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MPEC 2002-V72 : 2002 VR94

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V72                                Issued 2002 Nov. 15, 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 VR94

Observations:
     K02V94R* C2002 11 12.07237 23 10 50.15 -15 29 07.0          17.4        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 12.08934 23 10 56.21 -15 27 49.7          17.8        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 12.10589 23 11 02.18 -15 26 36.1          17.8        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 13.15045 23 17 34.84 -14 07 16.2          17.5        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 13.15057 23 17 34.91 -14 07 14.4          17.8        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 13.16815 23 17 41.24 -14 05 52.5          17.7        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 13.18564 23 17 47.56 -14 04 33.1          17.6        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 13.18576 23 17 47.61 -14 04 31.7          18.1        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 13.20308 23 17 53.86 -14 03 11.4          17.7        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 13.22025 23 18 00.13 -14 01 52.1          17.9        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 13.22037 23 18 00.17 -14 01 51.7          18.4        704
     K02V94R  C2002 11 15.11383 23 29 56.75 -11 34 30.2          17.6 R      448
     K02V94R  C2002 11 15.11792 23 29 58.25 -11 34 10.7          17.4 R      448
     K02V94R  C2002 11 15.12208 23 29 59.77 -11 33 51.3          17.3 R      448

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.

Orbital elements:
2002 VR94
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M   1.18713              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25841945     Peri.  326.69107     +0.91209936     -0.40163006
a   2.4411020      Node    57.20022     +0.39427224     +0.80433824
e   0.5652983      Incl.    5.61665     +0.11235726     +0.43787360
P   3.81           H   19.2           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2002 Nov. 12-15.

Ephemeris:
2002 VR94                a,e,i = 2.44, 0.57, 6                   q = 1.0612
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 12    23 10.36   -15 34.0    0.188    1.077   112.8    58.0    17.8
2002 11 17    23 41.80   -09 04.2    0.189    1.089   117.6    53.6    17.7
2002 11 22    00 12.79   -02 25.1    0.195    1.105   122.4    49.0    17.7
2002 11 27    00 42.49   +03 53.3    0.207    1.123   126.8    44.7    17.7
2002 12 02    01 10.32   +09 28.6    0.226    1.145   130.2    41.1    17.9
2002 12 07    01 35.99   +14 10.6    0.249    1.169   132.6    38.3    18.1
2002 12 12    01 59.46   +17 59.4    0.278    1.195   134.1    36.3    18.3
2002 12 17    02 20.84   +21 01.1    0.311    1.223   134.6    34.9    18.5
2002 12 22    02 40.32   +23 23.3    0.349    1.253   134.5    34.0    18.8
2002 12 27    02 58.14   +25 13.9    0.390    1.285   133.8    33.5    19.1
2003 01 01    03 14.57   +26 39.6    0.435    1.318   132.7    33.3    19.4
2003 01 06    03 29.88   +27 45.9    0.483    1.352   131.2    33.2    19.7
2003 01 11    03 44.28   +28 37.1    0.535    1.387   129.5    33.2    19.9
2003 01 16    03 57.93   +29 16.5    0.590    1.422   127.5    33.3    20.2
2003 01 21    04 10.96   +29 46.4    0.649    1.459   125.4    33.4    20.5
2003 01 26    04 23.49   +30 08.6    0.710    1.495   123.1    33.5    20.7
2003 01 31    04 35.61   +30 24.6    0.774    1.533   120.7    33.6    21.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V72

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