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    M.P.E.C. 2002-T33                                Issued 2002 Oct. 6, 22:27 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
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                                   2002 TD60

Observations:
     K02T60D* C2002 10 05.40256 04 29 22.26 -10 27 21.1          17.5        704
     K02T60D  C2002 10 05.41729 04 29 23.32 -10 27 10.6          17.6        704
     K02T60D  C2002 10 05.44706 04 29 25.49 -10 26 48.8          18.1        704
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.33819 04 30 43.86 -10 15 37.1          15.8 R      850
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.35556 04 30 45.06 -10 15 24.0          17.9 R      850
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.36859 04 30 47.09 -10 15 10.9          18.7 R      651
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.37125 04 30 47.28 -10 15 09.0          18.8 R      651
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.37416 04 30 47.51 -10 15 06.7          18.9 R      651
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.38333 04 30 46.92 -10 15 02.7          20.0 R      850
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.40316 04 30 49.85 -10 14 46.1          17.1 R      670
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.41493 04 30 49.19 -10 14 38.1          15.8 R      850
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.43889 04 30 50.91 -10 14 19.3          18.6 R      850
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.44226 04 30 52.56 -10 14 16.4          18.7 R      670
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.49250 04 30 56.05 -10 13 37.5          17.3 R      670
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.53456 04 30 58.86 -10 13 04.2          18.8 R      670
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.68032 04 31 12.12 -10 10 12.5          17.7 R      474
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.68311 04 31 12.31 -10 10 10.5          17.9 R      474
     K02T60D  C2002 10 06.68547 04 31 12.46 -10 10 08.4          18.1 R      474

Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.
    1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + 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.
850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observer D. T. Durig.  0.3-m f/5.75
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 TD60
Epoch 2002 Sept. 23.0 TT = JDT 2452540.5                MPC
M 331.58430              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.73937683     Peri.  337.37427     +0.74956051     -0.65220187
a   1.2112269      Node    63.83459     +0.62496707     +0.64098907
e   0.0877937      Incl.    7.23932     +0.21811739     +0.40467981
P   1.33           H   20.0           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2002 Oct. 5-6.

Ephemeris:
2002 TD60                a,e,i = 1.21, 0.09, 7                   q = 1.1049
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 10 03    04 25.66   -10 54.8    0.195    1.113   120.8    50.5    18.6
2002 10 13    04 39.01   -08 34.7    0.173    1.108   125.9    46.8    18.2
2002 10 23    04 46.43   -04 54.3    0.154    1.106   133.1    41.1    17.8
2002 11 02    04 46.52   +00 35.8    0.137    1.105   143.0    32.7    17.3
2002 11 12    04 38.12   +08 13.8    0.126    1.106   156.1    21.2    16.8
2002 11 22    04 22.42   +17 24.9    0.123    1.110   171.7     7.4    16.2
2002 12 02    04 03.21   +26 23.1    0.130    1.115   172.1     7.0    16.3
2002 12 12    03 46.81   +33 27.9    0.147    1.123   158.0    19.2    17.1
2002 12 22    03 38.65   +38 17.0    0.172    1.132   146.6    28.6    17.7
2003 01 01    03 40.26   +41 18.5    0.203    1.142   137.7    35.4    18.3
2003 01 11    03 51.13   +43 06.8    0.239    1.154   130.6    40.3    18.8
2003 01 21    04 09.52   +44 05.5    0.278    1.166   124.9    43.8    19.2
2003 01 31    04 33.38   +44 25.6    0.321    1.179   120.1    46.3    19.6
2003 02 10    05 01.19   +44 12.7    0.366    1.193   115.9    48.1    20.0
2003 02 20    05 31.49   +43 30.0    0.414    1.207   112.1    49.4    20.3
2003 03 02    06 03.02   +42 19.0    0.464    1.220   108.5    50.3    20.6
2003 03 12    06 34.99   +40 41.5    0.516    1.234   105.2    51.0    20.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-T33

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