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MPEC 2002-V76 : 2002 VX94

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V76                                Issued 2002 Nov. 15, 21:04 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 VX94

Observations:
     K02V94X* C2002 11 14.20828 01 51 24.09 +29 41 13.5          20.2        644
     K02V94X  C2002 11 14.22952 01 51 21.21 +29 41 00.3          19.5        644
     K02V94X  C2002 11 14.25043 01 51 18.46 +29 40 46.8          19.7        644
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.13275 01 49 25.98 +29 31 09.2          18.0 R      673
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.13681 01 49 25.47 +29 31 06.5          18.0 R      673
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.14097 01 49 24.94 +29 31 03.6          18.0 R      673
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.21110 01 49 15.63 +29 30 18.8          19.5 R      854
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.21290 01 49 15.28 +29 30 18.5          19.7 R      854
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.21651 01 49 14.82 +29 30 15.4          19.5 R      854
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.25692 01 49 09.39 +29 29 48.3          19.3 R      926
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.25805 01 49 09.22 +29 29 47.6          19.1 R      448
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.25979 01 49 09.11 +29 29 46.9          20.1 R      926
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.26264 01 49 08.76 +29 29 45.0          19.6 R      926
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.26618 01 49 08.14 +29 29 41.6          19.4 R      448
     K02V94X  C2002 11 15.27430 01 49 07.09 +29 29 36.6          20.0 R      448

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.
    0.61-m f/16 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 VX94                                                            PHA 0.030
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M 291.99421              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.47297054     Peri.  212.22598     -0.93889581     -0.33127576
a   1.6314734      Node   308.14139     +0.33560414     -0.82077199
e   0.4469195      Incl.    6.82322     +0.07644941     -0.46539200
P   2.08           H   18.6           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2002 Nov. 14-15.

Ephemeris:
2002 VX94                a,e,i = 1.63, 0.45, 7                   q = 0.9023
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 12    01 56.17   +30 03.7    0.652    1.617   159.5    12.4    19.5
2002 11 22    01 35.54   +28 06.4    0.625    1.555   148.6    19.3    19.5
2002 12 02    01 19.31   +25 43.8    0.616    1.492   136.1    27.3    19.6
2002 12 12    01 09.59   +23 23.1    0.619    1.426   124.0    34.9    19.8
2002 12 22    01 06.85   +21 25.1    0.629    1.360   113.1    41.7    19.9
2003 01 01    01 10.54   +19 58.2    0.640    1.293   103.5    47.7    20.0
2003 01 11    01 19.94   +19 02.6    0.647    1.226    95.3    53.0    20.0
2003 01 21    01 34.26   +18 33.0    0.646    1.160    88.2    58.0    20.1
2003 01 31    01 52.88   +18 20.9    0.636    1.097    82.1    62.8    20.1
2003 02 10    02 15.44   +18 16.8    0.616    1.039    77.0    67.7    20.0
2003 02 20    02 41.59   +18 08.7    0.584    0.988    72.7    72.9    20.0
2003 03 02    03 11.13   +17 43.4    0.543    0.946    69.3    78.3    19.9
2003 03 12    03 44.00   +16 46.0    0.493    0.918    66.7    83.8    19.8
2003 03 22    04 20.25   +14 59.6    0.439    0.903    65.1    88.8    19.7
2003 04 01    05 00.54   +12 05.8    0.383    0.905    64.9    92.6    19.6
2003 04 11    05 46.50   +07 44.8    0.330    0.923    66.8    94.0    19.4
2003 04 21    06 40.75   +01 38.2    0.286    0.955    71.9    91.6    19.0
2003 05 01    07 46.24   -06 06.9    0.258    0.999    80.8    84.4    18.6
2003 05 11    09 02.79   -14 17.0    0.252    1.052    92.7    73.4    18.3
2003 05 21    10 22.71   -20 41.8    0.273    1.112   104.4    61.8    18.2
2003 05 31    11 34.88   -24 15.7    0.319    1.176   113.0    52.6    18.4
2003 06 10    12 33.81   -25 41.0    0.386    1.242   117.6    46.4    18.8
2003 06 20    13 20.45   -26 01.4    0.469    1.309   118.9    42.8    19.2
2003 06 30    13 58.06   -25 56.8    0.566    1.376   118.0    40.7    19.7
2003 07 10    14 29.69   -25 46.6    0.674    1.442   115.6    39.5    20.1
2003 07 20    14 57.37   -25 37.6    0.794    1.507   112.2    38.6    20.5
2003 07 30    15 22.49   -25 31.3    0.922    1.571   108.3    37.9    20.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V76

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