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    M.P.E.C. 2002-U50                                Issued 2002 Oct. 31, 17:13 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 UK11
    
    Observations:
         K02U11K* C2002 10 29.40482 02 59 20.30 -00 17 30.6          20.5        644
         K02U11K  C2002 10 29.43511 02 59 15.13 -00 18 33.0          19.7        644
         K02U11K  C2002 10 29.46351 02 59 10.31 -00 19 30.9          19.2        644
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.27639 02 56 58.08 -00 48 14.3          19.6        704
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.28637 02 56 56.45 -00 48 35.6          19.6 R      854
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.28817 02 56 56.04 -00 48 39.9          19.5 R      854
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.28998 02 56 55.76 -00 48 43.2          19.4 R      854
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.29375 02 56 54.89 -00 48 52.7          19.2        704
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.31121 02 56 51.56 -00 49 31.2          19.7        704
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.32869 02 56 48.27 -00 50 09.0          19.5        704
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.34089 02 56 46.11 -00 50 35.3          18.9 R      926
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.34262 02 56 45.89 -00 50 38.5          19.3 R      926
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.34435 02 56 45.52 -00 50 41.5          19.6 R      926
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.45422 02 56 28.59 -00 54 00.7          19.0 R      422
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.45508 02 56 28.43 -00 54 03.0          18.9 R      422
         K02U11K  C2002 10 30.45852 02 56 27.75 -00 54 09.1          19.3 R      422
         K02U11K 4C2002 10 31.27211 02 53 57.87 -01 26 04.2          19.0 R      673
         K02U11K 4C2002 10 31.27419 02 53 57.45 -01 26 09.4                      673
         K02U11K 4C2002 10 31.27616 02 53 57.02 -01 26 14.8                      673
         K02U11K  C2002 10 31.33147 02 53 45.22 -01 28 24.2          19.5 R      926
         K02U11K  C2002 10 31.33319 02 53 44.81 -01 28 28.8          19.3 R      926
         K02U11K  C2002 10 31.33491 02 53 44.56 -01 28 31.8          19.2 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-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.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem.  M. Schwartz.
        0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 UK11                                                            PHA 0.010
    Epoch 2002 Oct. 13.0 TT = JDT 2452560.5                 MPC
    M 301.79898              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.64420194     Peri.   84.31525     -0.89280415     -0.44175933
    a   1.3277654      Node    69.44232     +0.36704883     -0.82676411
    e   0.5782946      Incl.    5.39480     +0.26110515     -0.34829556
    P   1.53           H   21.8           G   0.15
    From 22 observations 2002 Oct. 29-31.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 UK11                a,e,i = 1.33, 0.58, 5                   q = 0.5599
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 10 23    03 11.68   +02 37.3    0.279    1.258   157.8    17.4    20.4
    2002 10 24    03 10.25   +02 14.8    0.268    1.248   158.7    16.8    20.3
    2002 10 25    03 08.66   +01 50.8    0.258    1.239   159.5    16.3    20.2
    2002 10 26    03 06.90   +01 25.2    0.248    1.230   160.3    15.8    20.1
    2002 10 27    03 04.95   +00 57.7    0.237    1.221   161.0    15.4    20.0
    2002 10 28    03 02.79   +00 28.2    0.227    1.211   161.6    15.0    19.8
    2002 10 29    03 00.40   -00 03.5    0.217    1.202   162.1    14.7    19.7
    2002 10 30    02 57.74   -00 37.8    0.208    1.193   162.4    14.6    19.6
    2002 10 31    02 54.80   -01 15.0    0.198    1.183   162.5    14.6    19.5
    2002 11 01    02 51.54   -01 55.3    0.188    1.174   162.4    14.8    19.4
    2002 11 02    02 47.91   -02 39.2    0.179    1.164   162.0    15.2    19.2
    2002 11 03    02 43.86   -03 27.1    0.170    1.154   161.4    15.9    19.1
    2002 11 04    02 39.34   -04 19.7    0.161    1.145   160.4    16.9    19.0
    2002 11 05    02 34.27   -05 17.6    0.152    1.135   159.1    18.1    18.9
    2002 11 06    02 28.57   -06 21.4    0.143    1.125   157.5    19.7    18.8
    2002 11 07    02 22.12   -07 32.1    0.135    1.115   155.5    21.6    18.7
    2002 11 08    02 14.81   -08 50.7    0.127    1.105   153.1    23.9    18.7
    2002 11 09    02 06.47   -10 18.2    0.119    1.095   150.4    26.6    18.6
    2002 11 10    01 56.90   -11 56.0    0.111    1.085   147.2    29.7    18.5
    2002 11 11    01 45.86   -13 45.0    0.104    1.075   143.5    33.2    18.4
    2002 11 12    01 33.05   -15 46.6    0.097    1.065   139.3    37.3    18.4
    2002 11 13    01 18.10   -18 01.2    0.091    1.055   134.5    42.0    18.3
    2002 11 14    01 00.61   -20 28.6    0.085    1.045   129.1    47.3    18.3
    2002 11 15    00 40.11   -23 07.0    0.080    1.035   123.0    53.3    18.3
    2002 11 16    00 16.15   -25 52.0    0.075    1.025   116.2    60.0    18.4
    2002 11 17    23 48.42   -28 35.9    0.072    1.014   108.8    67.4    18.5
    2002 11 18    23 16.92   -31 07.7    0.070    1.004   100.8    75.3    18.7
    2002 11 19    22 42.19   -33 14.4    0.068    0.994    92.4    83.7    18.9
    2002 11 20    22 05.44   -34 44.3    0.069    0.983    83.8    92.2    19.2
    2002 11 21    21 28.39   -35 31.2    0.070    0.973    75.4   100.6    19.6
    2002 11 22    20 52.84   -35 36.0    0.072    0.962    67.4   108.7    20.1
    2002 11 23    20 20.20   -35 06.0    0.076    0.952    59.9   116.2    20.7
    2002 11 24    19 51.20   -34 11.4    0.080    0.941    53.0   123.1    21.3
    2002 11 25    19 26.00   -33 01.9    0.085    0.931    46.7   129.4    22.0
    2002 11 26    19 04.36   -31 45.5    0.091    0.920    41.1   135.1    22.7
    2002 11 27    18 45.86   -30 27.8    0.098    0.910    36.1   140.3    23.4
    2002 11 28    18 30.04   -29 11.9    0.105    0.899    31.6   144.9    24.2
    2002 11 29    18 16.45   -28 00.0    0.112    0.888    27.5   149.2    25.1
    2002 11 30    18 04.73   -26 53.0    0.120    0.878    23.7   153.1    26.0
    2002 12 01    17 54.56   -25 51.1    0.128    0.867    20.3   156.7    27.0
    2002 12 02    17 45.67   -24 54.3    0.136    0.857    17.2   160.1    28.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-U50
    

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