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    M.P.E.C. 2002-E39                                Issued 2002 Mar. 12, 00:23 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 EB3
    
    Observations:
         K02E03B* C2002 03 09.39568 13 53 38.11 -11 53 46.1          18.0        704
         K02E03B  C2002 03 09.41242 13 53 38.86 -11 54 05.1          18.1        704
         K02E03B  C2002 03 09.42647 13 53 39.33 -11 54 21.3          18.3        704
         K02E03B  C2002 03 09.43818 13 53 39.86 -11 54 36.7          18.4        704
         K02E03B  C2002 03 09.43989 13 53 39.90 -11 54 37.6          18.1        704
         K02E03B  C2002 03 09.46004 13 53 40.76 -11 55 01.4          18.8        704
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.05105 13 54 09.33 -12 06 53.4          17.6 R      113
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.05473 13 54 09.53 -12 06 58.1          18.1 R      113
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.05786 13 54 09.71 -12 07 01.9          17.7 R      113
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.31513 13 54 22.31 -12 12 12.6          17.8 R      448
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.32213 13 54 22.58 -12 12 22.2          17.9 R      448
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.32286 13 54 22.25 -12 12 21.7          17.6 R      761
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.32911 13 54 22.88 -12 12 30.4          17.8 R      448
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.34591 13 54 23.18 -12 12 51.4          17.9 R      761
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.36839 13 54 24.68 -12 13 18.9          17.8 R      854
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.36874 13 54 24.16 -12 13 19.7          17.7 R      761
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.37089 13 54 24.80 -12 13 22.5          18.0 R      854
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.37463 13 54 24.99 -12 13 26.9          17.8 R      854
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.39155 13 54 25.57 -12 13 47.9          18.2 R      854
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.39405 13 54 25.70 -12 13 51.2          18.3 R      854
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.73701 13 54 41.95 -12 20 59.1                      345
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.74971 13 54 42.51 -12 21 15.1                      345
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.76242 13 54 43.02 -12 21 31.0                      345
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.94804 13 54 52.42 -12 25 25.6          18.4 V      151
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.95222 13 54 52.71 -12 25 32.3          18.7 V      151
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.95469 13 54 52.77 -12 25 34.3          18.7 V      151
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.95904 13 54 53.01 -12 25 41.7          18.6 V      151
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.96072 13 54 53.01 -12 25 43.1          17.0 R      118
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.96245 13 54 53.05 -12 25 44.9                      118
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.96456 13 54 53.11 -12 25 47.6                      118
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.96604 13 54 53.19 -12 25 49.5          17.6 R      113
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.96810 13 54 53.36 -12 25 51.5                      118
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.96875 13 54 53.30 -12 25 53.4          17.4 R      113
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.97145 13 54 53.46 -12 25 55.7          17.7 R      113
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.97416 13 54 53.58 -12 26 01.2          17.3 R      113
         K02E03B  C2002 03 10.97686 13 54 53.68 -12 26 04.1          17.5 R      113
         K02E03B  C2002 03 11.05964 13 54 57.22 -12 27 49.2          17.1 R      246
         K02E03B  C2002 03 11.06125 13 54 57.29 -12 27 51.1                      246
         K02E03B  C2002 03 11.06273 13 54 57.37 -12 27 54.2                      246
         K02E03B  C2002 03 11.06542 13 54 57.46 -12 27 57.6                      246
         K02E03B  C2002 03 11.06692 13 54 57.49 -12 27 59.8          17.0 R      246
         K02E03B  C2002 03 11.07486 13 54 57.85 -12 28 09.4                      557
         K02E03B  C2002 03 11.07742 13 54 57.96 -12 28 12.9                      557
    
    Observer details:
    113 Volkssternwarte Drebach, Schoenbrunn.  Observer A. Knoefel.  0.50-m f/4.0
        reflector + CCD.
    118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Toth.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
        Hypergraph + CCD.
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
        telescope + CCD.
    345 Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory.  Observers S.-G. Kwon, S.-L. Kim.
        0.61-m reflector + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + 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.
    761 Zephyrhills.  Observer R. A. Kowalski.  0.18-m Maksutov + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 EB3
    Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
    M 333.03309              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.31833933     Peri.  297.01800     +0.49627163     +0.86811835
    a   2.1242674      Node     2.78750     -0.71412887     +0.41423449
    e   0.7378705      Incl.   10.92840     -0.49369467     +0.27345991
    P   3.10           H   17.6           G   0.15
    From 43 observations 2002 Mar. 9-11.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 EB3                 a,e,i = 2.12, 0.74, 11                  q = 0.5568
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 03 07    13 51.71   -11 08.9    0.585    1.472   136.3    27.8    18.5
    2002 03 12    13 55.69   -12 48.0    0.502    1.414   139.8    27.0    18.1
    2002 03 17    13 59.65   -14 56.1    0.421    1.355   143.1    26.2    17.6
    2002 03 22    14 03.81   -17 51.6    0.344    1.295   145.9    25.6    17.0
    2002 03 27    14 08.76   -22 11.6    0.270    1.234   147.5    25.7    16.4
    2002 04 01    14 15.97   -29 18.0    0.201    1.172   146.4    28.2    15.7
    2002 04 06    14 30.98   -42 37.8    0.140    1.109   138.4    36.8    15.0
    2002 04 11    15 45.61   -69 43.4    0.096    1.045   114.0    61.2    14.8
    2002 04 16    00 37.45   -62 44.5    0.096    0.981    73.6   101.0    16.2
    2002 04 21    01 27.28   -35 10.4    0.139    0.916    47.3   126.3    18.5
    2002 04 26    01 39.34   -21 34.0    0.200    0.852    35.9   136.2    20.1
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-E39
    

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