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MPEC 2007-T116: 2002 TA60

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M.P.E.C. 2007-T116                               Issued 2007 Oct. 15, 18:18 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 TA60

                           Revision to MPEC 2002-T31

Additional Observations:
     K02T60A  C2007 10 13.79065 01 05 56.17 +27 25 01.6          20.4 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 13.80965 01 05 49.65 +27 25 08.1          20.4 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 13.82823 01 05 43.23 +27 25 14.7          20.0 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 13.84584 01 05 37.14 +27 25 20.5          20.0 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 13.86344 01 05 31.07 +27 25 26.6          19.8 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 13.88049 01 05 25.11 +27 25 31.8          19.6 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 13.89682 01 05 19.42 +27 25 36.9          19.6 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 14.79335 01 00 20.03 +27 29 30.1          20.7 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 14.79748 01 00 18.66 +27 29 31.2          20.6 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 14.80610 01 00 15.77 +27 29 33.0          20.2 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 14.81435 01 00 13.09 +27 29 34.9          20.5 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 14.81847 01 00 11.70 +27 29 35.9          20.1 V ET116A74
     K02T60A  C2007 10 14.82972 01 00 07.90 +27 29 38.3          20.2 V ET116A74

Observer details:
A74 Bergen-Enkheim Observatory.  Observer U. Suessenberger.  0.36-m f/4.6
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
071013 A74 0.11- 0.10-    071014 A74 0.11- 0.10-    MPO 41806   +0.10 day

Orbital elements:
2002 TA60                                                Earth MOID = 0.1219 AU
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M  92.85359              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.79609588     Peri.  233.56970     -0.43583324     +0.89478900
a   1.1529907      Node    11.83386     -0.59704371     -0.20681470
e   0.5220218      Incl.   28.21773     -0.67348957     -0.39570231
P   1.24           H   20.7           G   0.15           U   5
Residuals in seconds of arc
021005 704  0.3+  0.6+    021007 649  0.3+  0.2-    021014 413  0.0   0.1-
021005 704  0.1+  0.2+    021007 649  0.2+  0.1-    021020 715  0.2+  0.1+
021005 704  0.1-  0.3+    021008 118  0.3+  1.2+    021020 715  0.3+  0.2+
021005 704  0.2-  0.1+    021008 118 (1.6+  0.6+)   021020 715  0.3+  0.4+
021005 704  0.3-  0.3+    021008 246  0.1-  0.4+    021031 696  0.4+  0.3-
021006 670 (2.3+  1.2+)   021008 246  0.3+  0.2-    021031 696  0.1+  0.4-
021006 651  0.1+  0.1+    021008 246  0.1+  0.7-    071013 A74  0.0   0.0
021006 651  0.0   0.5-    021008 246  0.5+  0.6-    071013 A74  0.5+  0.1-
021006 651  0.2-  0.0     021008 246  0.2+  0.0     071013 A74  0.5+  0.0
021006 649  0.2+  0.1-    021008 246  0.2+  0.7-    071013 A74  0.5+  0.1-
021006 649  0.1+  0.1-    021011 704  0.1+  1.2+    071013 A74  0.8+  0.1+
021006 649  0.4+  0.0     021011 704  1.2-  0.5+    071013 A74  0.0   0.3-
021006 670 (0.6+  2.2-)   021011 704  0.4-  0.2+    071013 A74  0.4-  0.5-
021006 670 (0.8-  2.7-)   021011 704  0.1-  0.6-    071014 A74  0.5-  0.6+
021006 474  0.0   0.1+    021011 704  0.1-  0.1-    071014 A74  0.4-  0.7+
021006 474  0.4-  0.0     021012 926  0.5-  0.1+    071014 A74  0.7-  0.3+
021006 474  0.9-  0.6-    021012 926  0.1+  0.7-    071014 A74  0.2+  0.1+
021006 474  0.0   0.3-    021012 926  0.2-  0.2+    071014 A74  0.1-  0.0
021007 649  0.0   0.1-    021014 413  0.3+  0.1-    071014 A74  0.7-  0.4-

Ephemeris:
2002 TA60                a,e,i = 1.15, 0.52, 28                  q = 0.5511
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2007 10 07    01 48.79   +26 06.4    0.341    1.316   154.7    19.0    19.9
2007 10 09    01 35.38   +26 39.5    0.351    1.330   157.3    16.8    19.9
2007 10 11    01 22.57   +27 03.9    0.363    1.344   159.2    15.3    20.0
2007 10 13    01 10.49   +27 20.6    0.376    1.357   160.2    14.4    20.1
2007 10 15    00 59.19   +27 30.4    0.390    1.371   160.2    14.3    20.1
2007 10 17    00 48.75   +27 34.4    0.405    1.384   159.5    14.6    20.3
2007 10 19    00 39.16   +27 33.7    0.422    1.396   158.1    15.4    20.4
2007 10 21    00 30.42   +27 29.1    0.439    1.409   156.3    16.5    20.5
2007 10 23    00 22.52   +27 21.6    0.458    1.421   154.2    17.8    20.7
2007 10 25    00 15.43   +27 11.8    0.477    1.433   151.9    19.1    20.8
2007 10 27    00 09.08   +27 00.5    0.497    1.445   149.6    20.4    21.0
2007 10 29    00 03.45   +26 48.1    0.518    1.456   147.2    21.7    21.1
2007 10 31    23 58.49   +26 35.1    0.540    1.468   144.8    22.9    21.3
2007 11 02    23 54.13   +26 21.8    0.562    1.479   142.5    24.1    21.4
2007 11 04    23 50.35   +26 08.5    0.585    1.490   140.2    25.2    21.6
2007 11 06    23 47.09   +25 55.6    0.609    1.500   138.0    26.3    21.7
2007 11 08    23 44.32   +25 43.1    0.633    1.511   135.8    27.2    21.8
2007 11 10    23 41.99   +25 31.2    0.658    1.521   133.7    28.1    21.9
2007 11 12    23 40.08   +25 20.0    0.683    1.531   131.6    28.9    22.1
2007 11 14    23 38.55   +25 09.6    0.708    1.540   129.6    29.7    22.2
2007 11 16    23 37.36   +25 00.1    0.734    1.550   127.6    30.4    22.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-T116

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