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    M.P.E.C. 2002-A94                                Issued 2002 Jan. 15, 20:26 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 AF29
    
    Observations:
         K02A29F* C2002 01 13.41329 10 05 48.65 -16 52 35.7          20.2        608
         K02A29F  C2002 01 13.42377 10 05 50.22 -16 52 53.6          20.7        608
         K02A29F  C2002 01 13.43393 10 05 51.63 -16 53 10.0          20.4        608
         K02A29F  C2002 01 14.37736 10 08 13.17 -17 19 19.2          18.4 R      711
         K02A29F  C2002 01 14.38303 10 08 14.01 -17 19 28.9          18.5 R      711
         K02A29F IC2002 01 14.38864 10 08 14.80 -17 19 38.4          18.2 R      711
         K02A29F  C2002 01 14.52794 10 08 34.85 -17 23 24.8          19.4        644
         K02A29F  C2002 01 14.53843 10 08 36.34 -17 23 41.6          19.0        644
         K02A29F  C2002 01 14.54979 10 08 37.95 -17 24 00.1          18.9        644
         K02A29F  C2002 01 15.43178 10 10 51.03 -17 47 52.7          18.4 R      649
         K02A29F  C2002 01 15.44051 10 10 52.46 -17 48 05.7          18.6 R      711
         K02A29F  C2002 01 15.44203 10 10 52.48 -17 48 09.6          18.6 R      649
         K02A29F  C2002 01 15.44614 10 10 53.26 -17 48 15.0          18.6 R      711
         K02A29F  C2002 01 15.45177 10 10 54.06 -17 48 23.7          18.8 R      711
         K02A29F  C2002 01 15.49826 10 11 02.33 -17 49 10.2          18.5 R      474
         K02A29F  C2002 01 15.50023 10 11 02.62 -17 49 13.3          18.6 R      474
         K02A29F  C2002 01 15.50324 10 11 03.07 -17 49 18.4          18.1 R      474
    
    Observer details:
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  1.0-m f/7.7
        reflector + CCD.
    608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
        A. Deetz.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
        R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observers P. J. Shelus, J. G. Ries.  0.76-m
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 AF29
    Epoch 2002 Jan. 6.0 TT = JDT 2452280.5                  MPC
    M 356.22792              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.16507477     Peri.  280.54018     -0.74535092     -0.66111008
    a   3.2911594      Node   218.15908     +0.65304906     -0.69810163
    e   0.6214799      Incl.    7.99542     +0.13408551     -0.27493195
    P   5.97           H   18.9           G   0.15
    From 17 observations 2002 Jan. 13-15.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 AF29                a,e,i = 3.29, 0.62, 8                   q = 1.2458
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 01 06    09 47.02   -13 13.5    0.414    1.276   127.0    38.0    19.0
    2002 01 16    10 12.28   -18 02.7    0.383    1.255   127.7    38.3    18.8
    2002 01 26    10 36.67   -21 52.9    0.363    1.246   129.3    37.7    18.7
    2002 02 05    10 59.12   -24 20.5    0.351    1.249   132.1    35.8    18.6
    2002 02 15    11 18.31   -25 10.9    0.347    1.263   136.7    32.4    18.5
    2002 02 25    11 33.51   -24 22.3    0.351    1.288   143.2    27.4    18.4
    2002 03 07    11 44.74   -22 09.1    0.365    1.324   151.1    21.3    18.4
    2002 03 17    11 52.77   -18 57.0    0.391    1.368   159.5    14.8    18.4
    2002 03 27    11 59.04   -15 22.3    0.431    1.420   165.8     9.9    18.5
    2002 04 06    12 04.88   -11 59.6    0.488    1.478   165.5     9.8    18.8
    2002 04 16    12 11.19   -09 11.5    0.561    1.541   159.2    13.4    19.4
    2002 04 26    12 18.55   -07 08.1    0.651    1.608   151.2    17.6    19.9
    2002 05 06    12 27.08   -05 48.6    0.757    1.678   143.2    21.1    20.5
    2002 05 16    12 36.72   -05 07.1    0.879    1.750   135.5    23.9    21.0
    2002 05 26    12 47.38   -04 56.5    1.013    1.823   128.3    25.9    21.4
    2002 06 05    12 58.86   -05 09.4    1.160    1.898   121.4    27.2    21.8
    2002 06 15    13 11.03   -05 40.0    1.318    1.973   114.8    27.9    22.2
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-A94
    

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