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    M.P.E.C. 2002-A24                                Issued 2002 Jan. 7, 15:41 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
              Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2002 AV
    
    Observations:
         K02A00V* C2002 01 05.06731 01 26 12.94 -20 21 49.8          17.0        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 05.08226 01 26 55.30 -20 18 11.7          17.5        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 05.09716 01 27 37.57 -20 14 32.3          17.5        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 05.11202 01 28 19.81 -20 10 52.5          17.5        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 05.12734 01 29 03.49 -20 07 04.1          17.3        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 06.21593 02 24 12.63 -14 48 23.3          17.7        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 06.23106 02 24 58.68 -14 43 17.2          17.5        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 06.24618 02 25 44.84 -14 38 10.2          17.2        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 06.26132 02 26 31.18 -14 33 01.4          16.9        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 06.27647 02 27 17.50 -14 27 51.6          16.5        704
         K02A00V  C2002 01 07.15388 03 12 09.87 -09 17 02.8          15.5 R      854
         K02A00V  C2002 01 07.15597 03 12 15.93 -09 16 17.3          15.4 R      854
         K02A00V  C2002 01 07.15701 03 12 18.88 -09 15 54.4          15.5 R      854
    
    Observer details:
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli.  Measurers
        J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/6.1
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 AV                                                              PHA 0.016
    Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 MPC
    M 348.91886              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25249592     Peri.  285.25764     +0.64736324     -0.76107828
    a   2.4791329      Node   124.32538     +0.71695630     +0.58981685
    e   0.6665183      Incl.    2.84541     +0.25863970     +0.26995543
    P   3.90           H   20.7           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    020105 704  0.1+  0.8-    020106 704  1.0-  0.5-    020107 854  0.1+  0.0
    020105 704  0.2+  0.4-    020106 704  1.0-  0.3-    020107 854  0.3+  0.3-
    020105 704  0.0   0.4+    020106 704  0.2-  0.0     020107 854  0.5-  0.2-
    020105 704  0.3-  0.4+    020106 704  1.1+  0.6+
    020105 704  0.1-  0.4+    020106 704  0.3+  1.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 AV                  a,e,i = 2.48, 0.67, 3                   q = 0.8267
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 01 06    02 13.16   -15 56.3    0.038    0.990    98.5    79.4    16.3
    2002 01 07    03 04.47   -10 10.7    0.037    0.998   111.3    66.7    15.9
    2002 01 08    03 52.10   -04 10.2    0.039    1.006   123.6    54.5    15.7
    2002 01 09    04 33.05   +01 13.7    0.043    1.014   134.3    44.0    15.6
    2002 01 10    05 06.61   +05 37.4    0.048    1.022   142.9    35.5    15.6
    2002 01 11    05 33.54   +09 01.6    0.054    1.030   149.5    29.0    15.7
    2002 01 12    05 55.09   +11 37.3    0.061    1.039   154.5    24.1    15.8
    2002 01 13    06 12.44   +13 36.4    0.068    1.047   158.2    20.4    16.0
    2002 01 14    06 26.57   +15 08.7    0.076    1.056   161.1    17.6    16.2
    2002 01 15    06 38.22   +16 21.3    0.085    1.065   163.2    15.5    16.3
    2002 01 16    06 47.94   +17 19.4    0.093    1.074   164.8    13.9    16.5
    
    2002 01 26    07 35.96   +21 25.4    0.185    1.165   166.4    11.5    18.1
    2002 02 05    07 54.41   +22 27.2    0.288    1.261   160.2    15.3    19.3
    2002 02 15    08 06.12   +22 40.1    0.403    1.358   152.7    19.5    20.4
    2002 02 25    08 16.38   +22 29.2    0.530    1.456   145.0    23.0    21.2
    2002 03 07    08 26.72   +22 03.1    0.669    1.553   137.4    25.6    22.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-A24
    

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