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    M.P.E.C. 2002-N40                                Issued 2002 July 14, 14:29 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 NW16
    
    Observations:
         K02N16W* C2002 07 13.39374 00 51 51.17 +10 50 31.0          17.7        704
         K02N16W  C2002 07 13.40634 00 51 52.31 +10 51 17.0          18.1        704
         K02N16W  C2002 07 13.41915 00 51 53.49 +10 52 03.8          18.2        704
         K02N16W  C2002 07 13.43265 00 51 54.74 +10 52 53.5          18.0        704
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.09757 00 53 00.18 +11 33 36.9          17.3 R      946
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.12203 00 53 02.49 +11 35 08.1          17.2 R      946
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.12803 00 53 03.11 +11 35 29.9          17.0 R      946
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.29097 00 53 19.76 +11 45 29.0          17.4 R      858
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.29416 00 53 20.07 +11 45 40.8          17.6 R      858
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.30100 00 53 20.70 +11 46 05.6          17.9 R      858
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.37167 00 53 27.10 +11 50 27.3          17.5 R      734
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.37369 00 53 27.25 +11 50 34.5          17.3 R      734
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.37564 00 53 27.44 +11 50 42.5          17.2 R      734
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.40130 00 53 30.12 +11 52 18.2          17.9 R      448
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.40520 00 53 30.36 +11 52 32.2          17.8 R      448
         K02N16W  C2002 07 14.40910 00 53 30.71 +11 52 47.0          17.8 R      448
    
    Observer details:
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.
    858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    946 Ametlla de Mar.  Observer J. Nomen.  0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 NW16
    Epoch 2002 July 5.0 TT = JDT 2452460.5                  MPC
    M  10.36517              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.73667998     Peri.  345.08410     +0.29678457     +0.93231082
    a   1.2141811      Node   301.78694     -0.84936542     +0.15879618
    e   0.1101648      Incl.   14.07229     -0.43645996     +0.32493124
    P   1.34           H   17.8           G   0.15
    From 16 observations 2002 July 13-14.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 NW16                a,e,i = 1.21, 0.11, 14                  q = 1.0804
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 07 05    00 37.36   +02 17.7    0.320    1.083    93.3    69.6    17.9
    2002 07 15    00 54.45   +12 29.1    0.311    1.088    94.9    68.5    17.9
    2002 07 25    01 09.71   +22 35.9    0.308    1.096    96.9    66.9    17.8
    2002 08 04    01 22.93   +32 16.5    0.309    1.106    99.1    64.9    17.8
    2002 08 14    01 33.24   +41 11.6    0.312    1.118   101.6    62.5    17.7
    2002 08 24    01 39.39   +49 06.9    0.318    1.132   104.3    59.9    17.7
    2002 09 03    01 39.33   +55 52.6    0.324    1.147   107.2    57.1    17.7
    2002 09 13    01 30.11   +61 15.3    0.331    1.164   110.3    54.2    17.7
    2002 09 23    01 09.84   +64 56.9    0.338    1.180   113.7    51.1    17.7
    2002 10 03    00 40.46   +66 37.7    0.344    1.198   117.2    48.0    17.7
    2002 10 13    00 10.46   +66 05.6    0.352    1.215   120.6    45.0    17.7
    2002 10 23    23 50.08   +63 36.6    0.361    1.232   123.6    42.3    17.7
    2002 11 02    23 42.98   +59 44.0    0.374    1.248   125.8    40.2    17.7
    2002 11 12    23 47.62   +55 02.6    0.392    1.264   126.7    38.9    17.8
    2002 11 22    00 00.74   +50 05.4    0.417    1.279   126.2    38.6    18.0
    2002 12 02    00 19.32   +45 16.4    0.450    1.293   124.1    39.2    18.2
    2002 12 12    00 41.43   +40 53.1    0.490    1.305   120.8    40.4    18.4
    2002 12 22    01 05.67   +37 06.0    0.539    1.316   116.6    41.9    18.7
    2003 01 01    01 31.14   +33 56.9    0.594    1.326   112.0    43.5    19.0
    2003 01 11    01 57.41   +31 23.7    0.655    1.334   107.2    44.8    19.2
    2003 01 21    02 24.15   +29 21.5    0.721    1.340   102.5    45.8    19.5
    2003 01 31    02 51.15   +27 43.3    0.791    1.344    97.8    46.6    19.7
    2003 02 10    03 18.37   +26 22.8    0.862    1.347    93.3    47.0    19.9
    2003 02 20    03 45.74   +25 13.9    0.934    1.348    89.0    47.2    20.1
    2003 03 02    04 13.20   +24 11.0    1.006    1.347    84.8    47.1    20.2
    2003 03 12    04 40.77   +23 09.8    1.077    1.344    80.9    46.9    20.4
    2003 03 22    05 08.39   +22 06.4    1.145    1.340    77.1    46.5    20.5
    2003 04 01    05 36.04   +20 57.6    1.210    1.334    73.6    45.9    20.6
    2003 04 11    06 03.73   +19 41.0    1.271    1.326    70.3    45.3    20.7
    2003 04 21    06 31.41   +18 14.7    1.327    1.317    67.1    44.7    20.7
    2003 05 01    06 59.07   +16 37.5    1.378    1.306    64.2    44.0    20.8
    2003 05 11    07 26.74   +14 48.4    1.424    1.293    61.5    43.3    20.8
    2003 05 21    07 54.42   +12 47.0    1.464    1.280    58.9    42.6    20.8
    2003 05 31    08 22.17   +10 33.1    1.498    1.265    56.6    42.0    20.8
    2003 06 10    08 50.07   +08 07.2    1.526    1.249    54.5    41.4    20.8
    2003 06 20    09 18.19   +05 29.8    1.549    1.233    52.6    40.9    20.8
    2003 06 30    09 46.67   +02 42.2    1.566    1.216    50.9    40.5    20.8
    2003 07 10    10 15.68   -00 14.2    1.579    1.199    49.4    40.1    20.8
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-N40
    

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