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    M.P.E.C. 2002-C41                                Issued 2002 Feb. 8, 18:33 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 CS11
    
    Observations:
         K02C11S* C2002 02 06.40115 11 08 53.25 +28 51 55.2          19.6        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 06.41569 11 08 53.33 +28 51 23.5          19.5        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 06.43031 11 08 53.25 +28 50 51.1          19.3        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 06.44488 11 08 53.41 +28 50 20.7          19.5        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 07.38206 11 09 08.55 +28 16 03.0          19.0        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 07.39691 11 09 08.49 +28 15 30.0          19.8        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 07.41150 11 09 08.49 +28 14 58.0          20.0        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 07.42606 11 09 08.47 +28 14 24.1          19.6        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 07.44075 11 09 08.38 +28 13 52.4          19.8        704
         K02C11S  C2002 02 08.31057 11 09 19.77 +27 41 09.4          19.4 R      649
         K02C11S  C2002 02 08.32279 11 09 19.75 +27 40 41.8          19.2 R      649
         K02C11S  C2002 02 08.33297 11 09 19.66 +27 40 18.2          19.5 R      649
    
    Observer details:
    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 CS11
    Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5                 MPC
    M 353.32040              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.38262636     Peri.  159.45385     -0.82847195     -0.55878292
    a   1.8791125      Node   346.38127     +0.48911973     -0.68946736
    e   0.3678423      Incl.    9.12995     +0.27275650     -0.46086485
    P   2.58           H   21.6           G   0.15
    From 12 observations 2002 Feb. 6-8.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 CS11                a,e,i = 1.88, 0.37, 9                   q = 1.1879
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 01 26    11 01.12   +34 37.9    0.255    1.200   143.6    29.2    20.3
    2002 02 05    11 08.42   +29 41.5    0.229    1.190   150.4    24.2    19.9
    2002 02 15    11 09.08   +23 06.1    0.212    1.188   159.3    17.1    19.5
    2002 02 25    11 05.08   +15 13.9    0.207    1.194   169.9     8.4    19.1
    2002 03 07    10 59.50   +07 07.3    0.215    1.207   177.1     2.4    18.9
    2002 03 17    10 55.27   -00 01.8    0.237    1.227   167.2    10.3    19.6
    2002 03 27    10 54.61   -05 36.2    0.272    1.254   157.9    17.4    20.2
    2002 04 06    10 58.13   -09 37.9    0.319    1.286   149.9    23.0    20.8
    2002 04 16    11 05.57   -12 27.2    0.375    1.323   143.1    27.1    21.3
    2002 04 26    11 16.41   -14 28.6    0.442    1.364   137.2    30.1    21.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C41
    

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