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    M.P.E.C. 2002-J19                                Issued 2002 May 8, 00:06 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2002 JA9
    
    Observations:
         K02J09A* C2002 05 05.37200 14 43 19.54 +05 12 17.8          20.1        644
         K02J09A  C2002 05 05.38376 14 43 18.38 +05 12 21.7          20.3        644
         K02J09A  C2002 05 05.39428 14 43 17.33 +05 12 26.0          20.7        644
         K02J09A  C2002 05 06.29324 14 41 51.85 +05 17 35.3          20.4 R      651
         K02J09A  C2002 05 06.29578 14 41 51.47 +05 17 37.4                      651
         K02J09A  C2002 05 06.29779 14 41 51.46 +05 17 40.1                      651
         K02J09A  C2002 05 06.30312 14 41 50.77 +05 17 40.9          20.7 R      651
         K02J09A 1C2002 05 07.27277 14 40 17.02 +05 22 54.8                      658
         K02J09A 1C2002 05 07.27553 14 40 16.80 +05 22 55.8                      658
         K02J09A 1C2002 05 07.27846 14 40 16.58 +05 22 56.8                      658
         K02J09A  C2002 05 07.92212 14 39 13.39 +05 26 17.4                      246
         K02J09A  C2002 05 07.92336 14 39 13.33 +05 26 17.5                      246
         K02J09A  C2002 05 07.92477 14 39 13.18 +05 26 18.1                      246
         K02J09A  C2002 05 07.92590 14 39 13.03 +05 26 18.3                      246
         K02J09A  C2002 05 07.92714 14 39 12.90 +05 26 19.0                      246
         K02J09A  C2002 05 07.92837 14 39 12.79 +05 26 19.8                      246
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  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.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        reflector + CCD.
    658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observers J. Clem, J. Stoesz.
        Measurer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m Plaskett reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 JA9
    Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
    M 319.54548              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.31380735     Peri.  231.66942     +0.79004048     +0.58209511
    a   2.1446708      Node    91.91172     -0.48508769     +0.78542247
    e   0.5335244      Incl.   11.09664     -0.37486795     +0.21042058
    P   3.14           H   18.8           G   0.15
    From 16 observations 2002 May 5-7.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 JA9                 a,e,i = 2.14, 0.53, 11                  q = 1.0004
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 04 26    14 56.80   +04 06.1    0.829    1.806   159.4    11.3    20.4
    2002 05 06    14 42.33   +05 16.0    0.757    1.734   158.2    12.5    20.1
    2002 05 16    14 25.53   +05 54.9    0.706    1.662   150.4    17.5    20.1
    2002 05 26    14 08.66   +05 48.6    0.673    1.588   139.8    24.3    20.1
    2002 06 05    13 54.05   +04 51.5    0.655    1.514   128.8    31.5    20.1
    2002 06 15    13 43.46   +03 04.5    0.647    1.440   118.3    38.4    20.2
    2002 06 25    13 37.85   +00 33.3    0.643    1.367   108.9    44.7    20.2
    2002 07 05    13 37.29   -02 36.0    0.638    1.296   100.6    50.4    20.3
    2002 07 15    13 41.61   -06 19.6    0.630    1.228    93.5    55.7    20.3
    2002 07 25    13 50.51   -10 35.7    0.617    1.166    87.6    60.5    20.2
    2002 08 04    14 03.76   -15 23.9    0.597    1.110    82.7    65.1    20.2
    2002 08 14    14 21.56   -20 45.6    0.570    1.063    79.0    69.3    20.1
    2002 08 24    14 44.58   -26 41.4    0.538    1.028    76.4    73.0    20.1
    2002 09 03    15 14.42   -33 08.1    0.503    1.007    75.3    75.8    20.0
    2002 09 13    15 54.42   -39 53.8    0.469    1.001    75.8    77.2    19.9
    2002 09 23    16 50.15   -46 21.9    0.438    1.010    78.3    76.6    19.7
    2002 10 03    18 07.85   -51 06.3    0.417    1.035    82.8    73.7    19.6
    2002 10 13    19 44.25   -51 54.7    0.411    1.072    89.0    68.5    19.4
    2002 10 23    21 17.23   -47 40.2    0.424    1.121    95.9    62.0    19.4
    2002 11 02    22 28.69   -39 57.3    0.460    1.179   102.2    55.4    19.5
    2002 11 12    23 19.63   -31 12.0    0.519    1.243   106.7    49.7    19.7
    2002 11 22    23 57.07   -22 56.1    0.599    1.311   109.0    45.4    20.0
    2002 12 02    00 26.42   -15 42.8    0.699    1.383   109.1    42.4    20.4
    2002 12 12    00 51.08   -09 34.6    0.815    1.456   107.6    40.1    20.8
    2002 12 22    01 12.98   -04 23.4    0.946    1.530   104.9    38.4    21.1
    2003 01 01    01 33.23   +00 00.9    1.089    1.604   101.3    37.0    21.5
    2003 01 11    01 52.55   +03 47.6    1.242    1.677    97.1    35.6    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-J19
    

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