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    M.P.E.C. 2002-T05                                Issued 2002 Oct. 2, 19:38 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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                                       2002 SR41
    
    Observations:
         K02S41R* C2002 09 30.25996 00 38 35.98 +48 01 37.3          19.5        704
         K02S41R  C2002 09 30.27573 00 38 32.24 +48 01 59.4          20.1        704
         K02S41R  C2002 09 30.29113 00 38 28.79 +48 02 17.5          20.0        704
         K02S41R  C2002 09 30.30650 00 38 24.95 +48 02 37.9          19.3        704
         K02S41R  C2002 09 30.32185 00 38 21.32 +48 02 56.6          19.9        704
         K02S41R IC2002 09 30.96399 00 35 54.72 +48 16 19.4                      557
         K02S41R  C2002 09 30.96620 00 35 54.18 +48 16 22.3          19.4 V      557
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.08597 00 35 28.04 +48 18 49.4          19.1 R      734
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.09969 00 35 24.61 +48 19 05.5          18.5 R      734
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.86134 00 32 20.12 +48 34 47.8          19.2 R      587
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.86385 00 32 19.45 +48 34 50.6                      587
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.86635 00 32 18.79 +48 34 54.1          19.1 R      587
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.86887 00 32 18.23 +48 34 56.5          19.2 R      587
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.98281 00 31 48.31 +48 37 16.7                      118
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.99031 00 31 46.32 +48 37 25.5                      118
         K02S41R  C2002 10 01.99375 00 31 45.44 +48 37 30.0                      118
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observer L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  0.5-m 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.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 SR41                                                            PHA 0.032
    Epoch 2002 Sept. 23.0 TT = JDT 2452540.5                MPC
    M 272.90314              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.86237423     Peri.  257.61012     -0.81117444     -0.55285779
    a   1.0931310      Node   248.53493     +0.58375508     -0.74596756
    e   0.5032939      Incl.   11.82072     +0.03501469     -0.37132286
    P   1.14           H   19.8           G   0.15
    From 16 observations 2002 Sept. 30-Oct. 1.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 SR41                a,e,i = 1.09, 0.50, 12                  q = 0.5430
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 09 23    00 59.89   +45 19.6    0.406    1.313   132.6    34.2    19.9
    2002 10 03    00 27.45   +48 57.5    0.319    1.246   134.8    34.7    19.2
    2002 10 13    23 26.95   +51 10.6    0.244    1.173   131.4    39.7    18.7
    2002 10 23    21 50.29   +48 31.5    0.183    1.094   118.3    53.3    18.3
    2002 11 02    19 56.23   +34 57.2    0.145    1.008    92.0    79.7    18.4
    2002 11 12    18 20.11   +10 42.0    0.142    0.917    55.3   117.4    20.0
    2002 11 22    17 09.81   -10 42.4    0.181    0.822    21.6   153.8    24.9
    2002 12 02    16 22.84   -22 35.5    0.260    0.727     2.2   177.1    52.7
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-T05
    

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