C2002 02 04.88169 09 09 36.05 -02 43 27.6                      046

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 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.
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.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 CM1
Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5                 MPC
M  59.87933              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29309274     Peri.   81.01029     +0.61707137     -0.53995971
a   2.2445675      Node   309.03159     -0.01509892     +0.71917370
e   0.4280862      Incl.   47.46784     +0.78676232     +0.43730161
P   3.36           H   16.7           G   0.15
From 17 observations 2002 Feb. 3-4.

Ephemeris:
2002 CM1                 a,e,i = 2.24, 0.43, 47                  q = 1.2837
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 01 26    09 31.92   -00 42.3    1.213    2.149   155.7    10.9    19.5
2002 02 05    09 09.34   -02 44.6    1.243    2.199   161.2     8.3    19.5
2002 02 15    08 48.42   -04 13.2    1.308    2.249   156.5    10.1    19.7
2002 02 25    08 31.11   -05 10.1    1.405    2.298   146.7    13.7    20.0
2002 03 07    08 18.34   -05 43.0    1.528    2.345   135.9    17.1    20.4
2002 03 17    08 10.16   -06 00.4    1.671    2.391   125.6    19.8    20.7
2002 03 27    08 06.15   -06 10.1    1.827    2.436   116.0    21.6    21.0
2002 04 06    08 05.64   -06 18.0    1.992    2.480   107.2    22.7    21.3
2002 04 16    08 08.01   -06 28.0    2.162    2.522    99.0    23.1    21.5
2002 04 26    08 12.70   -06 42.9    2.332    2.564    91.5    23.1    21.7
2002 05 06    08 19.21   -07 04.1    2.501    2.604    84.4    22.7    21.9
2002 05 16    08 27.17   -07 32.7    2.665    2.642    77.7    22.0    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C23

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