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    M.P.E.C. 2002-C52                                Issued 2002 Feb.  9, 14:57 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 BK25
    
    Observations:
         K02B25K* C2002 01 25.47453 10 55 09.49 -00 45 25.3          19.8        644
         K02B25K  C2002 01 25.48487 10 55 09.70 -00 45 25.5          19.8        644
         K02B25K  C2002 01 25.49528 10 55 09.92 -00 45 24.1          19.8        644
         K02B25K  C2002 01 26.52833 10 55 33.05 -00 44 01.1          19.5        644
         K02B25K  C2002 01 26.53086 10 55 33.14 -00 44 00.1          19.3        644
         K02B25K  C2002 01 26.53896 10 55 33.24 -00 44 00.2          19.3        644
         K02B25K  C2002 01 26.54130 10 55 33.36 -00 43 59.1          19.9        644
         K02B25K  C2002 01 26.54942 10 55 33.45 -00 43 59.1          20.0        644
         K02B25K  C2002 01 26.55170 10 55 33.53 -00 43 58.2          19.5        644
         K02B25K  C2002 02 07.33738 10 57 58.63 +00 16 35.4          17.7 R      699
         K02B25K  C2002 02 07.36248 10 57 58.50 +00 16 50.1                      699
         K02B25K  C2002 02 07.38761 10 57 58.37 +00 17 04.9                      699
         K02B25K  C2002 02 07.41275 10 57 58.26 +00 17 19.6                      699
         K02B25K  C2002 02 08.32800 10 57 58.59 +00 26 45.8          18.8        678
         K02B25K  C2002 02 08.33832 10 57 58.40 +00 26 52.0          18.6        678
         K02B25K  C2002 02 08.34867 10 57 58.38 +00 26 59.7          16.8        678
         K02B25K  C2002 02 08.37981 10 57 58.19 +00 27 18.8          16.5        678
         K02B25K  C2002 02 09.31422 10 57 56.21 +00 37 58.5          18.3        678
         K02B25K  C2002 02 09.32690 10 57 56.11 +00 38 07.5          18.8        678
    
    Observer details:
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
        A. Deetz.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    678 Fountain Hills.  Observer C. W. Juels.  0.313-m f/5.44 reflector + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 BK25                                                            PHA 0.044
    Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5                 MPC
    M 333.37013              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.28739997     Peri.  103.44250     -0.16545658     +0.98281554
    a   2.2741105      Node   156.55270     -0.96559908     -0.14455920
    e   0.7448120      Incl.   11.86908     -0.20060545     -0.11478782
    P   3.43           H   17.4           G   0.15
    From 19 observations 2002 Jan. 25-Feb. 9.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 BK25                a,e,i = 2.27, 0.74, 12                  q = 0.5803
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 02 05    10 57.83   -00 03.4    0.517    1.456   149.7    20.0    17.8
    2002 02 10    10 57.88   +00 46.6    0.439    1.398   155.1    17.3    17.3
    2002 02 15    10 56.85   +02 08.7    0.365    1.338   161.0    13.9    16.6
    2002 02 20    10 54.36   +04 21.5    0.294    1.277   167.7     9.5    15.9
    
    2002 02 25    10 49.61   +08 02.6    0.226    1.216   175.4     3.7    14.9
    2002 02 26    10 48.25   +09 03.6    0.213    1.203   176.9     2.6    14.7
    2002 02 27    10 46.70   +10 12.3    0.201    1.191   177.5     2.1    14.5
    2002 02 28    10 44.91   +11 30.3    0.188    1.178   176.6     2.9    14.4
    2002 03 01    10 42.85   +12 59.2    0.176    1.166   174.7     4.5    14.4
    2002 03 02    10 40.45   +14 41.2    0.163    1.153   172.3     6.6    14.3
    2002 03 03    10 37.63   +16 38.9    0.152    1.141   169.5     9.1    14.2
    2002 03 04    10 34.27   +18 55.8    0.140    1.128   166.4    11.9    14.1
    2002 03 05    10 30.21   +21 36.2    0.129    1.115   162.8    15.2    14.0
    2002 03 06    10 25.21   +24 45.4    0.118    1.103   158.7    19.0    13.9
    2002 03 07    10 18.92   +28 30.1    0.108    1.090   154.0    23.5    13.9
    2002 03 08    10 10.77   +32 57.9    0.098    1.077   148.5    28.7    13.8
    2002 03 09    09 59.81   +38 16.8    0.089    1.065   142.1    34.9    13.7
    2002 03 10    09 44.40   +44 32.7    0.082    1.052   134.6    42.3    13.7
    2002 03 11    09 21.35   +51 43.9    0.075    1.039   125.8    50.8    13.8
    2002 03 12    08 44.17   +59 29.5    0.071    1.027   115.8    60.6    13.9
    2002 03 13    07 39.55   +66 47.2    0.069    1.014   105.0    71.3    14.1
    2002 03 14    05 50.9    +71 21.8    0.069    1.001    93.8    82.3    14.5
    2002 03 15    03 42.9    +70 47.5    0.071    0.988    83.0    92.9    14.9
    2002 03 16    02 12.77   +66 12.0    0.075    0.976    73.2   102.6    15.5
    2002 03 17    01 21.31   +60 23.0    0.081    0.963    64.6   111.0    16.1
    2002 03 18    00 50.92   +54 45.5    0.089    0.950    57.3   118.2    16.7
    2002 03 19    00 31.49   +49 45.8    0.097    0.938    51.1   124.2    17.4
    2002 03 20    00 18.17   +45 27.6    0.107    0.925    46.0   129.2    18.0
    2002 03 21    00 08.54   +41 47.0    0.117    0.912    41.8   133.4    18.6
    2002 03 22    00 01.28   +38 38.5    0.127    0.900    38.2   136.8    19.1
    2002 03 23    23 55.64   +35 56.5    0.138    0.887    35.2   139.6    19.7
    2002 03 24    23 51.14   +33 36.4    0.150    0.875    32.7   142.0    20.1
    2002 03 25    23 47.50   +31 34.1    0.161    0.862    30.6   143.9    20.5
    2002 03 26    23 44.51   +29 46.5    0.173    0.850    28.9   145.4    20.9
    2002 03 27    23 42.03   +28 11.2    0.185    0.838    27.5   146.6    21.2
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C52
    

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