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MPEC 2002-E11 : 2002 EC

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M.P.E.C. 2002-E11                                Issued 2002 Mar. 4, 23:38 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
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                                    2002 EC

Observations:
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.20876 09 08 51.14 +18 59 22.6          18.0 R      699
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.22910 09 09 09.78 +18 57 30.8                      699
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.24952 09 09 28.29 +18 55 36.9                      699
     K02E00C* C2002 03 04.25423 09 09 33.53 +18 55 16.1          17.7        644
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.26994 09 09 46.94 +18 53 42.5                      699
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.27517 09 09 52.56 +18 53 19.2          18.4        644
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.29597 09 10 11.55 +18 51 22.3          18.9        644
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.74841 09 17 37.55 +18 07 48.6                      557
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.74934 09 17 38.35 +18 07 43.4                      557
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.75214 09 17 41.01 +18 07 27.7                      557
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.75260 09 17 41.44 +18 07 25.0                      557
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.76955 09 17 57.41 +18 05 52.4          17.0 R      046
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.77104 09 17 58.73 +18 05 42.6          17.1 R      046
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.92389 09 20 19.30 +17 51 14.3                      246
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.92481 09 20 20.13 +17 51 09.1                      246
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.92564 09 20 20.89 +17 51 03.8                      246
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.92641 09 20 21.57 +17 50 59.6                      246
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.93323 09 20 28.65 +17 50 18.3                      611
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.94051 09 20 34.97 +17 49 38.4                      611
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.94694 09 20 41.20 +17 48 58.5                      611
     K02E00C  C2002 03 04.94909 09 20 43.02 +17 48 44.8                      611

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
    telescope + CCD.  Long. = 14.2881, rho cos phi' = 0.65922, rho sin phi'
    = +0.74965.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
611 Starkenburg.  Observers M. Busch, W. Ernst, L. Kurtze.  Measurer L. Kurtze.
    0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 EC
Epoch 2002 Feb. 15.0 TT = JDT 2452320.5                 MPC
M 357.99741              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30750640     Peri.  159.81729     -0.86230887     -0.50637428
a   2.1738685      Node   349.75860     +0.46231728     -0.78490835
e   0.5261420      Incl.    0.93970     +0.20660626     -0.35707698
P   3.21           H   22.7           G   0.15
From 20 observations 2002 Mar. 4.

Ephemeris:
2002 EC                  a,e,i = 2.17, 0.53, 1                   q = 1.0301
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 02 25    07 18.19   +26 40.7    0.061    1.031   131.1    46.3    18.5
2002 02 26    07 31.89   +26 02.5    0.059    1.032   133.3    44.3    18.3
2002 02 27    07 46.31   +25 16.5    0.058    1.032   135.6    42.2    18.2
2002 02 28    08 01.38   +24 22.1    0.056    1.033   138.1    39.8    18.1
2002 03 01    08 16.98   +23 19.1    0.055    1.034   140.8    37.2    18.0
2002 03 02    08 32.96   +22 07.2    0.054    1.035   143.7    34.5    17.9
2002 03 03    08 49.17   +20 47.1    0.054    1.037   146.7    31.6    17.8
2002 03 04    09 05.43   +19 19.4    0.054    1.038   149.8    28.7    17.7
2002 03 05    09 21.55   +17 45.4    0.054    1.040   152.9    25.7    17.6
2002 03 06    09 37.37   +16 06.6    0.054    1.041   156.1    22.7    17.5
2002 03 07    09 52.72   +14 24.9    0.054    1.043   159.1    19.8    17.5
2002 03 08    10 07.50   +12 42.1    0.055    1.045   162.1    16.9    17.4
2002 03 09    10 21.58   +10 59.9    0.056    1.047   165.0    14.2    17.4
2002 03 10    10 34.91   +09 19.8    0.058    1.050   167.6    11.7    17.3
2002 03 11    10 47.45   +07 43.1    0.060    1.052   170.1     9.3    17.3
2002 03 12    10 59.18   +06 10.7    0.062    1.055   172.4     7.2    17.3
2002 03 13    11 10.10   +04 43.4    0.064    1.057   174.4     5.2    17.3
2002 03 14    11 20.25   +03 21.4    0.066    1.060   176.2     3.5    17.3
2002 03 15    11 29.65   +02 05.0    0.069    1.063   177.7     2.1    17.3
2002 03 16    11 38.35   +00 54.1    0.071    1.066   178.6     1.3    17.3
2002 03 17    11 46.38   -00 11.4    0.074    1.069   178.3     1.6    17.4
2002 03 18    11 53.79   -01 11.8    0.077    1.073   177.5     2.3    17.6
2002 03 19    12 00.63   -02 07.3    0.081    1.076   176.6     3.1    17.7
2002 03 20    12 06.94   -02 58.2    0.084    1.080   175.9     3.8    17.8
2002 03 21    12 12.76   -03 45.0    0.087    1.083   175.2     4.4    18.0
2002 03 22    12 18.14   -04 27.9    0.091    1.087   174.7     4.8    18.1
2002 03 23    12 23.11   -05 07.2    0.095    1.091   174.3     5.2    18.2
2002 03 24    12 27.70   -05 43.3    0.098    1.095   174.0     5.5    18.3
2002 03 25    12 31.96   -06 16.4    0.102    1.099   173.8     5.7    18.4
2002 03 26    12 35.89   -06 46.7    0.106    1.103   173.6     5.8    18.5
2002 03 27    12 39.54   -07 14.6    0.110    1.107   173.6     5.8    18.6

2002 04 01    12 54.22   -09 03.4    0.132    1.130   174.2     5.1    19.0
2002 04 06    13 04.48   -10 15.2    0.155    1.156   175.8     3.6    19.3
2002 04 11    13 11.89   -11 03.0    0.181    1.183   176.8     2.7    19.6
2002 04 16    13 17.49   -11 35.6    0.209    1.212   175.2     3.9    20.1
2002 04 21    13 22.01   -11 58.8    0.240    1.243   172.1     6.4    20.6
2002 04 26    13 25.92   -12 16.6    0.272    1.274   168.5     9.1    21.0
2002 05 01    13 29.54   -12 31.2    0.308    1.307   164.6    11.8    21.4
2002 05 06    13 33.06   -12 44.5    0.347    1.341   160.7    14.4    21.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-E11

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