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    M.P.E.C. 2002-E30                                Issued 2002 Mar. 11, 16:38 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2001 EB18
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2001-F09
    
    Observations:
         K01E18B 2C2002 03 09.25757 05 18 03.03 -07 09 26.5          20.1 R      568
         K01E18B 2C2002 03 09.25896 05 18 03.13 -07 09 18.3          20.3 R      568
         K01E18B 2C2002 03 10.34370 05 19 28.33 -05 25 26.2          20.6 R      568
         K01E18B 2C2002 03 10.34502 05 19 28.43 -05 25 18.6          20.5 R      568
    
    Observer details:
    568 Mauna Kea.  Observers D. Jewitt, J. X. Luu, J. Chen.  2.2-m University of
        Hawaii reflector + CCD.  Observers C. Veillet, A. Doressoundiram.  3.6-m
        CFHT + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    020309 568 0.50- 0.97-    020310 568 0.48- 1.02-    MPO 12310   +0.90 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 EB18                                                            PHA 0.020D
    Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
    M 312.31914              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.91227954     Peri.  101.93813     -0.07210532     +0.94538913
    a   1.0528926      Node   155.50901     -0.90144729     -0.19815908
    e   0.1835112      Incl.   50.06550     +0.42684143     -0.25879019
    P   1.08           H   19.5           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    010301 704  0.5-  0.1+    010313 704  0.1-  0.7+    010316 046  0.7+  1.3-
    010301 704  0.2+  0.0     010313 704  0.5-  0.2+    020309 568  0.2-  0.3+
    010301 704  0.3-  0.0     010316 046  0.3-  0.8-    020309 568  0.2-  0.5+
    010301 704  0.3+  0.2-    010316 046  0.6+  0.1+    020310 568  0.3+  0.4-
    010313 704  1.2+  0.8-    010316 046  0.6-  0.1-    020310 568  0.3+  0.4-
    010313 704  0.1-  0.7+    010316 046  0.6-  0.4+
    010313 704  1.0+  0.6+    010316 046  0.8-  0.2+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 EB18                a,e,i = 1.05, 0.18, 50                  q = 0.8597
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 03 07    05 15.19   -10 46.4    0.524    1.126    90.4    61.8    20.6
    2002 03 17    05 28.88   +04 56.1    0.542    1.098    85.9    64.7    20.7
    2002 03 27    05 44.75   +18 56.8    0.586    1.069    80.3    67.0    20.8
    2002 04 06    06 02.30   +30 33.1    0.648    1.038    74.6    68.4    21.0
    2002 04 16    06 21.26   +39 53.6    0.716    1.007    69.4    68.9    21.2
    2002 04 26    06 41.40   +47 26.3    0.781    0.976    64.7    68.9    21.3
    2002 05 06    07 02.47   +53 38.2    0.837    0.946    60.8    68.6    21.4
    2002 05 16    07 24.38   +58 50.5    0.878    0.919    57.7    68.4    21.4
    2002 05 26    07 46.99   +63 18.2    0.899    0.896    55.5    68.7    21.4
    2002 06 05    08 10.12   +67 10.2    0.896    0.877    54.2    69.8    21.4
    2002 06 15    08 33.8    +70 31.9    0.869    0.865    54.0    71.7    21.4
    2002 06 25    08 57.8    +73 25.8    0.816    0.860    54.7    74.6    21.3
    2002 07 05    09 22.2    +75 51.1    0.738    0.862    56.2    78.5    21.3
    2002 07 15    09 47.3    +77 44.7    0.639    0.871    58.3    83.1    21.1
    2002 07 25    10 13.4    +78 59.9    0.520    0.887    60.8    88.4    20.9
    2002 08 04    10 41.1    +79 17.3    0.387    0.908    63.1    94.5    20.6
    2002 08 14    11 12.7    +77 33.2    0.244    0.933    64.3   102.1    20.0
    2002 08 24    11 50.69   +66 14.3    0.098    0.962    57.5   117.5    19.0
    2002 09 03    12 40.94   -63 23.6    0.068    0.993    74.3   101.9    17.4
    2002 09 13    13 56.9    -83 22.9    0.211    1.024    88.8    79.3    18.9
    2002 09 23    16 01      -86 37.5    0.354    1.055    88.4    72.0    19.9
    2002 10 03    18 46      -87 08.6    0.488    1.085    86.3    67.0    20.5
    2002 10 13    20 52      -86 23.9    0.611    1.114    83.9    63.0    20.9
    2002 10 23    22 09      -85 04.1    0.721    1.140    81.6    59.7    21.2
    2002 11 02    22 58.8    -83 22.1    0.816    1.164    79.5    56.9    21.4
    2002 11 12    23 36.8    -81 19.9    0.895    1.186    77.8    54.7    21.6
    2002 11 22    00 08.3    -78 57.5    0.957    1.204    76.5    52.9    21.8
    2002 12 02    00 36.1    -76 12.9    1.002    1.219    75.6    51.6    21.8
    2002 12 12    01 01.7    -73 02.9    1.031    1.231    75.3    50.7    21.9
    2002 12 22    01 26.03   -69 24.9    1.044    1.240    75.3    50.1    21.9
    2003 01 01    01 49.53   -65 14.3    1.044    1.245    75.7    49.9    21.9
    2003 01 11    02 12.66   -60 26.0    1.032    1.247    76.4    50.1    21.9
    2003 01 21    02 35.64   -54 55.5    1.011    1.245    77.2    50.4    21.9
    2003 01 31    02 58.62   -48 37.6    0.986    1.239    77.9    51.0    21.8
    2003 02 10    03 21.81   -41 29.4    0.960    1.231    78.4    51.8    21.8
    2003 02 20    03 45.30   -33 32.7    0.938    1.218    78.4    52.6    21.7
    2003 03 02    04 09.16   -24 55.0    0.925    1.203    77.7    53.6    21.7
    2003 03 12    04 33.53   -15 52.0    0.923    1.184    76.2    54.6    21.7
    2003 03 22    04 58.45   -06 45.2    0.936    1.163    73.9    55.4    21.7
    2003 04 01    05 23.99   +02 02.9    0.962    1.138    71.0    56.1    21.7
    2003 04 11    05 50.27   +10 13.8    0.999    1.112    67.5    56.4    21.8
    2003 04 21    06 17.35   +17 36.6    1.042    1.083    63.8    56.4    21.8
    2003 05 01    06 45.34   +24 07.5    1.088    1.053    60.2    56.1    21.8
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-E30
    

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