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    M.P.E.C. 2002-T21                                Issued 2002 Oct. 5, 15:07 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 TA58
    
    Observations:
         K02T58A* C2002 10 03.25229 00 22 11.32 +05 03 22.6          19.2        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 03.26769 00 22 32.46 +05 05 03.2          19.7        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 03.28313 00 22 53.66 +05 06 44.5          19.5        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 03.29870 00 23 15.27 +05 08 27.9          19.9        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 03.31409 00 23 36.79 +05 10 09.1          19.4        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.24851 00 52 21.88 +07 13 18.2          18.8        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.26416 00 52 54.83 +07 15 45.1          19.2        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.27980 00 53 28.00 +07 18 12.4          19.6        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.27991 00 53 28.23 +07 18 13.3          19.4        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.29546 00 54 01.40 +07 20 40.4          19.5        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.29558 00 54 01.64 +07 20 40.9          19.1        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.31116 00 54 35.11 +07 23 09.2          20.0        704
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.93722 01 22 13.58 +09 12 01.8                      557
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.93745 01 22 14.23 +09 12 04.1                      557
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.93769 01 22 14.96 +09 12 06.9                      557
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.93792 01 22 15.67 +09 12 09.7                      557
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.93815 01 22 16.32 +09 12 13.2                      557
         K02T58A  C2002 10 04.93837 01 22 16.92 +09 12 15.7                      557
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.02622 01 26 38.70 +09 29 41.6                      246
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.02755 01 26 42.51 +09 29 56.8                      246
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.02808 01 26 44.21 +09 30 03.7                      246
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.02889 01 26 46.83 +09 30 14.6                      246
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.03100 01 26 52.99 +09 30 38.5                      246
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.30162 01 42 17.10 +10 28 57.9          18.7 R      651
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.30264 01 42 20.20 +10 29 07.2          19.3 R      651
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.30308 01 42 14.73 +10 28 27.3          18.1 R      649
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.30329 01 42 22.92 +10 29 21.2          18.9 R      651
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.30448 01 42 19.55 +10 28 45.4          18.3 R      649
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.30586 01 42 24.30 +10 29 03.2          18.0 R      649
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.37052 01 46 14.55 +10 43 51.6          18.4 R      448
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.37258 01 46 21.85 +10 44 18.5          18.5 R      448
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.37468 01 46 29.29 +10 44 45.9          18.5 R      448
         K02T58A  C2002 10 05.38870 01 47 24.92 +10 47 38.0                      670
         K02T58A WC2002 10 05.38895 01 47 25.74 +10 47 41.3          18.3 R      670
         K02T58A VC2002 10 05.43982 01 50 29.48 +10 58 50.4                      670
         K02T58A VC2002 10 05.44006 01 50 30.08 +10 58 54.3                      670
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.
        1.06-m KLENOT telescope + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman.
        0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        reflector + CCD.
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 TA58
    Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
    M   4.68281              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.24942707     Peri.  217.99882     +0.64184085     -0.76681308
    a   2.4994262      Node   192.07614     +0.71058111     +0.59775812
    e   0.6258262      Incl.    1.68904     +0.28829640     +0.23384382
    P   3.95           H   26.7           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    021003 704  0.2+  0.0     021004 557  0.1-  0.1-    021005 651 (6.5-  4.4-)
    021003 704  0.6+  0.4-    021004 557  0.4-  0.5-    021005 649  0.1-  0.1+
    021003 704  0.6-  0.6-    021004 557  0.0   0.5-    021005 651  0.8+  1.1+
    021003 704  0.3-  0.1+    021004 557  0.6+  0.4-    021005 649  0.1+  0.2+
    021003 704  0.0   0.6-    021004 557  0.3+  0.3+    021005 649  0.3+  0.1+
    021004 704  0.2+  0.5+    021004 557  0.4-  0.3+    021005 448  0.5-  0.1-
    021004 704  0.3-  0.5+    021005 246  0.4-  0.6-    021005 448  0.2-  0.1-
    021004 704  0.0   0.5+    021005 246 (3.9-  1.3-)   021005 448  0.1+  0.0
    021004 704  0.0   0.3+    021005 246 (2.6-  0.7-)   021005 670  0.1+  0.6-
    021004 704  0.1+  0.5+    021005 246  0.3-  0.6+    021005 670  0.9-  0.6-
    021004 704  0.2-  0.1-    021005 246 (4.3-  0.7-)   021005 670  1.5+  0.3+
    021004 704  0.0   0.5+    021005 651  0.8-  0.4-    021005 670 (2.6-  1.1+)
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 TA58                a,e,i = 2.50, 0.63, 2                   q = 0.9352
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 10 03    00 16.23   +04 39.4    0.030    1.031   175.2     4.7    19.6
    2002 10 04    00 43.51   +06 39.0    0.025    1.025   177.3     2.7    19.0
    2002 10 05    01 25.32   +09 29.0    0.020    1.020   168.3    11.5    18.9
    2002 10 06    02 30.87   +13 11.3    0.016    1.014   152.9    26.7    19.0
    2002 10 07    04 04.88   +16 30.8    0.014    1.009   131.0    48.4    19.3
    2002 10 08    05 46.21   +17 07.9    0.015    1.004   107.7    71.4    20.1
    2002 10 09    07 03.84   +15 28.4    0.019    0.999    90.0    88.9    21.2
    2002 10 10    07 54.23   +13 27.2    0.023    0.994    78.6   100.1    22.1
    2002 10 11    08 26.69   +11 47.5    0.028    0.990    71.5   106.9    22.9
    2002 10 12    08 48.57   +10 31.7    0.034    0.985    67.0   111.2    23.6
    2002 10 13    09 04.10   +09 34.1    0.040    0.981    64.0   113.9    24.1
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-T21
    

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