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    M.P.E.C. 2002-M28                                Issued 2002 June 24, 13:31 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 MT1
    
    Observations:
         K02M01T* C2002 06 21.27978 17 42 04.85 +01 15 08.1          19.7        644
         K02M01T  C2002 06 21.30488 17 42 07.56 +01 15 40.0          19.5        644
         K02M01T  C2002 06 21.32627 17 42 09.86 +01 16 07.0          19.5        644
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 21.71225 17 42 55.73 +01 24 56.2                      413
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 21.71449 17 42 55.96 +01 24 58.9                      413
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 21.71703 17 42 56.14 +01 25 02.3                      413
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 21.72027 17 42 56.71 +01 25 07.1                      413
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 21.72250 17 42 56.87 +01 25 08.5                      413
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 22.31204 17 44 12.03 +01 36 30.0                      658
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 22.31417 17 44 12.25 +01 36 32.8                      658
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 22.31571 17 44 12.44 +01 36 34.5                      658
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 22.51568 17 44 38.11 +01 41 33.0                      413
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 22.51774 17 44 38.38 +01 41 35.5                      413
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 22.51980 17 44 38.70 +01 41 38.9                      413
         K02M01T  C2002 06 22.93772 17 45 30.55 +01 49 17.0                      246
         K02M01T  C2002 06 22.94054 17 45 30.86 +01 49 19.9                      246
         K02M01T  C2002 06 22.94149 17 45 30.95 +01 49 21.0                      246
         K02M01T  C2002 06 22.94249 17 45 31.02 +01 49 21.3                      246
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 23.60551 17 46 54.79 +02 03 34.6                      413
         K02M01T 1C2002 06 23.60711 17 46 54.97 +02 03 35.7                      413
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
        telescope + CCD.
    413 Siding Spring.  Observers G. J. Garradd, R. H. McNaught.  Measurer
        R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observers J. Stoesz, M. Milne.
        Measurer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m  Plaskett reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 MT1
    Epoch 2002 June 15.0 TT = JDT 2452440.5                 MPC
    M 352.77125              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.27087380     Peri.   81.23069     +0.30265476     +0.95238291
    a   2.3656912      Node   206.47769     -0.90381325     +0.27447510
    e   0.4958218      Incl.    4.75665     -0.30252556     +0.13277884
    P   3.64           H   20.7           G   0.15
    From 20 observations 2002 June 21-23.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 MT1                 a,e,i = 2.37, 0.50, 5                   q = 1.1927
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 06 25    17 49.93   +02 30.4    0.209    1.207   153.4    22.1    18.8
    2002 07 05    18 13.70   +05 06.4    0.201    1.195   150.3    25.0    18.8
    2002 07 15    18 40.55   +06 16.4    0.201    1.193   148.9    26.1    18.8
    2002 07 25    19 08.98   +05 54.7    0.211    1.202   149.4    25.4    18.9
    2002 08 04    19 36.93   +04 18.4    0.229    1.220   150.9    23.8    19.1
    2002 08 14    20 03.01   +01 57.1    0.259    1.248   152.2    22.3    19.3
    2002 08 24    20 26.84   -00 35.0    0.300    1.284   152.1    21.7    19.7
    2002 09 03    20 48.45   -02 52.8    0.353    1.326   150.0    22.3    20.1
    2002 09 13    21 08.34   -04 42.4    0.419    1.375   146.4    23.9    20.6
    2002 09 23    21 27.08   -05 58.1    0.498    1.428   141.6    25.9    21.1
    2002 10 03    21 45.00   -06 40.9    0.591    1.485   136.2    27.8    21.7
    2002 10 13    22 02.43   -06 54.2    0.696    1.544   130.6    29.4    22.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-M28
    

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