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    M.P.E.C. 2002-P47                                Issued 2002 Aug. 11, 02:32 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 PZ39
    
    Observations:
         K02P39Z* C2002 08 10.40557 01 11 39.71 +03 09 59.0          14.6        704
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.41716 01 11 22.54 +03 08 45.7          14.6        704
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.42877 01 11 05.36 +03 07 31.8          14.8        704
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.44037 01 10 48.22 +03 06 18.8          14.8        704
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.45197 01 10 31.09 +03 05 05.4          14.6        704
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.99385 00 58 06.95 +02 09 10.8                      118
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.99498 00 58 05.43 +02 09 03.9          14.7 R      118
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.99545 00 58 04.79 +02 09 01.1                      118
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.99683 00 58 02.91 +02 08 53.2                      118
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.99729 00 58 02.26 +02 08 50.2                      118
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 10.99784 00 58 01.55 +02 08 47.1                      118
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.05344 00 56 48.04 +02 03 30.1          14.7 R      946
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.05565 00 56 45.08 +02 03 16.4          14.6 R      946
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.05639 00 56 44.08 +02 03 12.0          14.6 R      946
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.07870 00 56 14.12 +02 01 03.7          14.4 R      952
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.07912 00 56 13.55 +02 01 01.5          14.6 R      952
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.07995 00 56 12.43 +02 00 56.6          14.4 R      952
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.08122 00 56 10.72 +02 00 49.3          14.4 R      952
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.08244 00 56 09.08 +02 00 42.1          14.2 R      952
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.08303 00 56 08.26 +02 00 38.3          14.3 R      952
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.08428 00 56 06.59 +02 00 30.8          14.4 R      952
         K02P39Z  C2002 08 11.08762 00 56 02.10 +02 00 10.7          14.5 R      952
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Toth.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
        S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m
        f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    946 Ametlla de Mar.  Observer J. Nomen.  0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
    952 Marxuquera.  Observer J. J. Gomez.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 PZ39                                                            PHA 0.003
    Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5                 MPC
    M  21.23489              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.52880361     Peri.  259.64323     -0.64821752     +0.76131326
    a   1.5145134      Node   329.93345     -0.68663594     -0.59276259
    e   0.5616922      Incl.    1.68169     -0.32915823     -0.26274443
    P   1.86           H   18.5           G   0.15
    From 22 observations 2002 Aug. 10-11.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 PZ39                a,e,i = 1.51, 0.56, 2                   q = 0.6638
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 08 04    04 29.52   +14 37.2    0.062    0.989    63.7   113.1    16.8
    2002 08 14    00 03.76   -01 54.5    0.089    1.083   140.9    36.2    14.9
    2002 08 24    22 42.32   -07 46.8    0.168    1.177   171.5     7.3    15.5
    2002 09 03    22 13.64   -09 40.5    0.262    1.269   171.5     6.8    16.6
    2002 09 13    22 01.83   -10 25.1    0.369    1.357   158.8    15.6    17.8
    2002 09 23    21 58.40   -10 36.0    0.487    1.441   148.2    21.5    18.8
    2002 10 03    22 00.01   -10 25.4    0.618    1.521   138.8    25.7    19.5
    2002 10 13    22 05.09   -09 58.8    0.759    1.597   130.3    28.5    20.2
    2002 10 23    22 12.67   -09 19.2    0.909    1.669   122.4    30.2    20.7
    2002 11 02    22 22.07   -08 28.9    1.068    1.737   114.9    31.2    21.2
    2002 11 12    22 32.85   -07 29.4    1.234    1.801   107.7    31.6    21.6
    2002 11 22    22 44.68   -06 21.8    1.404    1.861   100.7    31.4    21.9
    2002 12 02    22 57.31   -05 07.7    1.578    1.918    94.0    30.9    22.2
    2002 12 12    23 10.57   -03 47.7    1.752    1.971    87.4    29.9    22.5
    2002 12 22    23 24.33   -02 22.9    1.925    2.020    81.0    28.7    22.7
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-P47
    

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