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    M.P.E.C. 2002-K75                                Issued 2002 May 31, 15:05 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 KK8
    
    Observations:
         K02K08K* C2002 05 30.22529 13 55 22.11 +47 44 43.9          18.9        704
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.23914 13 55 19.16 +47 43 08.3          19.1        704
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.25299 13 55 16.09 +47 41 31.3          18.8        704
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.26692 13 55 13.01 +47 39 55.4          18.9        704
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.28085 13 55 09.95 +47 38 17.1          18.8        704
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.86067 13 53 22.78 +46 29 04.5                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.86657 13 53 21.39 +46 28 21.5                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.86740 13 53 21.29 +46 28 15.8                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.86821 13 53 21.05 +46 28 08.6                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.86984 13 53 20.64 +46 27 57.5                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.87228 13 53 20.11 +46 27 39.4                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.87889 13 53 18.72 +46 26 50.8                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.87971 13 53 18.54 +46 26 44.2                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.88214 13 53 17.97 +46 26 25.7                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.88296 13 53 17.80 +46 26 19.7                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.88377 13 53 17.58 +46 26 14.2                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.88458 13 53 17.46 +46 26 07.7                      557
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.93522 13 53 07.28 +46 20 00.1          18.4 R      946
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.93668 13 53 06.93 +46 19 49.1          18.5 R      946
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.94817 13 53 04.15 +46 18 23.5          18.2 R      946
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.95300 13 53 02.69 +46 17 37.3          18.4 R      587
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.95483 13 53 02.24 +46 17 23.4          18.4 R      587
         K02K08K  C2002 05 30.96098 13 53 00.93 +46 16 35.8          18.4 R      587
         K02K08K WC2002 05 30.96587 13 52 59.94 +46 15 59.4          18.4 R      587
         K02K08K  C2002 05 31.13499 13 52 32.05 +45 54 58.6          18.5 R      448
         K02K08K  C2002 05 31.13873 13 52 31.18 +45 54 30.1          18.2 R      448
         K02K08K  C2002 05 31.14291 13 52 30.25 +45 53 57.6          18.5 R      448
         K02K08K  C2002 05 31.15527 13 52 26.22 +45 52 13.4          18.3 R      734
         K02K08K  C2002 05 31.16026 13 52 25.37 +45 51 39.0                      734
    
    Observer details:
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observer F. Manca.  0.5-m reflector + 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.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m  Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    946 Ametlla de Mar.  Observer J. Nomen.  0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 KK8                                                             PHA 0.043
    Epoch 2002 May 26.0 TT = JDT 2452420.5                  MPC
    M 356.17276              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.34988247     Peri.  174.09562     -0.31409504     +0.85711963
    a   1.9945944      Node    77.04074     -0.88729463     -0.11204688
    e   0.4758512      Incl.   24.76818     -0.33771667     -0.50278368
    P   2.82           H   20.8           G   0.15
    From 29 observations 2002 May 30-31.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 KK8                 a,e,i = 1.99, 0.48, 25                  q = 1.0455
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 05 26    14 07.76   +54 01.5    0.158    1.053   100.4    71.1    19.4
    2002 05 27    14 04.98   +52 48.2    0.151    1.052   100.8    71.1    19.3
    2002 05 28    14 02.11   +51 26.1    0.143    1.051   101.3    71.1    19.2
    2002 05 29    13 59.15   +49 53.9    0.135    1.050   101.8    70.9    19.0
    2002 05 30    13 56.10   +48 09.8    0.128    1.049   102.4    70.7    18.9
    2002 05 31    13 52.94   +46 11.9    0.120    1.048   103.1    70.4    18.8
    2002 06 01    13 49.68   +43 57.7    0.113    1.047   104.0    70.0    18.6
    2002 06 02    13 46.30   +41 24.4    0.106    1.046   104.9    69.4    18.5
    2002 06 03    13 42.81   +38 28.5    0.099    1.046   106.0    68.7    18.3
    2002 06 04    13 39.20   +35 06.1    0.093    1.046   107.3    67.9    18.1
    2002 06 05    13 35.46   +31 12.9    0.087    1.046   108.7    66.8    17.9
    2002 06 06    13 31.58   +26 44.2    0.081    1.045   110.3    65.6    17.8
    2002 06 07    13 27.56   +21 36.0    0.076    1.046   112.0    64.2    17.6
    2002 06 08    13 23.39   +15 45.3    0.071    1.046   113.8    62.7    17.4
    2002 06 09    13 19.07   +09 12.2    0.068    1.046   115.5    61.1    17.2
    2002 06 10    13 14.58   +02 01.1    0.065    1.047   117.1    59.7    17.1
    2002 06 11    13 09.93   -05 37.8    0.064    1.047   118.4    58.6    17.0
    2002 06 12    13 05.10   -13 29.3    0.063    1.048   119.1    57.8    17.0
    2002 06 13    13 00.10   -21 15.5    0.064    1.049   119.4    57.6    17.0
    2002 06 14    12 54.90   -28 39.6    0.067    1.050   119.1    57.7    17.1
    2002 06 15    12 49.50   -35 29.2    0.070    1.051   118.4    58.2    17.2
    2002 06 16    12 43.90   -41 37.5    0.074    1.052   117.5    59.0    17.4
    2002 06 17    12 38.08   -47 02.8    0.079    1.053   116.4    59.8    17.5
    2002 06 18    12 32.03   -51 47.1    0.084    1.055   115.3    60.6    17.7
    2002 06 19    12 25.74   -55 53.9    0.090    1.056   114.2    61.3    17.9
    2002 06 20    12 19.21   -59 27.9    0.097    1.058   113.3    61.9    18.1
    2002 06 21    12 12.42   -62 33.5    0.104    1.060   112.4    62.5    18.2
    2002 06 22    12 05.35   -65 14.8    0.111    1.062   111.5    62.9    18.4
    2002 06 23    11 58.01   -67 35.5    0.118    1.064   110.8    63.2    18.5
    2002 06 24    11 50.38   -69 38.6    0.125    1.066   110.2    63.5    18.7
    
    2002 06 25    11 42.5    -71 26.8    0.133    1.068   109.6    63.6    18.8
    2002 07 05    10 05.8    -81 30.7    0.212    1.098   107.0    62.4    19.9
    2002 07 15    07 50      -85 20.4    0.293    1.137   106.9    58.8    20.5
    2002 07 25    04 22      -86 37.8    0.371    1.184   108.0    54.7    21.0
    2002 08 04    01 06      -85 23.8    0.448    1.238   109.4    50.6    21.4
    2002 08 14    23 31.3    -82 29.3    0.523    1.296   111.0    46.9    21.7
    2002 08 24    22 49.3    -78 40.9    0.600    1.358   112.4    43.5    22.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-K75
    

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