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    M.P.E.C. 2002-L61                                Issued 2002 June 13, 19:26 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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                                       2002 LT38
    
    Observations:
         K02L38T* C2002 06 12.16812 13 12 12.64 -12 18 05.5          17.9        704
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.18178 13 12 11.49 -12 17 26.1          18.0        704
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.19543 13 12 10.32 -12 16 46.0          18.0        704
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.20909 13 12 09.25 -12 16 05.6          18.4        704
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86020 13 11 29.25 -11 45 19.7                      246
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86111 13 11 29.20 -11 45 17.1                      246
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86280 13 11 29.11 -11 45 11.9                      246
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86329 13 11 28.96 -11 45 10.7                      557
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86377 13 11 28.98 -11 45 09.3                      246
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86461 13 11 28.94 -11 45 06.6                      246
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86550 13 11 28.79 -11 45 04.4                      246
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86654 13 11 28.74 -11 45 01.6                      246
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.86678 13 11 28.70 -11 44 59.8                      557
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.87203 13 11 28.24 -11 44 46.4                      557
         K02L38T  C2002 06 12.87551 13 11 28.03 -11 44 37.6                      557
         K02L38T  C2002 06 13.19248 13 11 09.49 -11 29 44.7          18.2 R      448
         K02L38T  C2002 06 13.19567 13 11 09.24 -11 29 35.7          18.3 R      448
         K02L38T  C2002 06 13.20171 13 11 08.78 -11 29 18.7          18.0 R      448
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m KLENOT
        telescope + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 LT38                                                            PHA 0.042
    Epoch 2002 May 26.0 TT = JDT 2452420.5                  MPC
    M 175.87078              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.29529522     Peri.  164.73023     +0.42853896     -0.89754912
    a   0.8334704      Node   259.80332     +0.81753397     +0.43407223
    e   0.3257763      Incl.    6.04991     +0.38469802     +0.07737490
    P   0.76           H   20.5           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2002 June 12-13.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 LT38                a,e,i = 0.83, 0.33, 6                   q = 0.5619
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 06 05    13 24.00   -19 12.2    0.127    1.103   131.7    43.4    17.9
    2002 06 15    13 09.65   -10 09.7    0.157    1.094   116.2    56.4    18.7
    2002 06 25    13 06.33   -04 36.7    0.188    1.077   103.8    66.5    19.4
    2002 07 05    13 08.10   -01 02.6    0.217    1.052    93.3    74.8    19.9
    2002 07 15    13 11.85   +01 29.0    0.241    1.019    83.7    82.7    20.3
    2002 07 25    13 15.12   +03 34.8    0.259    0.978    74.4    90.9    20.7
    2002 08 04    13 15.25   +05 41.4    0.270    0.930    64.4   100.4    21.1
    2002 08 14    13 09.20   +08 06.5    0.276    0.876    53.1   112.3    21.7
    2002 08 24    12 52.99   +10 56.4    0.280    0.815    39.8   127.5    22.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-L61
    

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