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    M.P.E.C. 2002-C40                                Issued 2002 Feb. 8, 18:30 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 CQ11
    
    Observations:
         K02C11Q* C2002 02 06.11182 03 23 07.11 +24 07 11.8          19.8        704
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 06.12641 03 23 13.47 +24 07 34.1          20.1        704
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 06.14101 03 23 19.86 +24 07 58.8          20.2        704
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 06.15563 03 23 26.25 +24 08 21.5          19.6        704
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 07.09803 03 30 19.91 +24 32 22.3          20.1        704
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 07.11244 03 30 25.94 +24 32 43.3          20.5        704
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 07.12678 03 30 32.01 +24 33 04.2          20.1        704
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 07.14168 03 30 38.40 +24 33 25.5          20.0        704
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 08.05899 03 37 09.01 +24 54 49.1          18.8 R      649
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 08.06046 03 37 09.63 +24 54 51.0          19.0 R      649
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 08.06301 03 37 10.67 +24 54 54.7          19.1 R      649
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 08.12865 03 37 37.66 +24 56 25.1          19.0 R      448
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 08.13075 03 37 38.55 +24 56 28.2          19.3 R      448
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 08.14069 03 37 42.60 +24 56 39.5          19.6 R      448
         K02C11Q  C2002 02 08.14985 03 37 46.33 +24 56 52.6          19.0 R      448
    
    Observer details:
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
        R. Trentman, S. Granger.  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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 CQ11                                                            PHA 0.020
    Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5                 MPC
    M  74.61134              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.07915356     Peri.  268.87112     +0.99027800     +0.13323140
    a   0.9413415      Node    83.47160     -0.10616124     +0.90961779
    e   0.4010474      Incl.    2.30661     -0.08988480     +0.39350334
    P   0.91           H   19.7           G   0.15
    From 15 observations 2002 Feb. 6-8.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 CQ11                a,e,i = 0.94, 0.40, 2                   q = 0.5638
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 01 26    01 46.46   +16 11.8    0.229    0.990    84.7    82.0    19.3
    2002 02 05    03 14.73   +23 36.1    0.276    1.054    96.6    68.3    19.4
    2002 02 15    04 20.78   +26 48.1    0.346    1.111   101.8    60.5    19.8
    2002 02 25    05 10.09   +27 53.4    0.427    1.161   102.7    56.2    20.2
    2002 03 07    05 49.01   +27 59.5    0.516    1.205   101.3    53.9    20.6
    2002 03 17    06 21.81   +27 34.9    0.607    1.241    98.6    52.4    21.0
    2002 03 27    06 50.96   +26 51.4    0.700    1.270    95.2    51.5    21.3
    2002 04 06    07 17.78   +25 53.8    0.793    1.293    91.5    50.7    21.6
    2002 04 16    07 43.13   +24 44.3    0.884    1.308    87.5    50.0    21.9
    2002 04 26    08 07.50   +23 23.9    0.972    1.317    83.5    49.4    22.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C40
    

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