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    M.P.E.C. 2002-P53                                Issued 2002 Aug. 12, 14:52 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2002 PF43
    
    Observations:
         K02P43F* C2002 08 10.41207 02 30 29.29 +10 12 19.0          18.7        704
         K02P43F  C2002 08 10.42367 02 30 34.57 +10 11 24.4          18.8        704
         K02P43F  C2002 08 10.43528 02 30 39.72 +10 10 30.9          18.9        704
         K02P43F  C2002 08 10.44689 02 30 44.92 +10 09 35.2          19.3        704
         K02P43F  C2002 08 10.45849 02 30 50.11 +10 08 42.5          19.5        704
         K02P43F  C2002 08 11.39260 02 38 00.70 +08 55 34.8          19.2        704
         K02P43F  C2002 08 11.40765 02 38 07.28 +08 54 25.4          19.0        704
         K02P43F  C2002 08 11.41180 02 38 08.39 +08 54 02.3          18.8 R      649
         K02P43F  C2002 08 11.41437 02 38 09.50 +08 53 50.4          18.6 R      649
         K02P43F  C2002 08 11.41693 02 38 10.63 +08 53 38.8          18.6 R      649
         K02P43F  C2002 08 11.42272 02 38 13.82 +08 53 14.7          19.1        704
         K02P43F  C2002 08 11.43781 02 38 20.39 +08 52 05.1          19.0        704
    
    Observer details:
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer K. Smalley.  0.75-m
        Newtonian + CCD.  Observers D. Trentman, G. North.
    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 PF43                                                            PHA 0.048D
    Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5                 MPC
    M 345.65066              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.52335932     Peri.  194.13835     +0.91695613     +0.37054979
    a   1.5249985      Node   143.00313     -0.33800943     +0.91844760
    e   0.3176051      Incl.   14.23089     -0.21199310     +0.13837218
    P   1.88           H   20.6           G   0.15
    From 12 observations 2002 Aug. 10-11.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 PF43                a,e,i = 1.52, 0.32, 14                  q = 1.0407
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 08 04    01 36.10   +18 27.8    0.141    1.054   102.3    70.2    18.9
    2002 08 14    02 56.83   +05 36.3    0.150    1.043    97.5    74.4    19.2
    2002 08 24    03 54.81   -05 21.0    0.175    1.041    95.0    75.4    19.5
    2002 09 03    04 34.33   -13 05.3    0.209    1.047    94.9    73.7    19.9
    2002 09 13    05 00.89   -18 30.5    0.244    1.062    96.6    70.2    20.1
    2002 09 23    05 18.00   -22 27.7    0.278    1.085    99.5    65.8    20.3
    2002 10 03    05 27.38   -25 27.4    0.308    1.114   103.6    60.9    20.4
    2002 10 13    05 29.49   -27 40.6    0.334    1.148   108.5    55.5    20.5
    2002 10 23    05 24.72   -29 02.9    0.357    1.187   114.3    49.8    20.6
    2002 11 02    05 13.80   -29 23.5    0.380    1.230   120.5    44.1    20.6
    2002 11 12    04 58.31   -28 27.1    0.404    1.274   126.8    38.5    20.7
    2002 11 22    04 41.11   -26 06.2    0.435    1.320   132.2    33.7    20.8
    2002 12 02    04 25.25   -22 29.8    0.475    1.366   135.6    30.3    21.0
    2002 12 12    04 13.11   -18 00.1    0.527    1.413   136.2    28.8    21.2
    2002 12 22    04 05.89   -13 06.6    0.592    1.459   134.1    29.0    21.6
    2003 01 01    04 03.61   -08 14.4    0.671    1.504   129.8    30.1    21.9
    2003 01 11    04 05.81   -03 39.0    0.763    1.549   124.4    31.6    22.3
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-P53
    

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