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MPEC 2002-L54 : 2002 LE31

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M.P.E.C. 2002-L54                                Issued 2002 June 11, 15:42 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 LE31

Observations:
     K02L31E* C2002 06 10.28447 17 22 18.39 +37 03 02.6          18.7 R      699
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.29655 17 22 18.50 +37 02 14.9                      699
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.30859 17 22 18.84 +37 01 28.1                      699
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.32064 17 22 19.07 +37 00 39.1                      699
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.86373 17 22 40.27 +36 24 51.0          17.8 R      176
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.86931 17 22 40.39 +36 24 28.6          18.1 R      176
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.87208 17 22 40.45 +36 24 17.4          18.1 R      176
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.87480 17 22 40.51 +36 24 06.5          17.8 R      176
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.96281 17 22 42.59 +36 18 21.2          19.1 R      966
     K02L31E  C2002 06 10.99770 17 22 43.48 +36 16 05.4          18.9 R      966
     K02L31E  C2002 06 11.01219 17 22 43.73 +36 15 08.5          18.9 R      966
     K02L31E  C2002 06 11.28323 17 22 53.45 +35 57 47.2          19.2 R      854
     K02L31E  C2002 06 11.28617 17 22 53.46 +35 57 38.8          19.6 R      854
     K02L31E  C2002 06 11.28765 17 22 53.71 +35 57 34.2          19.8 R      854
     K02L31E  C2002 06 11.35544 17 22 54.26 +35 53 04.9          19.0 R      649
     K02L31E  C2002 06 11.35851 17 22 54.28 +35 52 52.8          19.0 R      649
     K02L31E  C2002 06 11.36771 17 22 54.48 +35 52 16.8          18.4 R      649

Observer details:
176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.  0.2-m
    f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer K. Smalley.  0.75-m Newtonian
    + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 LE31
Epoch 2002 May 26.0 TT = JDT 2452420.5                  MPC
M  13.83078              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34198241     Peri.  359.88552     -0.97568515     +0.21469849
a   2.0251951      Node   192.77285     -0.20093202     -0.95652510
e   0.5509922      Incl.   11.50065     -0.08754890     -0.19739376
P   2.88           H   20.0           G   0.15
From 17 observations 2002 June 10-11.

Ephemeris:
2002 LE31                a,e,i = 2.03, 0.55, 12                  q = 0.9093
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 06 05    17 18.13   +43 24.9    0.214    1.118   113.8    56.1    18.9
2002 06 15    17 24.72   +32 10.7    0.272    1.191   124.5    44.6    19.3
2002 06 25    17 28.40   +23 34.6    0.340    1.268   131.7    36.7    19.7
2002 07 05    17 32.00   +16 36.3    0.418    1.347   135.6    31.9    20.1
2002 07 15    17 36.69   +10 47.6    0.507    1.427   136.3    29.5    20.6
2002 07 25    17 43.04   +05 55.8    0.610    1.506   134.4    28.8    21.1
2002 08 04    17 51.06   +01 52.8    0.725    1.585   130.6    29.1    21.6
2002 08 14    18 00.68   -01 28.5    0.853    1.663   125.8    29.6    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-L54

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