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    M.P.E.C. 2002-P52                                Issued 2002 Aug. 12, 14:48 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2002 PE43
    
    Observations:
         K02P43E* C2002 08 10.34975 23 35 43.50 -05 45 33.2          18.1        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 10.36165 23 35 57.24 -05 38 30.8          18.5        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 10.37353 23 36 10.84 -05 31 29.3          18.1        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 10.38541 23 36 24.49 -05 24 28.9          18.3        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 10.39730 23 36 38.15 -05 17 26.8          18.3        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 11.28458 23 54 45.59 +03 04 44.3          18.5        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 11.29868 23 55 00.51 +03 12 18.5          18.9        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 11.31254 23 55 14.97 +03 19 45.5          19.2        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 11.32644 23 55 29.38 +03 27 11.0          19.4        704
         K02P43E  C2002 08 11.34072 23 55 44.10 +03 34 49.4          18.9        704
    
    Observer details:
    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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 PE43
    Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5                 MPC
    M 352.03572              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.32634070     Peri.    8.84435     +0.84316909     +0.53010742
    a   2.0894014      Node   318.73256     -0.50122979     +0.71464924
    e   0.5077084      Incl.    7.81915     -0.19451113     +0.45635796
    P   3.02           H   24.3           G   0.15
    From 10 observations 2002 Aug. 10-11.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 PE43                a,e,i = 2.09, 0.51, 8                   q = 1.0286
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 08 04    20 47.90   -52 33.0    0.035    1.043   144.8    34.1    18.5
    2002 08 05    21 15.47   -48 47.7    0.031    1.041   148.1    31.0    18.2
    2002 08 06    21 43.81   -43 42.4    0.028    1.039   151.8    27.5    17.9
    2002 08 07    22 12.02   -37 03.3    0.026    1.038   155.0    24.4    17.6
    2002 08 08    22 39.21   -28 47.9    0.024    1.036   156.1    23.3    17.4
    2002 08 09    23 04.69   -19 15.8    0.023    1.035   153.6    25.8    17.4
    2002 08 10    23 28.01   -09 11.1    0.023    1.034   147.8    31.5    17.6
    2002 08 11    23 48.98   +00 31.9    0.024    1.032   140.4    38.7    17.9
    2002 08 12    00 07.62   +09 11.1    0.026    1.032   133.2    45.7    18.2
    2002 08 13    00 24.07   +16 28.4    0.029    1.031   126.8    51.9    18.6
    2002 08 14    00 38.53   +22 25.3    0.032    1.030   121.6    56.9    18.9
    2002 08 15    00 51.22   +27 12.9    0.035    1.029   117.4    60.9    19.3
    2002 08 16    01 02.39   +31 04.4    0.039    1.029   114.0    64.0    19.6
    2002 08 17    01 12.22   +34 11.7    0.042    1.029   111.4    66.4    19.8
    2002 08 18    01 20.92   +36 44.6    0.046    1.029   109.4    68.2    20.1
    2002 08 19    01 28.63   +38 50.8    0.051    1.029   107.8    69.5    20.3
    2002 08 20    01 35.48   +40 35.9    0.055    1.029   106.5    70.5    20.5
    2002 08 21    01 41.60   +42 04.4    0.059    1.029   105.6    71.2    20.7
    2002 08 22    01 47.09   +43 19.7    0.063    1.030   104.9    71.7    20.9
    2002 08 23    01 52.01   +44 24.2    0.067    1.030   104.4    72.0    21.0
    2002 08 24    01 56.44   +45 20.0    0.072    1.031   104.1    72.1    21.2
    2002 08 25    02 00.43   +46 08.6    0.076    1.032   103.8    72.1    21.3
    2002 08 26    02 04.04   +46 51.1    0.080    1.033   103.7    71.9    21.4
    2002 08 27    02 07.31   +47 28.6    0.085    1.034   103.8    71.7    21.5
    2002 08 28    02 10.27   +48 01.8    0.089    1.035   103.8    71.4    21.6
    2002 08 29    02 12.94   +48 31.4    0.093    1.037   104.0    71.0    21.7
    2002 08 30    02 15.36   +48 57.7    0.098    1.038   104.2    70.5    21.8
    2002 08 31    02 17.55   +49 21.3    0.102    1.040   104.5    70.0    21.9
    2002 09 01    02 19.52   +49 42.4    0.106    1.042   104.8    69.5    22.0
    2002 09 02    02 21.30   +50 01.4    0.111    1.044   105.2    68.9    22.0
    2002 09 03    02 22.88   +50 18.5    0.115    1.046   105.6    68.3    22.1
    2002 09 04    02 24.30   +50 33.7    0.119    1.048   106.1    67.6    22.2
    2002 09 05    02 25.55   +50 47.5    0.123    1.050   106.6    66.9    22.2
    2002 09 06    02 26.65   +50 59.7    0.127    1.053   107.1    66.2    22.3
    2002 09 07    02 27.61   +51 10.6    0.132    1.055   107.7    65.5    22.3
    2002 09 08    02 28.43   +51 20.3    0.136    1.058   108.3    64.7    22.4
    2002 09 09    02 29.13   +51 28.8    0.140    1.061   108.9    64.0    22.4
    2002 09 10    02 29.71   +51 36.2    0.144    1.064   109.5    63.2    22.5
    2002 09 11    02 30.17   +51 42.6    0.148    1.067   110.2    62.4    22.5
    2002 09 12    02 30.52   +51 48.0    0.152    1.070   110.8    61.5    22.6
    2002 09 13    02 30.78   +51 52.5    0.156    1.073   111.5    60.7    22.6
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-P52
    

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