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MPEC 2002-K10 : 2002 JD109

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M.P.E.C. 2002-K10                                Issued 2002 May 17, 18:51 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 JD109

Observations:
     K02JA9D* C2002 05 15.39201 17 30 37.21 +55 28 33.4          19.4 R      699
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 15.40675 17 30 39.00 +55 29 22.4                      699
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 15.42145 17 30 40.56 +55 30 11.6                      699
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 15.43619 17 30 42.15 +55 31 01.8                      699
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 15.97140 17 31 50.44 +56 00 59.5                      046
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 15.97317 17 31 50.89 +56 01 05.1          18.8 R      046
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 15.97784 17 31 51.35 +56 01 22.0                      046
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 15.97917 17 31 51.47 +56 01 26.3                      046
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 17.28340 17 34 44.30 +57 15 23.4          20.6 R      651
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 17.28555 17 34 44.51 +57 15 30.9          20.7 R      651
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 17.28821 17 34 44.77 +57 15 40.8          20.1 R      651
     K02JA9D  C2002 05 17.29148 17 34 45.22 +57 15 51.6          20.4 R      651

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observer M. Kocer.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 JD109
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
M 325.96801              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43463545     Peri.  190.25886     +0.85944582     +0.44517056
a   1.7260470      Node   140.03376     -0.43694211     +0.89488454
e   0.5844712      Incl.   23.03564     -0.26539494     -0.03169902
P   2.27           H   19.6           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 May 15-17.

Ephemeris:
2002 JD109               a,e,i = 1.73, 0.58, 23                  q = 0.7172
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 05 06    17 14.42   +47 05.5    0.537    1.287   108.8    47.9    20.6
2002 05 16    17 31.89   +56 02.5    0.473    1.193   100.7    56.4    20.4
2002 05 26    18 02.08   +65 55.3    0.418    1.099    90.5    67.2    20.3
2002 06 05    19 29.1    +76 32.0    0.370    1.006    78.1    80.8    20.3
2002 06 15    00 50.7    +78 54.5    0.334    0.916    63.4    97.5    20.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-K10

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