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    M.P.E.C. 2002-F73                                Issued 2002 Mar. 29, 14:46 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2002 FT6

Observations:
     K02F06T* C2002 03 23.28305 10 24 19.92 -09 42 19.0          18.4        704
     K02F06T  C2002 03 23.30111 10 24 23.64 -09 38 36.2          18.0        704
     K02F06T  C2002 03 23.31421 10 24 26.35 -09 35 55.6          18.1        704
     K02F06T  C2002 03 23.32943 10 24 29.49 -09 32 48.1          18.3        704
     K02F06T  C2002 03 25.24486 10 31 05.36 -04 03 37.7          18.5        704
     K02F06T  C2002 03 25.25695 10 31 07.10 -04 01 53.2          18.9        704
     K02F06T  C2002 03 25.26909 10 31 08.78 -04 00 08.8          19.0        704
     K02F06T  C2002 03 25.28117 10 31 10.51 -03 58 22.8          18.5        704
     K02F06T  C2002 03 26.19568 10 33 41.76 -01 56 26.3          18.7 R      448
     K02F06T  C2002 03 26.19933 10 33 42.18 -01 55 59.9          18.9 R      448
     K02F06T  C2002 03 26.20373 10 33 42.69 -01 55 26.7          18.5 R      448

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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 FT6
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
M  53.73189              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.97893719     Peri.  226.94545     +0.57030707     -0.82101792
a   1.0045375      Node   188.40227     +0.79594856     +0.56017893
e   0.4885544      Incl.   10.27566     +0.20301661     +0.11013240
P   1.01           H   22.7           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2002 Mar. 23-26.

Ephemeris:
2002 FT6                 a,e,i = 1.00, 0.49, 10                  q = 0.5138
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 27    10 35.61   -00 22.5    0.109    1.097   153.2    24.2    19.2
2002 04 06    10 50.77   +09 32.0    0.199    1.168   144.4    29.9    20.8
2002 04 16    11 01.04   +12 38.4    0.297    1.232   135.4    34.8    22.0
2002 04 26    11 11.18   +13 30.8    0.400    1.289   127.5    38.2    22.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F73

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