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MPEC 2002-V56 : 2002 VO85

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V56                                Issued 2002 Nov. 13, 00:16 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 VO85

Observations:
     K02V85O* C2002 11 11.32649 05 00 22.53 +16 40 58.6          19.1        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 11.34368 05 00 23.12 +16 39 00.5          19.4        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 11.36097 05 00 23.93 +16 37 02.8          19.4        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 11.39569 05 00 25.51 +16 33 03.7          19.7        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.33209 05 01 19.85 +14 43 48.6          19.5 R      926
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.33307 05 01 19.92 +14 43 40.8          20.4 R      926
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.33409 05 01 19.97 +14 43 36.1          19.3 R      926
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.34046 05 01 20.03 +14 42 48.5          20.3        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.34057 05 01 19.97 +14 42 46.8          20.0        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.35776 05 01 20.66 +14 40 43.5          19.8        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.35788 05 01 20.73 +14 40 44.0          19.9        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.37512 05 01 21.36 +14 38 40.2          20.1        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.37523 05 01 21.29 +14 38 39.3          19.7        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.37921 05 01 21.64 +14 38 14.7          19.6 R      854
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.38102 05 01 21.85 +14 37 57.5          19.6 R      854
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.38170 05 01 21.06 +14 37 48.9          18.8 R      649
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.38542 05 01 21.22 +14 37 22.5          19.0 R      649
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.38645 05 01 21.84 +14 37 20.4          19.6 R      854
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.38914 05 01 21.37 +14 36 55.6          19.0 R      649
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.39249 05 01 22.00 +14 36 35.7          19.7        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.39261 05 01 21.97 +14 36 34.8          20.0        704
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.94453 05 01 53.84 +13 29 56.2                      246
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.94529 05 01 53.90 +13 29 50.4                      246
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.94611 05 01 53.91 +13 29 43.5                      246
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.94679 05 01 53.91 +13 29 39.2                      246
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.94733 05 01 53.94 +13 29 35.0                      246
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.94816 05 01 54.00 +13 29 29.8                      246
     K02V85O  C2002 11 12.94968 05 01 54.08 +13 29 18.0                      246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer M. Glaze.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers D. Torres, F. Shelly,
    L. Manguso, M. Bezpalko, M. Blythe, R. Huber, S. Adams, S. Partridge,
    T. Brothers.  Measurers J. Evans, J. Stuart, P. Hopman, R. Sayer.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 VO85
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M 311.22668              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63434676     Peri.  247.44667     -0.42045075     -0.86639994
a   1.3414822      Node   230.29170     +0.90641118     -0.38783835
e   0.2278065      Incl.   20.49805     +0.04049619     -0.31453547
P   1.55           H   22.1           G   0.15
From 26 observations 2002 Nov. 11-12.

Ephemeris:
2002 VO85                a,e,i = 1.34, 0.23, 20                  q = 1.0359
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 12    05 01.01   +15 23.3    0.184    1.157   152.8    23.0    19.8
2002 11 17    05 05.19   +04 43.6    0.169    1.142   152.4    23.6    19.6
2002 11 22    05 08.38   -07 08.9    0.162    1.127   146.5    28.9    19.7
2002 11 27    05 10.67   -19 01.2    0.164    1.113   137.3    37.0    19.9
2002 12 02    05 12.22   -29 41.1    0.173    1.100   127.5    45.3    20.2
2002 12 07    05 13.27   -38 30.3    0.187    1.088   118.8    52.6    20.6
2002 12 12    05 14.15   -45 27.1    0.205    1.077   111.5    58.3    20.9
2002 12 17    05 15.12   -50 49.0    0.224    1.067   105.7    62.7    21.2
2002 12 22    05 16.37   -54 57.0    0.244    1.058   101.1    65.8    21.5
2002 12 27    05 18.03   -58 08.8    0.264    1.051    97.4    68.1    21.7
2003 01 01    05 20.22   -60 38.1    0.283    1.045    94.6    69.8    21.9
2003 01 06    05 23.10   -62 34.8    0.300    1.040    92.4    70.8    22.1
2003 01 11    05 26.84   -64 06.8    0.316    1.037    90.8    71.4    22.2
2003 01 16    05 31.51   -65 19.8    0.331    1.036    89.7    71.7    22.3
2003 01 21    05 37.17   -66 17.5    0.343    1.036    89.0    71.7    22.4
2003 01 26    05 43.85   -67 02.1    0.353    1.038    88.7    71.5    22.4
2003 01 31    05 51.69   -67 34.8    0.360    1.041    88.7    71.1    22.5
2003 02 05    06 00.88   -67 56.3    0.366    1.046    89.1    70.5    22.5
2003 02 10    06 11.62   -68 06.9    0.369    1.052    89.8    69.7    22.5
2003 02 15    06 24.00   -68 06.4    0.369    1.060    90.9    68.7    22.5
2003 02 20    06 38.10   -67 53.5    0.368    1.069    92.3    67.5    22.5
2003 02 25    06 53.95   -67 26.1    0.365    1.079    94.1    66.2    22.4
2003 03 02    07 11.56   -66 41.4    0.360    1.091    96.2    64.6    22.4
2003 03 07    07 30.86   -65 36.1    0.354    1.103    98.7    62.8    22.3
2003 03 12    07 51.58   -64 06.8    0.347    1.116   101.6    60.7    22.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V56

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