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MPEC 2002-T77 : 2002 TB70

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M.P.E.C. 2002-T77                                Issued 2002 Oct. 13, 03:08 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2002 TB70

Observations:
     K02T70B* C2002 10 10.22379 01 44 01.83 +05 28 36.6          19.8        644
     K02T70B  C2002 10 10.28967 01 43 55.59 +05 24 31.0          20.1        644
     K02T70B  C2002 10 10.35175 01 43 49.56 +05 20 38.9          19.3        644
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.20454 01 42 36.89 +04 27 22.7          19.1 R      734
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.21262 01 42 36.72 +04 26 53.9                      673
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.21701 01 42 36.30 +04 26 37.0                      673
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.22176 01 42 35.84 +04 26 19.4                      673
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.27539 01 42 29.97 +04 22 57.1          19.2 R      649
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.27927 01 42 29.61 +04 22 42.8          19.2 R      649
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.28217 01 42 29.33 +04 22 31.9          19.2 R      649
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.42223 01 42 16.55 +04 13 43.5                      658
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.42461 01 42 16.38 +04 13 33.7                      658
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.42785 01 42 16.08 +04 13 21.2                      658
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.56101 01 42 04.85 +04 05 45.3          19.7 R      474
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.56539 01 42 04.39 +04 05 28.8          19.5 R      474
     K02T70B  C2002 10 11.57002 01 42 03.93 +04 05 10.9          19.8 R      474

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore,
    P. M. Kilmartin.  0.6-m f/6.4 reflector.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman,
    P. Sable.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observer J. L. Clem.
    1.82-m Plaskett reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  Measurer
    M. Hicks.  0.6-m reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 TB70                                                            PHA 0.014A
Epoch 2002 Sept. 23.0 TT = JDT 2452540.5                MPC
M 182.34446              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.81694769     Peri.  351.07065     -0.99248078     +0.09704297
a   1.1332869      Node   195.11822     -0.08699451     -0.98797357
e   0.1314703      Incl.   16.61952     -0.08610373     -0.12037813
P   1.21           H   21.2           G   0.15
From 16 observations 2002 Oct. 10-11.

Ephemeris:
2002 TB70                a,e,i = 1.13, 0.13, 17                  q = 0.9843
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 10 13    01 39.97   +02 35.2    0.281    1.276   171.4     6.7    19.5
2002 10 18    01 32.44   -02 35.6    0.282    1.273   167.9     9.4    19.6
2002 10 23    01 25.03   -07 28.9    0.288    1.270   160.3    15.3    19.9
2002 10 28    01 18.19   -11 50.9    0.299    1.265   152.2    21.5    20.1
2002 11 02    01 12.33   -15 33.4    0.313    1.261   144.5    27.2    20.4
2002 11 07    01 07.75   -18 33.7    0.332    1.256   137.5    32.2    20.7
2002 11 12    01 04.65   -20 53.5    0.352    1.250   131.1    36.6    20.9
2002 11 17    01 03.08   -22 37.2    0.374    1.244   125.4    40.4    21.1
2002 11 22    01 02.97   -23 49.8    0.397    1.237   120.3    43.6    21.3

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-T77

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