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MPEC 2002-V74 : 2002 VT94

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V74                                Issued 2002 Nov. 15, 16:46 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 VT94

Observations:
     K02V94T* C2002 11 13.18545 23 31 27.97 +37 41 09.9          20.2        704
     K02V94T  C2002 11 13.22006 23 31 33.45 +37 39 41.2          20.0        704
     K02V94T  C2002 11 13.23722 23 31 36.15 +37 38 57.2          20.3        704
     K02V94T  C2002 11 14.13173 23 34 06.24 +37 01 30.7          20.0 R      448
     K02V94T  C2002 11 14.13678 23 34 07.08 +37 01 17.8          20.0 R      448
     K02V94T  C2002 11 14.13848 23 34 07.37 +37 01 13.2          19.6 R      448
     K02V94T  C2002 11 14.14633 23 34 08.80 +37 00 53.3          19.7 R      926
     K02V94T  C2002 11 14.14804 23 34 09.05 +37 00 49.3          20.1 R      926
     K02V94T  C2002 11 14.14979 23 34 09.37 +37 00 45.3          19.7 R      926
     K02V94T  C2002 11 14.88483 23 36 14.50 +36 29 15.7          19.5 R      966
     K02V94T  C2002 11 14.90316 23 36 17.63 +36 28 28.1          19.3 R      966
     K02V94T  C2002 11 15.16598 23 37 03.18 +36 17 15.6                      926
     K02V94T  C2002 11 15.16769 23 37 03.39 +36 17 12.0          19.6 R      926
     K02V94T  C2002 11 15.16943 23 37 03.72 +36 17 06.6          19.4 R      926

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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 VT94
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M 351.29895              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21655415     Peri.  174.95206     +0.44859563     -0.81049868
a   2.7463658      Node   247.94227     +0.80510584     +0.54943857
e   0.5402364      Incl.   23.97760     +0.38802905     -0.20300036
P   4.55           H   19.9           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2002 Nov. 13-15.

Ephemeris:
2002 VT94                a,e,i = 2.75, 0.54, 24                  q = 1.2627
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 12    23 28.27   +38 29.7    0.439    1.307   128.1    36.6    20.2
2002 11 22    23 58.29   +31 03.1    0.415    1.283   127.4    37.7    20.1
2002 12 02    00 33.42   +22 37.7    0.410    1.268   125.3    39.4    20.0
2002 12 12    01 10.83   +14 17.0    0.427    1.263   121.8    41.5    20.2
2002 12 22    01 48.07   +07 06.7    0.464    1.267   117.7    43.4    20.4
2003 01 01    02 23.57   +01 40.7    0.519    1.282   113.5    44.7    20.7
2003 01 11    02 56.80   -02 00.5    0.589    1.306   109.7    45.1    21.1
2003 01 21    03 27.79   -04 15.4    0.670    1.338   106.5    44.8    21.4
2003 01 31    03 56.82   -05 25.9    0.760    1.378   103.6    44.0    21.7
2003 02 10    04 24.33   -05 51.3    0.858    1.425   100.9    42.9    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V74

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