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MPEC 2002-K24 : 2002 KK3

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M.P.E.C. 2002-K24                                Issued 2002 May 20, 18:08 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,
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                                   2002 KK3

Observations:
     K02K03K* C2002 05 18.28085 12 47 04.02 +35 38 23.1          19.2 R      699
     K02K03K  C2002 05 18.30528 12 47 00.47 +35 37 14.8                      699
     K02K03K  C2002 05 18.31742 12 46 58.73 +35 36 43.3                      699
     K02K03K  C2002 05 18.32951 12 46 57.04 +35 36 11.5                      699
     K02K03K  C2002 05 19.22437 12 44 56.52 +34 55 28.5          19.1 R      651
     K02K03K  C2002 05 19.22628 12 44 56.21 +34 55 24.9          19.1 R      651
     K02K03K  C2002 05 19.22846 12 44 55.88 +34 55 19.3          19.4 R      651
     K02K03K  C2002 05 20.07965 12 43 03.50 +34 15 15.4          19.9 R      440
     K02K03K  C2002 05 20.08632 12 43 02.55 +34 14 55.3          19.8 R      440
     K02K03K  C2002 05 20.09596 12 43 01.22 +34 14 27.8          19.3 R      440
     K02K03K  C2002 05 20.13772 12 42 55.47 +34 12 28.2          19.4 R      440

Observer details:
440 Elginfield Observatory.  Observers G. A. Esquerdo, P. Brown.  1.22-m
    f/8.1 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 KK3
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
M 347.22087              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18403974     Peri.  208.03077     -0.02033475     +0.88320961
a   3.0609881      Node    64.34127     -0.79232503     +0.27157773
e   0.6478212      Incl.   31.31849     -0.60976024     -0.38234319
P   5.36           H   18.8           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2002 May 18-20.

Ephemeris:
2002 KK3                 a,e,i = 3.06, 0.65, 31                  q = 1.0780
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 05 16    12 52.41   +37 15.9    0.551    1.324   112.6    44.8    19.8
2002 05 26    12 31.08   +29 03.5    0.502    1.256   107.2    50.4    19.7
2002 06 05    12 15.30   +18 10.9    0.466    1.196   101.3    56.3    19.6
2002 06 15    12 04.68   +05 10.2    0.446    1.146    95.3    61.9    19.5
2002 06 25    11 58.15   -08 57.8    0.444    1.109    89.9    66.5    19.6
2002 07 05    11 54.53   -22 58.5    0.460    1.085    85.9    69.1    19.7
2002 07 15    11 53.21   -35 53.6    0.491    1.078    83.6    69.5    19.9
2002 07 25    11 54.18   -47 19.6    0.532    1.087    82.9    68.0    20.0
2002 08 04    11 58.35   -57 20.4    0.579    1.112    83.8    65.1    20.1
2002 08 14    12 08.65   -66 15.1    0.628    1.151    85.7    61.3    20.3
2002 08 24    12 33.1    -74 21.8    0.679    1.202    88.4    57.2    20.4
2002 09 03    13 45.9    -81 33.4    0.732    1.263    91.7    52.9    20.6
2002 09 13    18 11.3    -84 40.2    0.789    1.332    95.0    48.8    20.7
2002 09 23    21 20.5    -79 27.2    0.852    1.406    98.2    44.9    20.9
2002 10 03    22 14.3    -72 13.3    0.926    1.484   100.7    41.5    21.1
2002 10 13    22 39.89   -64 49.7    1.012    1.565   102.3    38.5    21.3
2002 10 23    22 57.24   -57 39.4    1.113    1.648   102.6    36.1    21.6
2002 11 02    23 11.43   -50 52.7    1.230    1.731   101.8    34.1    21.9
2002 11 12    23 24.36   -44 35.1    1.362    1.815    99.7    32.5    22.1
2002 11 22    23 36.78   -38 48.8    1.509    1.898    96.7    31.1    22.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-K24

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