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    M.P.E.C. 2002-F48                                Issued 2002 Mar. 23, 15:12 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 FW5
    
    Observations:
         K02F05W* C2002 03 20.41925 16 14 53.88 -04 54 12.8          19.7        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 20.43509 16 14 51.26 -04 55 17.1          20.0        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 20.45132 16 14 48.53 -04 56 24.5          20.0        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 20.46518 16 14 46.20 -04 57 19.7          19.9        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 20.47964 16 14 43.74 -04 58 20.6          20.0        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 21.41617 16 12 09.18 -06 03 19.0          19.3        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 21.42782 16 12 07.15 -06 04 08.6          19.8        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 21.43948 16 12 05.04 -06 04 57.4          20.5        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 21.45116 16 12 02.98 -06 05 46.7          20.2        704
         K02F05W  C2002 03 21.51576 16 11 51.51 -06 10 23.1                      926
         K02F05W  C2002 03 21.51738 16 11 51.22 -06 10 29.8          20.1 R      926
         K02F05W  C2002 03 23.37503 16 06 13.16 -08 26 05.1          19.1 R      649
         K02F05W  C2002 03 23.38015 16 06 12.11 -08 26 28.3          19.0 R      649
         K02F05W  C2002 03 23.39747 16 06 08.66 -08 27 46.5          19.0 R      649
         K02F05W  C2002 03 23.40803 16 06 06.84 -08 28 30.6          19.7 R      448
         K02F05W  C2002 03 23.41450 16 06 05.55 -08 29 00.4          19.7 R      448
         K02F05W  C2002 03 23.41773 16 06 04.91 -08 29 14.8          19.1 R      448
         K02F05W  C2002 03 23.42463 16 06 03.54 -08 29 46.1          18.9 R      448
         K02F05W  C2002 03 23.43138 16 06 02.14 -08 30 17.0          19.0 R      448
    
    Observer details:
    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,
        D. Young.  0.75-m Newtonian + 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.  0.36-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 FW5
    Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
    M  53.37727              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.65141980     Peri.   85.78458     -0.18709125     -0.94470625
    a   1.3179393      Node    21.81353     +0.32285379     -0.31805299
    e   0.2189366      Incl.   46.44819     +0.92777276     -0.07982737
    P   1.51           H   19.5           G   0.15
    From 19 observations 2002 Mar. 20-23.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 FW5                 a,e,i = 1.32, 0.22, 46                  q = 1.0294
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 03 17    16 23.04   -01 14.4    0.449    1.228   110.7    49.3    20.0
    2002 03 22    16 10.46   -06 44.6    0.411    1.245   118.3    44.8    19.8
    2002 03 27    15 53.13   -13 13.6    0.378    1.261   126.8    39.3    19.5
    2002 04 01    15 29.85   -20 33.6    0.355    1.278   135.8    33.0    19.2
    2002 04 06    14 59.58   -28 14.1    0.344    1.295   144.0    27.0    19.0
    2002 04 11    14 22.26   -35 22.3    0.347    1.311   149.0    23.2    18.9
    2002 04 16    13 39.95   -41 03.0    0.363    1.328   148.9    23.0    19.0
    2002 04 21    12 56.87   -44 49.1    0.392    1.344   144.7    25.6    19.3
    2002 04 26    12 17.68   -46 50.8    0.431    1.360   138.7    29.2    19.6
    2002 05 01    11 45.25   -47 38.3    0.477    1.375   132.6    32.6    20.0
    
    2002 05 06    11 20.19   -47 42.2    0.527    1.391   126.8    35.5    20.3
    2002 05 16    10 48.78   -47 00.4    0.638    1.420   117.0    39.4    20.9
    2002 05 26    10 34.70   -46 16.3    0.754    1.448   109.1    41.4    21.3
    2002 06 05    10 31.18   -45 54.6    0.869    1.473   102.6    42.2    21.7
    2002 06 15    10 34.48   -45 59.3    0.981    1.497    97.1    42.3    22.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F48
    

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