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    M.P.E.C. 2002-C42                                Issued 2002 Feb. 8, 18:37 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 CT11
    
    Observations:
         K02C11T* C2002 02 06.46995 15 38 39.26 +25 01 34.7          18.7        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 06.48451 15 38 37.48 +25 01 38.0          19.1        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 06.49909 15 38 35.74 +25 01 42.3          19.3        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 06.51369 15 38 33.97 +25 01 45.9          19.1        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 06.52840 15 38 32.16 +25 01 49.3          19.8        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.45365 15 36 41.65 +25 05 49.4          19.3        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.45590 15 36 41.35 +25 05 49.9          18.6        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.46941 15 36 39.73 +25 05 53.2          19.6        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.47100 15 36 39.46 +25 05 54.2          19.1        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.48378 15 36 37.90 +25 05 57.7          19.3        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.48611 15 36 37.57 +25 05 57.8          19.2        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.49897 15 36 35.99 +25 06 01.4          19.8        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.50117 15 36 35.66 +25 06 02.4          19.0        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.51405 15 36 34.01 +25 06 06.3          19.7        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 07.51663 15 36 33.68 +25 06 06.7          19.4        704
         K02C11T  C2002 02 08.50333 15 34 29.80 +25 10 32.1          18.4 R      649
         K02C11T  C2002 02 08.50758 15 34 29.22 +25 10 33.6          18.4 R      649
         K02C11T  C2002 02 08.51231 15 34 28.73 +25 10 33.5          18.8 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 CT11
    Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5                 MPC
    M  54.22378              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.71914327     Peri.   23.84181     +0.88224793     -0.46275909
    a   1.2338407      Node     6.27202     +0.18919534     +0.18014377
    e   0.5367811      Incl.   52.40270     +0.43109595     +0.86798747
    P   1.37           H   17.1           G   0.00
    From 18 observations 2002 Feb. 6-8.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 CT11                a,e,i = 1.23, 0.54, 52                  q = 0.5715
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 01 26    15 56.11   +24 26.9    0.833    1.174    80.0    55.7    19.5
    2002 02 05    15 41.42   +24 55.6    0.771    1.259    90.7    51.6    19.3
    2002 02 15    15 18.38   +25 42.9    0.703    1.337   103.3    46.0    19.1
    2002 02 25    14 43.11   +26 28.9    0.639    1.410   118.4    38.1    18.7
    2002 03 07    13 53.67   +26 25.1    0.595    1.477   135.6    28.1    18.3
    2002 03 17    12 54.85   +24 31.1    0.589    1.539   151.6    17.9    18.0
    2002 03 27    11 59.29   +20 40.5    0.631    1.596   156.2    14.6    18.1
    2002 04 06    11 17.06   +16 02.9    0.718    1.647   146.3    19.7    18.7
    2002 04 16    10 49.50   +11 43.0    0.839    1.693   133.4    25.5    19.3
    2002 04 26    10 33.57   +08 01.6    0.982    1.734   121.5    29.7    19.8
    2002 05 06    10 25.79   +04 55.6    1.138    1.771   111.0    32.1    20.3
    2002 05 16    10 23.63   +02 15.2    1.299    1.802   101.8    33.3    20.6
    2002 05 26    10 25.39   -00 08.4    1.462    1.829    93.6    33.6    20.9
    2002 06 05    10 29.94   -02 21.7    1.621    1.851    86.0    33.1    21.2
    2002 06 15    10 36.56   -04 29.2    1.775    1.869    79.0    32.2    21.4
    2002 06 25    10 44.75   -06 34.3    1.920    1.882    72.5    31.0    21.5
    2002 07 05    10 54.19   -08 39.3    2.055    1.891    66.3    29.5    21.6
    2002 07 15    11 04.66   -10 45.9    2.178    1.896    60.5    27.8    21.7
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C42
    

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