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    M.P.E.C. 2002-A97                                Issued 2002 Jan. 15, 20:45 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 AE29
    
    Observations:
         K02A29E* C2002 01 13.30071 07 41 25.56 +16 18 22.8          19.5        704
         K02A29E  C2002 01 13.31604 07 41 31.61 +16 19 17.9          19.8        704
         K02A29E  C2002 01 13.34637 07 41 43.62 +16 21 05.8          19.7        704
         K02A29E  C2002 01 13.36153 07 41 49.56 +16 21 59.9          19.7        704
         K02A29E  C2002 01 14.30261 07 48 12.64 +17 13 54.7          19.5        704
         K02A29E  C2002 01 14.31770 07 48 17.73 +17 14 39.8          20.1        704
         K02A29E  C2002 01 14.33280 07 48 22.81 +17 15 26.0          19.6        704
         K02A29E  C2002 01 14.34824 07 48 28.07 +17 16 12.5          19.4        704
         K02A29E  C2002 01 14.37227 07 48 35.23 +17 17 12.8          19.7 R      649
         K02A29E  C2002 01 14.37376 07 48 35.82 +17 17 17.4          20.0 R      649
         K02A29E  C2002 01 14.37569 07 48 36.47 +17 17 24.0          19.3 R      649
         K02A29E  C2002 01 14.37675 07 48 36.88 +17 17 26.5          19.4 R      649
         K02A29E  C2002 01 15.29693 07 54 01.23 +18 00 32.1          20.1 R      649
         K02A29E  C2002 01 15.30211 07 54 02.69 +18 00 44.3          20.4 R      649
         K02A29E  C2002 01 15.30418 07 54 03.28 +18 00 50.8          20.0 R      649
         K02A29E IC2002 01 15.34147 07 54 15.02 +18 02 40.0                      711
         K02A29E  C2002 01 15.34586 07 54 16.43 +18 02 51.5          19.9 R      711
         K02A29E  C2002 01 15.35025 07 54 17.63 +18 03 01.1          19.8 R      711
    
    Observer details:
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
        R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
    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 AE29
    Epoch 2002 Jan. 6.0 TT = JDT 2452280.5                  MPC
    M   8.21634              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.26756389     Peri.  305.43580     +0.43217258     -0.90013030
    a   2.3851611      Node   118.87012     +0.84630301     +0.38388433
    e   0.6126117      Incl.    3.58134     +0.31144514     +0.20590840
    P   3.68           H   25.0           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2002 Jan. 13-15.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 AE29                a,e,i = 2.39, 0.61, 4                   q = 0.9240
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 01 06    05 52.73   -00 25.0    0.038    1.017   150.8    28.2    19.2
    2002 01 11    07 21.13   +13 26.6    0.064    1.046   171.4     8.1    19.7
    2002 01 16    07 57.69   +18 30.0    0.095    1.079   177.0     2.8    20.3
    2002 01 21    08 16.21   +20 50.7    0.130    1.114   178.7     1.2    21.0
    2002 01 26    08 27.05   +22 06.8    0.166    1.151   176.4     3.0    21.7
    2002 01 31    08 34.10   +22 50.7    0.205    1.189   173.0     5.8    22.4
    2002 02 05    08 39.15   +23 15.4    0.247    1.229   169.1     8.7    23.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-A97
    

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