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    M.P.E.C. 2002-O17                                Issued 2002 July 19, 16:08 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 NY40
    
    Observations:
         K02N40Y* C2002 07 14.29387 21 31 33.08 -06 23 39.4          18.4        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 14.30682 21 31 33.36 -06 23 35.9          19.1        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 14.31940 21 31 33.47 -06 23 31.9          19.2        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 14.33194 21 31 33.72 -06 23 27.7          19.1        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 14.34458 21 31 33.83 -06 23 23.3          19.3        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 17.38230 21 32 33.96 -06 08 17.0          19.0        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 17.39278 21 32 34.09 -06 08 14.2          19.6        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 17.40324 21 32 34.18 -06 08 11.0          19.2        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 17.41364 21 32 34.29 -06 08 08.1          19.5        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 17.42408 21 32 34.44 -06 08 05.1          19.6        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 17.94398 21 32 44.66 -06 05 36.0                      046
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 17.94807 21 32 44.75 -06 05 34.5                      046
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.34330 21 32 51.27 -06 03 40.1          18.7 R      848
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.36236 21 32 51.38 -06 03 32.5                      848
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.37537 21 32 51.39 -06 03 26.3          18.1 R      711
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.38186 21 32 51.66 -06 03 27.1                      848
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.38286 21 32 51.44 -06 03 24.3          18.1 R      711
         K02N40Y dC2002 07 18.39036 21 32 51.53 -06 03 21.7                      711
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.39308 21 32 51.64 -06 03 21.8          18.5        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.40032 21 32 51.77 -06 03 21.2          19.2 R      848
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.40467 21 32 51.74 -06 03 18.5          18.6        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.41638 21 32 51.87 -06 03 14.9          18.7        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.42818 21 32 51.97 -06 03 11.8          18.4        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.44003 21 32 52.07 -06 03 07.7          18.5        704
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 18.99426 21 33 02.11 -06 00 32.5          18.5 V      611
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 19.01317 21 33 02.33 -06 00 26.2                      611
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 19.34896 21 33 07.49 -05 58 47.3          17.6 R      734
         K02N40Y  C2002 07 19.36428 21 33 07.61 -05 58 42.9          17.9 R      734
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    611 Starkenburg.  Observer F. Hormuth.  0.45-m f/4.4 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.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    848 Tenagra Observatory, Cottage Grove.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem,
        C. W. Juels, M. Schwartz.  0.36-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 NY40                                                            PHA 0.001
    Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
    M 310.49293              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.32508353     Peri.  267.14323     +0.57641193     -0.81538022
    a   2.0947848      Node   147.46840     +0.78389750     +0.53312104
    e   0.7145792      Incl.    5.75157     +0.23076827     +0.22569237
    P   3.03           H   18.9           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    020714 704  0.2+  0.3-    020717 046  2.0+  0.1+    020718 704  0.5+  0.0
    020714 704  1.3+  0.7-    020717 046 (2.6+  0.5+)   020718 704  0.7+  0.1+
