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    M.P.E.C. 2002-K74                                Issued 2002 May 31, 14:32 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 KJ8
    
    Observations:
         K02K08J* C2002 05 18.23283 15 36 29.23 -16 05 06.3          20.9        644
         K02K08J  C2002 05 18.29493 15 36 26.97 -16 05 26.2          20.1        644
         K02K08J  C2002 05 18.36343 15 36 24.33 -16 05 48.1          20.4        644
         K02K08J  C2002 05 20.23017 15 35 23.84 -16 16 06.7          19.6 R      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 20.24780 15 35 23.15 -16 16 13.4          19.8 R      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 20.26752 15 35 22.32 -16 16 18.8          19.4 R      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 21.25454 15 34 49.76 -16 22 00.0          19.9 R      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 21.26826 15 34 49.21 -16 22 04.6          19.8 R      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 21.28521 15 34 48.54 -16 22 10.2          19.7 R      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 21.93413 15 34 27.25 -16 26 02.6                      246
         K02K08J  C2002 05 21.93543 15 34 27.23 -16 26 04.2                      246
         K02K08J  C2002 05 21.94671 15 34 26.79 -16 26 06.5                      246
         K02K08J  C2002 05 23.21492 15 33 44.79 -16 33 49.9          20.3 R      448
         K02K08J  C2002 05 23.22071 15 33 44.40 -16 33 52.0          20.1 R      448
         K02K08J  C2002 05 23.22361 15 33 44.30 -16 33 53.4          20.0 R      448
         K02K08J  C2002 05 31.21633 15 29 27.01 -17 30 06.9                      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 31.22731 15 29 26.60 -17 30 13.3          19.8 R      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 31.23083 15 29 26.76 -17 30 13.5          18.7 R      734
         K02K08J  C2002 05 31.23481 15 29 26.39 -17 30 16.2          19.4 R      649
         K02K08J  C2002 05 31.23865 15 29 26.28 -17 30 16.6          18.9 R      734
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
        telescope + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman.
        0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 KJ8
    Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
    M 346.62118              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.16206246     Peri.  215.96750     +0.27438172     +0.95830250
    a   3.3318167      Node    70.07649     -0.86124821     +0.28181580
    e   0.5889020      Incl.    4.87027     -0.42774548     +0.04728827
    P   6.08           H   20.0           G   0.15
    From 20 observations 2002 May 18-31.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 KJ8                 a,e,i = 3.33, 0.59, 5                   q = 1.3697
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 05 26    15 32.20   -16 51.7    0.527    1.535   170.0     6.5    20.0
    2002 06 05    15 27.31   -18 09.8    0.495    1.490   159.9    13.6    20.1
    2002 06 15    15 25.09   -19 48.7    0.478    1.450   150.2    20.4    20.2
    2002 06 25    15 27.50   -21 47.2    0.473    1.418   141.6    26.4    20.3
    2002 07 05    15 35.73   -23 59.7    0.477    1.393   134.4    31.4    20.5
    2002 07 15    15 50.34   -26 17.6    0.491    1.377   128.5    35.3    20.6
    2002 07 25    16 11.26   -28 29.6    0.513    1.370   123.9    38.0    20.8
    2002 08 04    16 37.74   -30 22.5    0.544    1.372   120.4    39.6    20.9
    2002 08 14    17 08.63   -31 44.3    0.584    1.384   117.6    40.5    21.1
    2002 08 24    17 42.43   -32 26.6    0.634    1.404   115.3    40.6    21.3
    2002 09 03    18 17.40   -32 26.1    0.696    1.433   113.1    40.4    21.6
    2002 09 13    18 52.09   -31 45.2    0.769    1.469   110.9    39.8    21.8
    2002 09 23    19 25.44   -30 30.2    0.855    1.511   108.5    39.0    22.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-K74
    

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