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MPEC 2002-C86 : 2002 CU46

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M.P.E.C. 2002-C86                                Issued 2002 Feb. 13, 18:37 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 CU46

Observations:
     K02C46U* C2002 02 11.31184 10 22 29.94 +08 19 35.4          19.2        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 11.32609 10 22 29.99 +08 21 17.0          19.1        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 11.34033 10 22 30.06 +08 23 00.0          19.4        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 11.35456 10 22 30.13 +08 24 42.0          19.3        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 11.36883 10 22 30.21 +08 26 25.1          19.5        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.30035 10 22 46.64 +10 23 17.5          18.6        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.31397 10 22 46.71 +10 25 04.4          19.1        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.31448 10 22 46.68 +10 25 08.5          19.4        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.32812 10 22 46.75 +10 26 55.7          18.8        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.32863 10 22 46.74 +10 26 59.7          19.0        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.33671 10 22 46.69 +10 28 05.3          18.5 R      711
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.33974 10 22 46.69 +10 28 29.5          18.2 R      711
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.34227 10 22 46.79 +10 28 46.7          19.2        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.34274 10 22 46.60 +10 28 53.2                      711
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.34278 10 22 46.86 +10 28 51.0          19.5        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.35568 10 22 46.99 +10 30 34.2          19.1 R      651
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.35644 10 22 46.82 +10 30 39.1          19.1        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.35695 10 22 46.85 +10 30 42.3          18.7        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.35708 10 22 47.00 +10 30 44.7          19.1 R      651
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.35845 10 22 46.97 +10 30 56.2          18.9 R      651
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.37061 10 22 46.89 +10 32 30.8          18.9        704
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.70566910 22 51.88 +11 17 56.9                      413
     K02C46U pC2002 02 12.70681010 22 51.88 +11 18 05.7                      413
     K02C46U FC2002 02 12.70707 10 22 51.80 +11 18 08.3          18.6 V      422
     K02C46U  C2002 02 12.70793510 22 51.92 +11 18 15.3                      413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + 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.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer P. J. Shelus.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 CU46
Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5                 MPC
M 319.58859              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.45532689     Peri.   93.28262     -0.43873564     +0.84772095
a   1.6733515      Node   145.20585     -0.87884032     -0.47399677
e   0.5469912      Incl.   31.49702     +0.18748530     -0.23810976
P   2.16           H   21.3           G   0.15
From 25 observations 2002 Feb. 11-12.

Ephemeris:
2002 CU46                a,e,i = 1.67, 0.55, 31                  q = 0.7580
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 02 05    10 20.66   -01 17.4    0.307    1.273   156.1    18.3    20.2
2002 02 06    10 20.97   -00 06.1    0.295    1.264   157.8    17.2    20.1
2002 02 07    10 21.27   +01 11.8    0.283    1.255   159.6    15.9    19.9
2002 02 08    10 21.56   +02 36.9    0.271    1.247   161.4    14.6    19.8
2002 02 09    10 21.85   +04 09.9    0.260    1.238   163.3    13.2    19.6
2002 02 10    10 22.13   +05 51.7    0.249    1.229   165.3    11.7    19.4
2002 02 11    10 22.41   +07 43.0    0.239    1.221   167.3    10.3    19.3
2002 02 12    10 22.69   +09 44.7    0.228    1.212   169.2     8.8    19.1
2002 02 13    10 22.97   +11 57.8    0.218    1.203   170.8     7.6    18.9
2002 02 14    10 23.26   +14 23.3    0.209    1.195   171.7     6.8    18.8
2002 02 15    10 23.56   +17 02.0    0.200    1.186   171.6     7.0    18.7
2002 02 16    10 23.87   +19 54.8    0.192    1.177   170.2     8.2    18.6
2002 02 17    10 24.21   +23 02.4    0.184    1.169   167.8    10.3    18.6
2002 02 18    10 24.58   +26 25.2    0.177    1.160   164.7    13.0    18.6
2002 02 19    10 24.99   +30 03.2    0.171    1.151   161.0    16.2    18.6
2002 02 20    10 25.46   +33 56.0    0.165    1.143   156.9    19.8    18.7
2002 02 21    10 26.00   +38 02.6    0.161    1.134   152.6    23.7    18.7
2002 02 22    10 26.62   +42 21.2    0.157    1.125   148.0    27.8    18.8
2002 02 23    10 27.37   +46 49.5    0.154    1.117   143.2    32.1    18.8
2002 02 24    10 28.29   +51 24.2    0.153    1.108   138.2    36.5    18.9
2002 02 25    10 29.43   +56 02.0    0.152    1.099   133.2    41.0    19.0
2002 02 26    10 30.89   +60 39.0    0.152    1.091   128.2    45.5    19.1
2002 02 27    10 32.82   +65 11.7    0.153    1.082   123.3    49.9    19.3
2002 02 28    10 35.48   +69 36.8    0.156    1.074   118.5    54.2    19.4
2002 03 01    10 39.4    +73 51.4    0.159    1.065   113.9    58.3    19.5
2002 03 02    10 45.5    +77 53.4    0.163    1.057   109.5    62.2    19.7
2002 03 03    10 56.8    +81 40.9    0.168    1.048   105.3    65.8    19.8
2002 03 04    11 23      +85 11.5    0.173    1.040   101.4    69.2    20.0
2002 03 05    13 21      +88 10.8    0.179    1.031    97.7    72.4    20.2
2002 03 06    20 00      +87 46.1    0.185    1.023    94.3    75.3    20.3
2002 03 07    21 20      +85 07.1    0.192    1.014    91.1    78.0    20.5
2002 03 08    21 41.9    +82 30.5    0.200    1.006    88.1    80.4    20.6
2002 03 09    21 51.7    +80 03.7    0.207    0.998    85.4    82.6    20.8
2002 03 10    21 57.4    +77 47.1    0.215    0.990    82.8    84.7    20.9
2002 03 11    22 01.0    +75 40.1    0.224    0.981    80.5    86.5    21.0
2002 03 12    22 03.6    +73 42.0    0.232    0.973    78.3    88.2    21.2
2002 03 13    22 05.5    +71 52.0    0.241    0.965    76.2    89.7    21.3
2002 03 14    22 07.0    +70 09.3    0.250    0.957    74.3    91.1    21.4
2002 03 15    22 08.21   +68 33.3    0.259    0.950    72.6    92.4    21.5
2002 03 16    22 09.23   +67 03.2    0.268    0.942    70.9    93.5    21.6
2002 03 17    22 10.12   +65 38.5    0.277    0.934    69.3    94.5    21.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C86

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