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    M.P.E.C. 2002-K52                                Issued 2002 May 25, 01:36 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2002 KJ4
    
    Observations:
         K02K04J* C2002 05 22.38053 20 36 52.61 +55 13 23.6          17.7        704
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.39464 20 36 57.31 +55 11 24.0          18.1        704
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.40872 20 37 02.02 +55 09 23.7          18.2        704
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.42310 20 37 06.76 +55 07 20.6          17.9        704
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.43740 20 37 11.45 +55 05 17.3          18.2        704
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90583 20 40 09.58 +53 53 46.3                      046
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90642 20 40 09.71 +53 53 41.6                      046
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90722 20 40 10.07 +53 53 33.4          17.7 R      046
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90805 20 40 10.18 +53 53 25.4                      557
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90808 20 40 10.54 +53 53 26.3                      046
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90870 20 40 10.44 +53 53 19.9                      557
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90897 20 40 10.68 +53 53 17.7          17.7 R      046
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90958 20 40 11.02 +53 53 11.7                      046
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.90997 20 40 10.92 +53 53 08.7                      557
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.91253 20 40 11.86 +53 52 45.2                      557
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.91317 20 40 12.14 +53 52 39.7                      557
         K02K04J  C2002 05 22.91380 20 40 12.42 +53 52 33.5                      557
         K02K04J  C2002 05 23.43845 20 43 28.20 +52 28 09.7                      670
         K02K04J  C2002 05 23.44095 20 43 29.01 +52 27 46.0                      670
         K02K04J  C2002 05 24.39997 20 49 36.46 +49 33 13.0                      670
         K02K04J  C2002 05 24.44225 20 49 51.23 +49 25 03.1                      670
         K02K04J 1C2002 05 24.46565 20 49 59.22 +49 20 08.5                      658
         K02K04J 1C2002 05 24.46624 20 49 59.39 +49 20 01.6                      658
         K02K04J 1C2002 05 24.46697 20 49 59.65 +49 19 52.9                      658
         K02K04J  C2002 05 24.48061 20 50 04.41 +49 17 33.8          17.7 R      670
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observers J. Clem, R. Robb.  Measurer
        D. D. Balam.  1.82-m Plaskett reflector + CCD.
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + 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 KJ4                                                             PHA 0.035D
    Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
    M 357.93039              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.27384518     Peri.  155.30327     -0.57971032     +0.67403785
    a   2.3485473      Node    75.81450     -0.80382055     -0.38105103
    e   0.5741186      Incl.   28.17916     -0.13344836     -0.63282943
    P   3.60           H   19.8           G   0.15
    From 25 observations 2002 May 22-24.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 KJ4                 a,e,i = 2.35, 0.57, 28                  q = 1.0002
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 05 16    19 59.92   +65 32.0    0.179    1.001    81.6    88.2    19.2
    2002 05 17    20 05.35   +64 24.3    0.170    1.001    81.8    88.6    19.1
    2002 05 18    20 10.91   +63 08.4    0.161    1.002    82.0    88.8    19.0
    2002 05 19    20 16.61   +61 42.6    0.152    1.003    82.3    89.1    18.8
    2002 05 20    20 22.43   +60 05.2    0.143    1.004    82.7    89.2    18.7
    2002 05 21    20 28.38   +58 14.1    0.134    1.005    83.1    89.2    18.6
    2002 05 22    20 34.45   +56 06.7    0.126    1.006    83.7    89.2    18.5
    2002 05 23    20 40.65   +53 39.6    0.117    1.008    84.4    89.0    18.3
    2002 05 24    20 46.96   +50 49.1    0.109    1.009    85.2    88.6    18.1
    2002 05 25    20 53.38   +47 30.3    0.101    1.011    86.3    88.0    17.9
    2002 05 26    20 59.91   +43 37.8    0.094    1.013    87.5    87.2    17.8
    2002 05 27    21 06.52   +39 05.6    0.087    1.015    89.0    86.1    17.6
    2002 05 28    21 13.22   +33 47.6    0.081    1.018    90.8    84.6    17.3
    2002 05 29    21 19.98   +27 38.9    0.075    1.020    93.0    82.8    17.1
    2002 05 30    21 26.80   +20 37.9    0.071    1.023    95.4    80.6    16.9
    2002 05 31    21 33.65   +12 48.9    0.068    1.026    98.1    78.2    16.7
    2002 06 01    21 40.53   +04 24.4    0.066    1.028   100.8    75.5    16.6
    2002 06 02    21 47.42   -04 15.5    0.066    1.032   103.5    72.9    16.5
    2002 06 03    21 54.29   -12 46.5    0.067    1.035   105.9    70.5    16.5
    2002 06 04    22 01.13   -20 46.8    0.070    1.038   107.9    68.4    16.5
    2002 06 05    22 07.93   -28 01.7    0.074    1.042   109.4    66.7    16.6
    2002 06 06    22 14.66   -34 24.7    0.079    1.045   110.6    65.3    16.7
    2002 06 07    22 21.31   -39 56.2    0.085    1.049   111.4    64.2    16.8
    2002 06 08    22 27.87   -44 40.4    0.092    1.053   112.0    63.4    17.0
    2002 06 09    22 34.30   -48 43.1    0.099    1.057   112.4    62.6    17.1
    2002 06 10    22 40.60   -52 10.5    0.107    1.061   112.7    62.0    17.3
    2002 06 11    22 46.75   -55 08.4    0.115    1.065   112.8    61.4    17.4
    2002 06 12    22 52.74   -57 41.5    0.124    1.070   113.0    60.9    17.6
    2002 06 13    22 58.54   -59 54.1    0.132    1.074   113.1    60.4    17.7
    2002 06 14    23 04.16   -61 49.5    0.141    1.079   113.2    59.9    17.9
    2002 06 15    23 09.58   -63 30.6    0.150    1.084   113.3    59.4    18.0
    
    2002 06 25    23 50.8    -73 01.4    0.244    1.138   114.0    54.7    19.0
    2002 07 05    00 04.8    -77 03.0    0.339    1.200   115.1    50.1    19.7
    2002 07 15    23 48.8    -79 06.4    0.434    1.269   116.2    46.0    20.3
    2002 07 25    23 07.9    -79 42.6    0.529    1.342   117.1    42.3    20.7
    2002 08 04    22 20.6    -78 52.1    0.627    1.419   117.7    39.3    21.1
    2002 08 14    21 45.0    -76 46.5    0.727    1.497   117.7    36.8    21.5
    2002 08 24    21 25.7    -73 50.2    0.832    1.575   117.1    34.9    21.8
    2002 09 03    21 18.5    -70 24.7    0.944    1.654   115.7    33.3    22.2
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-K52
    

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