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    M.P.E.C. 2002-B33                                Issued 2002 Jan. 24, 17:18 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2002 BY
    
    Observations:
         K02B00Y* C2002 01 19.39822 09 16 19.05 +09 49 21.2          19.2        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 19.41338 09 16 18.00 +09 49 23.8          19.0        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 19.42853 09 16 16.95 +09 49 25.7          19.2        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 19.44369 09 16 15.97 +09 49 28.1          19.3        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 22.29970 09 13 07.26 +09 57 43.1          19.7        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 22.31475 09 13 05.99 +09 57 45.9          19.4        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 22.32969 09 13 05.03 +09 57 48.5          19.7        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 22.34465 09 13 03.90 +09 57 51.1          19.9        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 22.35962 09 13 02.84 +09 57 55.2          19.9        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 23.30268 09 11 56.37 +10 01 03.2          19.3        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 23.31730 09 11 55.25 +10 01 05.5          19.6        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 23.34651 09 11 53.06 +10 01 11.7          18.7        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 23.36174 09 11 51.90 +10 01 14.6          19.2        704
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 24.17064 09 10 53.66 +10 04 02.8          18.4 R      918
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 24.17672 09 10 53.03 +10 04 03.0                      918
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 24.18128 09 10 52.76 +10 04 04.8                      918
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 24.19296 09 10 52.01 +10 04 06.9                      918
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 24.38182 09 10 37.44 +10 04 50.1          18.7 R      649
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 24.39278 09 10 36.58 +10 04 52.8          18.7 R      649
         K02B00Y  C2002 01 24.40519 09 10 35.64 +10 04 55.7          18.4 R      649
    
    Observer details:
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer K. Smalley.  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.
    918 Badlands Observatory, Quinn.  Observer R. Dyvig.  0.66-m f/4.8 reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 BY
    Epoch 2002 Jan. 6.0 TT = JDT 2452280.5                  MPC
    M 292.74476              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.36593761     Peri.   26.16414     -0.49990526     +0.86563886
    a   1.9358187      Node   213.86214     -0.80306085     -0.47524612
    e   0.4204736      Incl.    2.84359     -0.32432701     -0.15751345
    P   2.69           H   17.3           G   0.15
    From 20 observations 2002 Jan. 19-24.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 BY                  a,e,i = 1.94, 0.42, 3                   q = 1.1219
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 01 16    09 19.65   +09 42.0    0.962    1.903   155.8    12.3    19.3
    2002 01 26    09 08.59   +10 11.1    0.875    1.849   167.8     6.5    18.8
    2002 02 05    08 54.34   +11 00.1    0.812    1.795   173.1     3.8    18.5
    2002 02 15    08 38.70   +12 02.8    0.773    1.739   161.8    10.2    18.6
    2002 02 25    08 24.20   +13 09.6    0.757    1.682   148.5    17.9    18.8
    2002 03 07    08 13.20   +14 11.4    0.759    1.625   135.8    25.2    18.9
    2002 03 17    08 07.23   +15 02.2    0.774    1.568   124.4    31.6    19.1
    2002 03 27    08 06.94   +15 38.4    0.796    1.511   114.3    37.0    19.2
    2002 04 06    08 12.14   +15 58.3    0.820    1.455   105.7    41.5    19.3
    2002 04 16    08 22.37   +16 00.6    0.842    1.400    98.3    45.2    19.4
    2002 04 26    08 37.05   +15 43.5    0.860    1.347    92.0    48.3    19.4
    2002 05 06    08 55.59   +15 05.8    0.873    1.297    86.8    51.0    19.5
    2002 05 16    09 17.55   +14 05.5    0.880    1.251    82.5    53.3    19.5
    2002 05 26    09 42.53   +12 41.1    0.881    1.210    79.1    55.3    19.5
    2002 06 05    10 10.22   +10 51.6    0.877    1.176    76.5    57.0    19.4
    2002 06 15    10 40.44   +08 36.2    0.869    1.149    74.7    58.5    19.4
    2002 06 25    11 13.03   +05 55.7    0.860    1.131    73.6    59.6    19.4
    2002 07 05    11 47.87   +02 52.3    0.851    1.123    73.3    60.2    19.4
    2002 07 15    12 24.88   -00 29.6    0.846    1.124    73.6    60.2    19.3
    2002 07 25    13 03.91   -04 02.8    0.848    1.135    74.4    59.6    19.4
    2002 08 04    13 44.66   -07 37.0    0.859    1.155    75.6    58.3    19.4
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-B33
    

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