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MPEC 2002-G64 : 2000 JF81

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M.P.E.C. 2002-G64                                Issued 2002 Apr. 15, 21:03 UT

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         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2000 JF81

                           Revision to MPEC 2000-K31

Observations:
     K00J81F  C2002 03 15.16366 14 57 23.82 -15 32 36.5          23.7 R      950
     K00J81F  C2002 03 15.19673 14 57 23.72 -15 32 36.3                      950
     K00J81F  C2002 03 15.23773 14 57 23.61 -15 32 35.8          23.6 R      950
     K00J81F  C2002 04 06.42633 14 56 14.45 -15 27 05.2                      696
     K00J81F  C2002 04 06.45289 14 56 14.35 -15 27 04.5                      696
     K00J81F  C2002 04 06.48315 14 56 14.23 -15 27 04.0                      696

Observer details:
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observers M. Holman, T. Grav.  Measurer
    M. Holman.  6.5-m reflector + CCD.
950 La Palma.  Observer T. Grav.  2.6-m Nordic Optical Telescope + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc and reference
020315 950 56.1+ 16.9-    020406 696 54.6+ 16.4-    MPO  2782

Orbital elements:
2000 JF81
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
M 286.76894              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00316793     Peri.  128.82704     +0.62694942     +0.77905997
a  45.9147191      Node   179.99838     -0.72388900     +0.58255093
e   0.0883971      Incl.    1.74709     -0.28795684     +0.23173257
P 311              H    7.4           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
000506 809  0.4-  0.1+    000627 950  0.2+  0.1+    020315 950  0.2-  0.1-
000506 809  0.1+  0.1-    000627 950  0.0   0.1-    020406 696  0.0   0.1-
000506 809  0.3+  0.1-    000628 950  0.1-  0.0     020406 696  0.0   0.1+
000506 809  0.3-  0.3+    000628 950  0.3+  0.3-    020406 696  0.0   0.1+
000507 809  0.1+  0.3-    020315 950  0.2+  0.1+
000626 950  0.3-  0.5+    020315 950  0.1-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2000 JF81                a,e,i = 45.91, 0.09, 2                  q = 41.856
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 04 06    14 56.27   -15 27.2   44.223   45.091   149.8     0.6    24.0
2002 04 16    14 55.61   -15 24.2   44.145   45.088   159.8     0.4    24.0
2002 04 26    14 54.90   -15 21.0   44.096   45.086   169.7     0.2    24.0
2002 05 06    14 54.16   -15 17.7   44.076   45.084   178.7     0.0    23.9
2002 05 16    14 53.41   -15 14.4   44.085   45.082   170.4     0.2    23.9
2002 05 26    14 52.70   -15 11.3   44.123   45.080   160.7     0.4    24.0
2002 06 05    14 52.03   -15 08.4   44.188   45.077   150.9     0.6    24.0
2002 06 15    14 51.43   -15 05.9   44.279   45.075   141.2     0.8    24.0
2002 06 25    14 50.93   -15 03.9   44.392   45.073   131.5     1.0    24.1
2002 07 05    14 50.54   -15 02.3   44.525   45.071   121.9     1.1    24.1
2002 07 15    14 50.28   -15 01.4   44.673   45.068   112.3     1.2    24.1
2002 07 25    14 50.15   -15 01.1   44.831   45.066   102.7     1.3    24.1
2002 08 04    14 50.16   -15 01.4   44.996   45.064    93.2     1.3    24.1
2002 08 14    14 50.32   -15 02.3   45.163   45.062    83.6     1.3    24.1
2002 08 24    14 50.62   -15 03.9   45.326   45.059    74.1     1.2    24.1
2002 09 03    14 51.05   -15 06.0   45.481   45.057    64.6     1.2    24.1
2002 09 13    14 51.62   -15 08.7   45.625   45.055    55.0     1.0    24.1
2002 09 23    14 52.29   -15 11.9   45.752   45.053    45.4     0.9    24.1
2002 10 03    14 53.07   -15 15.5   45.858   45.050    35.8     0.7    24.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-G64

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