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MPEC 2002-K25 : 2002 KL3

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M.P.E.C. 2002-K25                                Issued 2002 May 20, 18:15 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
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                                   2002 KL3

Observations:
     K02K03L* C2002 05 18.29661 15 55 16.77 -04 38 37.1          19.0        704
     K02K03L  C2002 05 18.31166 15 55 14.24 -04 38 34.1          19.8        704
     K02K03L  C2002 05 18.32671 15 55 11.65 -04 38 32.6          19.4        704
     K02K03L  C2002 05 18.34176 15 55 09.07 -04 38 31.5          18.9        704
     K02K03L  C2002 05 18.35682 15 55 06.43 -04 38 30.0          19.5        704
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.17719 15 52 47.84 -04 37 18.3          19.3 R      440
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.18302 15 52 46.71 -04 37 18.5          18.5 R      440
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.19778 15 52 44.11 -04 37 17.1          18.9 R      440
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.27557 15 52 30.55 -04 37 09.8          18.4 R      649
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.27865 15 52 29.99 -04 37 09.8          18.5 R      649
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.27924 15 52 30.14 -04 37 05.6          18.8 R      651
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.28125 15 52 29.73 -04 37 07.5          18.5 R      651
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.28331 15 52 29.37 -04 37 07.6          18.7 R      651
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.36748 15 52 14.44 -04 37 00.9          18.5 R      711
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.37545 15 52 12.81 -04 36 59.1          18.5 R      711
     K02K03L  C2002 05 19.38342 15 52 11.47 -04 36 58.7          18.4 R      711
     K02K03L  C2002 05 20.14140 15 49 59.16 -04 36 03.3          18.6 R      440
     K02K03L  C2002 05 20.14645 15 49 58.29 -04 36 02.7          19.0 R      440
     K02K03L  C2002 05 20.28231 15 49 33.66 -04 35 52.6          18.6 R      649
     K02K03L  C2002 05 20.29478 15 49 31.39 -04 35 51.7          18.7 R      649

Observer details:
440 Elginfield Observatory.  Observers G. A. Esquerdo, P. Brown.  1.22-m f/8.1
    reflector + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman.  0.75-m
    Newtonian + CCD.
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 E. S. Barker.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 KL3
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
M 316.06685              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.38533755     Peri.  292.04883     +0.94108029     -0.08776199
a   1.8702880      Node    74.22056     +0.23904432     +0.85575734
e   0.7300381      Incl.   19.83952     -0.23921892     +0.50987960
P   2.56           H   18.4           G   0.15
From 20 observations 2002 May 18-20.

Ephemeris:
2002 KL3                 a,e,i = 1.87, 0.73, 20                  q = 0.5049
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 05 16    16 01.41   -04 42.7    0.672    1.667   163.8     9.7    19.3
2002 05 26    15 30.92   -04 33.4    0.570    1.563   160.9    12.2    18.9
2002 06 05    14 51.07   -04 54.4    0.496    1.453   146.1    22.9    18.8
2002 06 15    14 04.96   -05 54.2    0.451    1.338   127.2    37.2    18.8
2002 06 25    13 17.68   -07 30.7    0.429    1.216   107.5    52.8    18.9
2002 07 05    12 32.40   -09 29.1    0.422    1.090    88.4    68.8    19.1
2002 07 15    11 48.36   -11 24.5    0.421    0.958    70.0    85.6    19.4
2002 07 25    11 01.42   -12 30.6    0.424    0.824    51.8   104.3    20.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-K25

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