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    M.P.E.C. 2002-E45                                Issued 2002 Mar. 13, 19:41 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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                                   2002 EM6

Observations:
     K02E06M* C2002 03 12.22202 09 19 44.21 +02 41 05.7          18.7        704
     K02E06M  C2002 03 12.24059 09 19 42.62 +02 43 08.3          18.9        704
     K02E06M  C2002 03 12.25923 09 19 41.10 +02 45 13.3          19.0        704
     K02E06M  C2002 03 12.27777 09 19 39.54 +02 47 16.4          19.0        704
     K02E06M  C2002 03 12.29637 09 19 38.05 +02 49 19.5          18.7        704
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.15810 09 18 39.32 +04 24 41.1          19.3 R      448
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.16153 09 18 39.05 +04 25 02.5          19.0 R      448
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.16724 09 18 38.76 +04 25 42.7          19.3 R      651
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.16843 09 18 38.57 +04 25 48.4          19.5 R      448
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.17147 09 18 38.41 +04 26 11.1          19.5 R      651
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.17247 09 18 38.25 +04 26 15.1          18.8 R      448
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.17492 09 18 38.14 +04 26 32.6          19.0 R      651
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.19764 09 18 35.88 +04 29 00.9          18.9 R      649
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.20442 09 18 35.36 +04 29 45.7          18.5 R      649
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.20522 09 18 35.28 +04 29 51.2          18.8 R      649
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.20601 09 18 35.26 +04 29 56.4          18.6 R      649
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.25466 09 18 31.81 +04 35 24.6          19.0 R      926
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.25595 09 18 31.81 +04 35 31.4          19.9 R      926
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.25725 09 18 31.67 +04 35 40.3          19.9 R      926
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.25853 09 18 31.56 +04 35 48.9          20.0 R      926
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.45773 09 18 19.54 +04 57 43.8          18.0 R      344
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.47110 09 18 18.51 +04 59 13.0          18.2 R      344
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.78358 09 17 57.69 +05 33 31.6                      246
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.78502 09 17 57.58 +05 33 41.5                      246
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.78590 09 17 57.54 +05 33 47.5                      246
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.78690 09 17 57.42 +05 33 53.7                      246
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.78788 09 17 57.34 +05 34 00.7                      246
     K02E06M  C2002 03 13.78889 09 17 57.31 +05 34 06.9                      246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m KLENOT
    telescope + CCD.
344 Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory.  Observers J.-B. Jeon, K.-K. Lee.
    1.8-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.5-m f/10 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 EM6
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
M 242.71729              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.79230772     Peri.  121.66022     +0.38515784     +0.91794121
a   1.1566629      Node   169.57457     -0.91853461     +0.37136583
e   0.1407614      Incl.   31.69180     +0.08914941     -0.13953979
P   1.24           H   20.6           G   0.15
From 28 observations 2002 Mar. 12-13.

Ephemeris:
2002 EM6                 a,e,i = 1.16, 0.14, 32                  q = 0.9938
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 07    09 26.77   -06 51.7    0.282    1.248   151.6    22.2    19.4
2002 03 17    09 14.79   +11 21.9    0.284    1.229   141.2    30.5    19.6
2002 03 27    09 09.98   +27 02.3    0.319    1.210   125.1    42.4    20.2
2002 04 06    09 12.89   +38 10.9    0.374    1.189   111.3    51.6    20.7
2002 04 16    09 22.95   +45 36.3    0.437    1.167   100.8    57.6    21.2
2002 04 26    09 39.11   +50 31.9    0.499    1.144    92.8    61.4    21.6
2002 05 06    10 00.01   +53 49.8    0.556    1.122    86.5    63.8    21.8
2002 05 16    10 24.58   +56 00.0    0.604    1.099    81.6    65.5    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-E45

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