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    M.P.E.C. 2002-E48                                Issued 2002 Mar. 13, 20:57 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 EM7
    
    Observations:
         K02E07M* C2002 03 12.30675 10 25 28.14 +05 19 11.9          18.2        704
         K02E07M  C2002 03 12.32550 10 25 19.25 +05 19 52.2          18.3        704
         K02E07M  C2002 03 12.34443 10 25 10.52 +05 20 33.6          17.6        704
         K02E07M  C2002 03 12.36305 10 25 02.08 +05 21 12.6          17.9        704
         K02E07M  C2002 03 12.38154 10 24 53.94 +05 21 50.8          17.5        704
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.30858 10 20 37.29 +05 49 43.2          17.9        644
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.32975 10 20 30.30 +05 50 13.5          17.8        644
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.35222 10 20 23.01 +05 50 45.0          17.8        644
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.84528 10 18 49.39 +06 00 44.0                      118
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.84632 10 18 49.14 +06 00 46.2                      118
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.84846 10 18 49.13 +06 00 46.0                      246
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.84948 10 18 48.87 +06 00 47.0                      246
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.84985 10 18 48.18 +06 00 49.5                      118
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.85044 10 18 48.60 +06 00 48.4                      246
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.85087 10 18 47.88 +06 00 51.2          17.7 R      118
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.85133 10 18 48.33 +06 00 49.8                      246
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.85230 10 18 48.13 +06 00 50.9                      246
         K02E07M  C2002 03 13.85338 10 18 47.84 +06 00 52.1                      246
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m KLENOT
        telescope + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + 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 EM7
    Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
    M 147.76310              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.11422102     Peri.   57.66422     +0.70768975     -0.70649815
    a   0.9214855      Node   347.28299     +0.63877437     +0.64341395
    e   0.3638119      Incl.    1.55282     +0.30189820     +0.29475219
    P   0.88           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    020312 704  0.1-  0.4+    020313 644  0.1+  0.0     020313 118  0.6-  0.3-
    020312 704  0.3-  0.4-    020313 644  0.0   0.1+    020313 246  0.3+  0.2-
    020312 704  0.4+  0.3+    020313 118  0.4-  0.0     020313 118  1.2-  0.1+
    020312 704  0.1+  0.1-    020313 118  0.1-  0.9+    020313 246  0.2-  0.1+
    020312 704  0.0   0.4-    020313 246  0.6+  0.1-    020313 246  0.5+  0.0
    020313 644  0.2-  0.1+    020313 246  0.7+  0.4-    020313 246  0.4+  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 EM7                 a,e,i = 0.92, 0.36, 2                   q = 0.5862
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 03 07    20 18.29   -16 22.8    0.0069   0.987    43.3   136.5    19.3
    2002 03 08    16 08.36   -21 42.9    0.0031   0.993   103.0    76.8    13.8
    2002 03 09    11 46.39   -03 00.3    0.0065   0.999   169.3    10.6    13.4
    2002 03 10    10 55.37   +02 18.2    0.012    1.005   173.5     6.5    14.6
    2002 03 11    10 36.92   +04 12.3    0.018    1.011   168.3    11.5    15.7
    2002 03 12    10 27.57   +05 09.7    0.024    1.016   164.9    14.7    16.4
    2002 03 13    10 21.96   +05 43.9    0.030    1.022   162.5    17.0    17.0
    2002 03 14    10 18.27   +06 06.6    0.036    1.028   160.6    18.8    17.5
    2002 03 15    10 15.69   +06 22.5    0.041    1.033   158.9    20.3    17.9
    2002 03 16    10 13.81   +06 34.3    0.047    1.039   157.4    21.6    18.2
    2002 03 17    10 12.42   +06 43.2    0.053    1.044   156.1    22.7    18.5
    2002 03 18    10 11.38   +06 50.1    0.059    1.049   154.8    23.8    18.8
    2002 03 19    10 10.60   +06 55.5    0.066    1.055   153.6    24.8    19.0
    2002 03 20    10 10.02   +06 59.7    0.072    1.060   152.5    25.7    19.3
    2002 03 21    10 09.60   +07 03.0    0.078    1.065   151.4    26.6    19.5
    2002 03 22    10 09.32   +07 05.6    0.084    1.070   150.4    27.4    19.7
    2002 03 23    10 09.15   +07 07.5    0.090    1.075   149.3    28.2    19.9
    2002 03 24    10 09.08   +07 08.9    0.096    1.080   148.3    29.0    20.1
    2002 03 25    10 09.09   +07 09.9    0.102    1.085   147.3    29.7    20.2
    2002 03 26    10 09.18   +07 10.4    0.109    1.090   146.4    30.5    20.4
    2002 03 27    10 09.33   +07 10.6    0.115    1.094   145.4    31.2    20.5
    2002 03 28    10 09.54   +07 10.4    0.121    1.099   144.5    31.8    20.7
    2002 03 29    10 09.80   +07 10.0    0.128    1.104   143.6    32.5    20.8
    2002 03 30    10 10.11   +07 09.3    0.134    1.108   142.7    33.1    20.9
    2002 03 31    10 10.47   +07 08.3    0.141    1.113   141.8    33.7    21.1
    2002 04 01    10 10.87   +07 07.1    0.147    1.117   140.9    34.3    21.2
    2002 04 02    10 11.31   +07 05.7    0.153    1.121   140.0    34.9    21.3
    2002 04 03    10 11.79   +07 04.1    0.160    1.126   139.2    35.5    21.4
    2002 04 04    10 12.31   +07 02.3    0.167    1.130   138.3    36.1    21.5
    2002 04 05    10 12.86   +07 00.3    0.173    1.134   137.5    36.6    21.7
    2002 04 06    10 13.45   +06 58.1    0.180    1.138   136.6    37.1    21.8
    2002 04 07    10 14.07   +06 55.7    0.186    1.142   135.8    37.6    21.9
    2002 04 08    10 14.73   +06 53.2    0.193    1.146   135.0    38.1    22.0
    2002 04 09    10 15.41   +06 50.4    0.200    1.150   134.2    38.6    22.1
    2002 04 10    10 16.13   +06 47.5    0.207    1.154   133.4    39.1    22.1
    2002 04 11    10 16.88   +06 44.4    0.213    1.157   132.6    39.6    22.2
    2002 04 12    10 17.66   +06 41.2    0.220    1.161   131.9    40.0    22.3
    2002 04 13    10 18.47   +06 37.7    0.227    1.165   131.1    40.5    22.4
    2002 04 14    10 19.31   +06 34.1    0.234    1.168   130.3    40.9    22.5
    2002 04 15    10 20.18   +06 30.3    0.241    1.172   129.6    41.3    22.6
    2002 04 16    10 21.07   +06 26.4    0.248    1.175   128.8    41.7    22.7
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-E48
    

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