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    M.P.E.C. 2002-A79                                Issued 2002 Jan. 13, 17:41 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 AK14
    
    Observations:
         K02A14K* C2002 01 11.35558 10 09 33.41 +06 00 26.8          19.3        704
         K02A14K  C2002 01 11.37069 10 09 33.08 +06 02 24.9          19.0        704
         K02A14K  C2002 01 11.38579 10 09 32.73 +06 04 22.8          19.0        704
         K02A14K  C2002 01 12.24025 10 09 32.10 +07 57 00.6          19.2        704
         K02A14K  C2002 01 12.25574 10 09 31.88 +07 59 04.6          19.0        704
         K02A14K  C2002 01 12.27122 10 09 31.48 +08 01 10.3          19.0        704
         K02A14K  C2002 01 12.28674 10 09 31.15 +08 03 15.8          18.9        704
         K02A14K  C2002 01 13.40205 10 09 18.06 +10 35 11.1          18.4 R      711
         K02A14K  C2002 01 13.40497 10 09 17.96 +10 35 34.3          18.6 R      711
         K02A14K  C2002 01 13.40788 10 09 17.83 +10 35 58.8          18.4 R      711
    
    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.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observers P. J. Shelus, J. G. Ries.  0.76-m
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 AK14
    Epoch 2002 Jan. 6.0 TT = JDT 2452280.5                  MPC
    M 124.02791              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.96836834     Peri.  220.14998     +0.89706483     +0.34973075
    a   1.0118334      Node   117.39851     -0.28525962     +0.92514503
    e   0.1058801      Incl.   17.71273     -0.33749317     +0.14763153
    P   1.02           H   21.7           G   0.15
    From 10 observations 2002 Jan. 11-13.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 AK14                a,e,i = 1.01, 0.11, 18                  q = 0.9047
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 01 06    10 08.54   -04 26.1    0.145    1.079   128.1    45.8    19.4
    2002 01 08    10 09.16   -00 48.5    0.140    1.082   131.9    42.6    19.2
    2002 01 10    10 09.49   +03 09.0    0.135    1.084   135.8    39.2    19.1
    2002 01 12    10 09.50   +07 25.5    0.131    1.087   139.7    35.8    18.9
    2002 01 14    10 09.16   +11 58.8    0.128    1.089   143.6    32.4    18.8
    2002 01 16    10 08.45   +16 45.4    0.125    1.091   147.2    29.3    18.7
    2002 01 18    10 07.33   +21 40.5    0.124    1.093   150.1    26.6    18.6
    2002 01 20    10 05.79   +26 38.4    0.124    1.096   152.2    24.8    18.5
    2002 01 22    10 03.80   +31 32.7    0.125    1.098   153.1    23.9    18.5
    2002 01 24    10 01.34   +36 17.5    0.128    1.100   152.8    24.2    18.6
    2002 01 26    09 58.40   +40 47.7    0.131    1.101   151.4    25.3    18.7
    2002 01 28    09 54.95   +44 59.6    0.135    1.103   149.2    27.2    18.8
    2002 01 30    09 51.00   +48 50.6    0.140    1.105   146.5    29.5    18.9
    2002 02 01    09 46.54   +52 19.7    0.146    1.106   143.6    31.9    19.1
    2002 02 03    09 41.58   +55 26.7    0.153    1.108   140.6    34.4    19.3
    2002 02 05    09 36.16   +58 12.2    0.160    1.109   137.6    36.8    19.4
    2002 02 07    09 30.33   +60 37.3    0.168    1.111   134.8    39.1    19.6
    2002 02 09    09 24.17   +62 43.5    0.176    1.112   132.1    41.2    19.8
    2002 02 11    09 17.78   +64 32.3    0.184    1.113   129.5    43.2    19.9
    2002 02 13    09 11.28   +66 05.4    0.193    1.114   127.1    45.0    20.1
    2002 02 15    09 04.80   +67 24.5    0.201    1.115   124.8    46.7    20.2
    2002 02 17    08 58.47   +68 31.1    0.210    1.116   122.7    48.2    20.4
    2002 02 19    08 52.42   +69 26.7    0.219    1.117   120.7    49.6    20.5
    2002 02 21    08 46.8    +70 12.7    0.229    1.117   118.8    50.8    20.6
    2002 02 23    08 41.6    +70 50.4    0.238    1.118   117.1    52.0    20.7
    
    2002 02 25    08 37.0    +71 20.8    0.247    1.118   115.4    53.1    20.9
    2002 03 07    08 23.9    +72 33.4    0.292    1.119   108.3    57.3    21.3
    2002 03 17    08 27.0    +72 21.3    0.334    1.117   102.8    60.3    21.7
    2002 03 27    08 42.4    +71 20.1    0.370    1.113    98.2    62.5    22.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-A79
    

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