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MPEC 2002-C88 : 2002 CW46

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M.P.E.C. 2002-C88                                Issued 2002 Feb. 13, 18:47 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2002 CW46

Observations:
     K02C46W* C2002 02 11.38727 11 49 45.09 +05 45 55.8          20.9        704
     K02C46W  C2002 02 11.40185 11 49 43.81 +05 45 53.4          20.2        704
     K02C46W  C2002 02 11.41621 11 49 42.70 +05 45 51.5          20.3        704
     K02C46W  C2002 02 11.43059 11 49 41.33 +05 45 48.8          20.2        704
     K02C46W  C2002 02 12.40246 11 48 20.33 +05 43 39.0          21.6 R      651
     K02C46W  C2002 02 12.40484 11 48 20.14 +05 43 37.6          21.2 R      651
     K02C46W  C2002 02 12.40685 11 48 19.89 +05 43 37.3          21.4 R      651
     K02C46W  C2002 02 12.45896 11 48 15.26 +05 43 30.7                      711
     K02C46W  C2002 02 12.46900 11 48 14.41 +05 43 29.8          21.1 R      711
     K02C46W  C2002 02 12.47909 11 48 13.42 +05 43 28.1          20.5 R      711
     K02C46W  C2002 02 13.37796 11 46 56.54 +05 41 34.5          20.2 R      711
     K02C46W  C2002 02 13.38784 11 46 55.69 +05 41 33.3          20.1 R      711
     K02C46W  C2002 02 13.39774 11 46 54.82 +05 41 31.4          19.6 R      711

Observer details:
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 CW46
Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5                 MPC
M  55.33430              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39474084     Peri.   68.95427     +0.56327485     -0.82459186
a   1.8404669      Node   346.37688     +0.65059524     +0.48187999
e   0.3454067      Incl.   12.91124     +0.50935968     +0.29637804
P   2.50           H   19.4           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2002 Feb. 11-13.

Ephemeris:
2002 CW46                a,e,i = 1.84, 0.35, 13                  q = 1.2048
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 02 05    11 57.60   +06 04.0    0.847    1.716   138.7    22.3    21.3
2002 02 15    11 44.54   +05 38.5    0.829    1.761   151.7    15.4    21.1
2002 02 25    11 28.11   +05 25.0    0.831    1.806   165.5     7.9    20.8
2002 03 07    11 10.65   +05 17.2    0.858    1.851   179.6     0.2    20.5
2002 03 17    10 54.68   +05 08.8    0.911    1.894   166.7     7.0    21.1
2002 03 27    10 42.16   +04 55.0    0.989    1.935   153.9    13.1    21.6
2002 04 06    10 33.97   +04 33.1    1.087    1.976   142.2    18.1    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C88

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