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MPEC 2002-V64 : 2002 VY91

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V64                                Issued 2002 Nov. 14, 16:30 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 VY91

Observations:
     K02V91Y* C2002 11 12.22704 03 12 22.77 +14 24 36.4          18.3        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 12.24352 03 13 02.08 +14 24 37.5          18.4        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 12.26012 03 13 41.37 +14 24 36.7          18.5        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 12.27688 03 14 20.80 +14 24 34.2          18.8        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 13.23875 03 48 16.05 +14 12 39.9          19.0        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 13.25571 03 48 44.17 +14 12 24.4          19.4        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 13.27267 03 49 12.10 +14 12 08.4          19.3        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 13.28966 03 49 39.88 +14 11 50.9          19.4        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 13.30666 03 50 07.46 +14 11 32.8          19.8        704
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 14.32519 04 15 11.06 +13 50 53.8          19.2 R      926
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 14.32572 04 15 11.78 +13 50 52.7          18.8 R      926
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 14.32628 04 15 12.51 +13 50 51.4          19.7 R      926
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 14.32685 04 15 13.01 +13 50 51.0          19.2 R      926
     K02V91Y  C2002 11 14.32740 04 15 13.64 +13 50 50.9          20.0 R      926

Observer details:
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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 VY91
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M   8.26856              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27414887     Peri.  155.56159     +0.91307695     -0.40534524
a   2.3468126      Node   228.42699     +0.36365131     +0.85882269
e   0.5846040      Incl.    3.41486     +0.18452158     +0.31323925
P   3.60           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
021112 704  0.4-  0.7-    021113 704  0.1-  0.1-    021114 926  0.9+  0.3-
021112 704  0.1-  0.1+    021113 704  0.2-  0.5+    021114 926 (2.2+  0.9-)
021112 704  0.0   0.2+    021113 704  0.0   0.4+    021114 926  0.0   0.6-
021112 704  0.5+  0.0     021113 704  0.4-  0.6+    021114 926  0.0   0.0
021113 704  0.6+  0.2-    021114 926  0.8-  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2002 VY91                a,e,i = 2.35, 0.58, 3                   q = 0.9749
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 12    03 02.25   +14 26.8    0.021    1.011   176.6     3.3    18.5
2002 11 13    03 40.73   +14 18.8    0.025    1.014   172.2     7.6    19.1
2002 11 14    04 08.03   +13 59.3    0.029    1.018   166.8    12.8    19.6
2002 11 15    04 27.84   +13 38.1    0.034    1.022   163.0    16.4    20.1
2002 11 16    04 42.63   +13 18.6    0.039    1.026   160.4    18.9    20.5
2002 11 17    04 53.98   +13 01.6    0.044    1.030   158.6    20.5    20.8
2002 11 18    05 02.88   +12 47.1    0.049    1.034   157.4    21.6    21.1
2002 11 19    05 10.02   +12 34.9    0.055    1.039   156.6    22.2    21.3
2002 11 20    05 15.82   +12 24.7    0.060    1.043   156.1    22.6    21.6
2002 11 21    05 20.60   +12 16.1    0.065    1.048   155.8    22.7    21.8
2002 11 22    05 24.59   +12 08.9    0.071    1.053   155.8    22.6    21.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V64

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