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MPEC 2002-N26 : 2002 NP1

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M.P.E.C. 2002-N26                                Issued 2002 July 7, 12:04 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,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                                   2002 NP1

Observations:
     K02N01P* C2002 07 05.38792 22 18 26.82 -28 22 50.4          18.6        704
     K02N01P  C2002 07 05.40102 22 18 25.98 -28 22 42.5          18.6        704
     K02N01P  C2002 07 05.41414 22 18 25.01 -28 22 33.8          18.8        704
     K02N01P  C2002 07 05.42727 22 18 24.17 -28 22 25.2          18.4        704
     K02N01P  C2002 07 06.34399 22 17 25.78 -28 12 30.7          18.2 R      651
     K02N01P  C2002 07 06.34694 22 17 25.57 -28 12 28.6          18.1 R      651
     K02N01P  C2002 07 06.34971 22 17 25.36 -28 12 27.0          18.4 R      651
     K02N01P  C2002 07 06.36595 22 17 23.85 -28 12 19.4          17.7 R      734
     K02N01P  C2002 07 06.37322 22 17 23.32 -28 12 13.6          17.5 R      734
     K02N01P  C2002 07 07.05247 22 16 37.02 -28 04 45.1                      620
     K02N01P  C2002 07 07.05595 22 16 36.79 -28 04 43.3                      620
     K02N01P  C2002 07 07.07917 22 16 35.01 -28 04 27.9                      620

Observer details:
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, M. Blasco.
    0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + 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.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 NP1
Epoch 2002 July 5.0 TT = JDT 2452460.5                  MPC
M 206.05248              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.68954379     Peri.  142.44937     -0.15891995     -0.95657361
a   1.2689022      Node   315.15276     +0.80085565     +0.01984579
e   0.1703396      Incl.   20.27345     +0.57738608     -0.29081449
P   1.43           H   17.5           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 July 5-7.

Ephemeris:
2002 NP1                 a,e,i = 1.27, 0.17, 20                  q = 1.0528
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 07 05    22 18.84   -28 26.8    0.567    1.469   134.2    29.8    18.4
2002 07 15    22 04.46   -26 26.9    0.501    1.459   146.0    22.9    17.9
2002 07 25    21 41.21   -23 45.4    0.451    1.447   159.9    13.9    17.4
2002 08 04    21 11.02   -20 06.7    0.420    1.433   175.4     3.2    16.7
2002 08 14    20 38.90   -15 39.1    0.412    1.418   166.7     9.4    17.0
2002 08 24    20 11.11   -10 59.4    0.428    1.400   150.6    20.7    17.4
2002 09 03    19 51.43   -06 46.7    0.461    1.380   136.4    30.3    17.8
2002 09 13    19 40.60   -03 18.0    0.507    1.359   124.4    37.6    18.2
2002 09 23    19 37.59   -00 28.9    0.558    1.336   114.6    43.1    18.5
2002 10 03    19 40.82   +01 51.5    0.611    1.312   106.5    47.0    18.8
2002 10 13    19 49.02   +03 54.5    0.661    1.287    99.7    49.9    19.0
2002 10 23    20 01.16   +05 49.8    0.707    1.261    94.0    51.9    19.2
2002 11 02    20 16.54   +07 43.4    0.748    1.234    89.2    53.5    19.3
2002 11 12    20 34.77   +09 40.1    0.781    1.208    85.2    54.7    19.4
2002 11 22    20 55.59   +11 43.0    0.806    1.182    81.8    55.8    19.4
2002 12 02    21 18.91   +13 52.9    0.824    1.157    78.9    56.7    19.4
2002 12 12    21 44.88   +16 10.1    0.833    1.134    76.6    57.7    19.5
2002 12 22    22 13.64   +18 32.7    0.836    1.112    74.8    58.6    19.5
2003 01 01    22 45.52   +20 56.5    0.833    1.093    73.5    59.6    19.4
2003 01 11    23 20.89   +23 15.7    0.826    1.077    72.5    60.5    19.4
2003 01 21    00 00.00   +25 21.0    0.816    1.065    71.8    61.4    19.4
2003 01 31    00 42.91   +27 00.2    0.807    1.057    71.5    62.1    19.4
2003 02 10    01 29.28   +28 00.8    0.801    1.053    71.3    62.6    19.4
2003 02 20    02 18.07   +28 10.7    0.800    1.054    71.3    62.7    19.4
2003 03 02    03 07.77   +27 23.2    0.806    1.059    71.4    62.5    19.4
2003 03 12    03 56.73   +25 39.9    0.820    1.069    71.5    61.8    19.4
2003 03 22    04 43.51   +23 09.3    0.842    1.082    71.6    60.8    19.5
2003 04 01    05 27.32   +20 04.2    0.874    1.099    71.5    59.6    19.5
2003 04 11    06 08.01   +16 38.2    0.912    1.119    71.4    58.1    19.6
2003 04 21    06 45.76   +13 02.0    0.956    1.142    71.2    56.4    19.7
2003 05 01    07 21.01   +09 23.5    1.005    1.166    70.8    54.7    19.8
2003 05 11    07 54.30   +05 47.3    1.058    1.191    70.3    53.0    19.9
2003 05 21    08 26.06   +02 16.0    1.113    1.217    69.7    51.2    20.1
2003 05 31    08 56.73   -01 09.1    1.171    1.244    69.0    49.5    20.2
2003 06 10    09 26.65   -04 27.7    1.230    1.270    68.1    47.9    20.3
2003 06 20    09 56.10   -07 39.2    1.291    1.296    67.1    46.3    20.4
2003 06 30    10 25.33   -10 43.3    1.352    1.320    66.0    44.7    20.5
2003 07 10    10 54.54   -13 39.5    1.416    1.344    64.7    43.1    20.6
2003 07 20    11 23.85   -16 26.8    1.480    1.366    63.2    41.6    20.7
2003 07 30    11 53.43   -19 04.2    1.545    1.387    61.6    40.1    20.7
2003 08 09    12 23.37   -21 30.5    1.611    1.406    59.7    38.5    20.8
2003 08 19    12 53.73   -23 43.8    1.677    1.423    57.7    37.0    20.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-N26

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