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MPEC 2002-T70 : 2002 TP69

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M.P.E.C. 2002-T70                                Issued 2002 Oct. 11, 12:18 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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                                   2002 TP69

Observations:
     K02T69P* C2002 10 09.20116 23 20 08.98 -21 30 24.4          18.4 R      699
     K02T69P  C2002 10 09.21958 23 20 09.45 -21 30 39.0                      699
     K02T69P  C2002 10 09.23805 23 20 10.16 -21 30 53.0                      699
     K02T69P  C2002 10 09.25649 23 20 10.82 -21 31 07.2                      699
     K02T69P  C2002 10 10.19891 23 21 07.84 -21 42 50.5          18.0 R      649
     K02T69P  C2002 10 10.21821 23 21 09.68 -21 43 00.1          19.3 R      926
     K02T69P  C2002 10 10.21963 23 21 08.69 -21 43 05.8          18.6 R      649
     K02T69P  C2002 10 10.22120 23 21 09.75 -21 43 01.5                      926
     K02T69P  C2002 10 10.22419 23 21 09.86 -21 43 04.3          19.4 R      926
     K02T69P  C2002 10 10.24695 23 21 09.82 -21 43 24.7          18.5 R      649
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.12765 23 22 11.56 -21 54 01.7          18.4 R      734
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.13998 23 22 12.15 -21 54 11.1          18.1 R      734
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.19863 23 22 14.86 -21 54 53.5          18.1 R      649
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.20565 23 22 16.34 -21 54 54.9          19.0 R      926
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.20887 23 22 16.45 -21 54 55.8                      926
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.21204 23 22 16.60 -21 54 58.8          19.3 R      926
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.23499 23 22 17.32 -21 55 15.5          19.0 R      448
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.23861 23 22 16.75 -21 55 21.2          18.4 R      649
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.24256 23 22 17.69 -21 55 20.9          19.1 R      448
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.25018 23 22 18.04 -21 55 26.0          19.1 R      448
     K02T69P  C2002 10 11.25383 23 22 17.52 -21 55 30.9          18.4 R      649

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman,
    P. Sable.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observer M. Schwartz.  Measurer P. R. Holvorcem.
    0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 TP69                                                            PHA 0.024
Epoch 2002 Sept. 23.0 TT = JDT 2452540.5                MPC
M 340.93931              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36288804     Peri.  316.35576     +0.62660729     -0.77859036
a   1.9466488      Node    94.81443     +0.72408326     +0.56546235
e   0.4692556      Incl.    1.95902     +0.28821299     +0.27212017
P   2.72           H   21.8           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2002 Oct. 9-11.

Ephemeris:
2002 TP69                a,e,i = 1.95, 0.47, 2                   q = 1.0332
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 10 03    23 16.09   -20 06.1    0.160    1.141   149.2    26.7    19.3
2002 10 13    23 24.59   -22 14.6    0.127    1.098   140.2    35.5    19.0
2002 10 23    23 47.47   -23 37.0    0.098    1.065   134.1    42.1    18.5
2002 11 02    00 37.61   -23 06.1    0.072    1.043   133.6    43.5    17.9
2002 11 12    02 15.10   -16 44.8    0.054    1.034   143.3    34.9    17.0
2002 11 22    04 23.46   -01 20.9    0.053    1.037   157.0    21.8    16.6
2002 12 02    05 53.32   +11 38.1    0.072    1.053   158.0    20.6    17.2
2002 12 12    06 37.67   +18 19.7    0.101    1.080   160.2    18.0    17.9
2002 12 22    06 57.82   +21 52.4    0.138    1.118   166.5    11.9    18.5
2003 01 01    07 06.42   +23 54.0    0.182    1.165   174.8     4.4    18.8
2003 01 11    07 10.43   +25 02.4    0.235    1.218   174.9     4.1    19.5
2003 01 21    07 13.91   +25 34.8    0.299    1.276   165.8    10.9    20.4
2003 01 31    07 18.67   +25 42.0    0.374    1.337   156.8    16.9    21.2
2003 02 10    07 25.56   +25 31.3    0.462    1.401   148.3    21.7    21.9
2003 02 20    07 34.71   +25 07.3    0.562    1.466   140.3    25.5    22.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-T70

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