    020714 704  0.0   0.5-    020718 848  1.7-  1.3-    020718 704  0.5+  0.2-
    020714 704  0.8+  0.0     020718 848 (3.2-  0.8+)   020718 704  0.3+  0.4+
    020714 704  0.4-  0.6+    020718 711  0.3+  0.2-    020718 611  0.1+  0.7-
    020717 704  0.5+  0.0     020718 848 (2.1-  0.6+)   020719 611  0.4+  0.2+
    020717 704  0.7+  0.3-    020718 711  0.0   0.4-    020719 734  1.0+  0.2-
    020717 704  0.4+  0.2-    020718 711  0.3+  0.0     020719 734  0.8+  0.2-
    020717 704  0.3+  0.4-    020718 704  0.6+  0.1+
    020717 704  0.8+  0.5-    020718 848 (3.3-  1.2+)
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 NY40                a,e,i = 2.09, 0.71, 6                   q = 0.5979
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 07 15.0  21 31.79   -06 19.9    0.455    1.423   148.2    22.1    19.0
    2002 07 16.0  21 32.13   -06 14.9    0.440    1.412   149.0    21.7    18.9
    2002 07 17.0  21 32.45   -06 09.9    0.426    1.401   149.8    21.4    18.8
    2002 07 18.0  21 32.75   -06 05.0    0.411    1.390   150.7    21.0    18.7
    2002 07 19.0  21 33.03   -06 00.2    0.397    1.378   151.5    20.6    18.6
    2002 07 20.0  21 33.29   -05 55.4    0.383    1.367   152.3    20.2    18.5
    2002 07 21.0  21 33.54   -05 50.7    0.369    1.355   153.1    19.8    18.4
    2002 07 22.0  21 33.76   -05 46.0    0.355    1.344   153.9    19.4    18.3
    2002 07 23.0  21 33.96   -05 41.3    0.341    1.333   154.7    19.0    18.2
    2002 07 24.0  21 34.14   -05 36.6    0.328    1.321   155.5    18.6    18.0
    2002 07 25.0  21 34.30   -05 32.0    0.314    1.309   156.3    18.1    17.9
    2002 07 26.0  21 34.44   -05 27.4    0.301    1.298   157.2    17.7    17.8
    2002 07 27.0  21 34.56   -05 22.8    0.287    1.286   158.0    17.2    17.6
    2002 07 28.0  21 34.65   -05 18.2    0.274    1.275   158.8    16.8    17.5
    2002 07 29.0  21 34.71   -05 13.6    0.261    1.263   159.6    16.3    17.4
    2002 07 30.0  21 34.75   -05 09.0    0.248    1.251   160.4    15.8    17.2
    2002 07 31.0  21 34.77   -05 04.3    0.235    1.239   161.2    15.3    17.1
    2002 08 01.0  21 34.75   -04 59.5    0.222    1.228   161.9    14.9    16.9
    2002 08 02.0  21 34.70   -04 54.6    0.209    1.216   162.7    14.4    16.7
    2002 08 03.0  21 34.61   -04 49.6    0.196    1.204   163.5    13.9    16.6
    2002 08 04.0  21 34.48   -04 44.3    0.183    1.192   164.2    13.4    16.4
    2002 08 05.0  21 34.31   -04 38.8    0.171    1.180   164.9    12.9    16.2
    2002 08 06.0  21 34.09   -04 32.9    0.158    1.168   165.6    12.5    16.0
    2002 08 07.0  21 33.81   -04 26.5    0.146    1.156   166.2    12.0    15.8
    2002 08 08.0  21 33.46   -04 19.4    0.133    1.144   166.8    11.6    15.5
    2002 08 09.0  21 33.01   -04 11.4    0.121    1.132   167.4    11.3    15.3
    2002 08 10.0  21 32.46   -04 02.1    0.109    1.120   167.9    11.0    15.0
    2002 08 11.0  21 31.75   -03 50.9    0.096    1.108   168.2    10.8    14.7
    2002 08 12.0  21 30.84   -03 37.2    0.084    1.096   168.5    10.7    14.4
    2002 08 13.0  21 29.61   -03 19.3    0.072    1.084   168.5    10.7    14.0
    2002 08 14.0  21 27.90   -02 54.7    0.060    1.072   168.3    11.0    13.6
    2002 08 15.0  21 25.33   -02 18.4    0.048    1.060   167.8    11.7    13.1
    
    2002 08 15.5  21 23.50   -01 52.6    0.042    1.054   167.2    12.3    12.9
    2002 08 16.0  21 21.07   -01 18.3    0.036    1.048   166.5    13.1    12.5
    2002 08 16.5  21 17.66   -00 30.3    0.030    1.041   165.4    14.2    12.2
    2002 08 17.0  21 12.56   +00 41.6    0.024    1.035   163.7    16.0    11.7
    2002 08 17.5  21 04.07   +02 41.1    0.018    1.029   160.7    18.9    11.2
    2002 08 18.0  20 47.20   +06 36.1    0.012    1.023   155.0    24.7    10.5
    2002 08 18.5  19 58.93   +17 07.6    0.0066   1.017   139.1    40.6     9.6
    2002 08 19.0  15 12.80   +43 12.8    0.0036   1.011    74.0   105.8    10.6
    2002 08 19.5  11 08.23   +23 55.5    0.0075   1.005    20.8   159.1    18.9
    2002 08 20.0  10 25.71   +15 48.9    0.013    0.999     7.9   172.0    29.0
    
         The nominal geocentric close-approach distance is 0.00360 AU on
    2002 Aug. 18.94 UT.
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-O17
    

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