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    M.P.E.C. 2002-V10                                Issued 2002 Nov. 2, 14:35 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2002 UZ30

Observations:
     K02U30Z* C2002 10 29.23721 01 54 12.27 -02 32 17.0          21.4 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 29.24188 01 54 11.75 -02 32 24.9          20.9 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 29.24572 01 54 11.28 -02 32 30.9          21.0 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 30.21587 01 52 25.22 -02 58 23.0          22.5 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 30.21988 01 52 24.76 -02 58 30.0          22.4 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 30.22385 01 52 24.27 -02 58 34.8          22.1 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 31.24248 01 50 34.60 -03 25 00.4          21.6 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 31.24982 01 50 33.77 -03 25 11.5          21.7 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 31.25741 01 50 32.97 -03 25 22.8          21.8 V      291
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 31.26029 01 50 32.65 -03 25 27.3          20.6 R      926
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 31.26272 01 50 32.36 -03 25 30.8                      926
     K02U30Z  C2002 10 31.26513 01 50 32.07 -03 25 35.5          20.7 R      926

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observers A. S. Descour, T. H. Bressi.
    1.8-m Spacewatch telescope.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.
    Measurer P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 UZ30
Epoch 2002 Oct. 13.0 TT = JDT 2452560.5                 MPC
M 138.36467              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.74045864     Peri.   31.41815     -0.67504965     +0.73171803
a   1.2100468      Node   196.76265     -0.72638694     -0.68155182
e   0.3461841      Incl.   19.08951     -0.12911227     +0.00870825
P   1.33           H   20.9           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 Oct. 29-31.

Ephemeris:
2002 UZ30                a,e,i = 1.21, 0.35, 19                  q = 0.7911
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 02    01 47.51   -04 08.6    0.638    1.604   158.7    13.0    21.7
2002 11 07    01 39.48   -05 59.4    0.666    1.610   152.2    16.7    21.9
2002 11 12    01 32.66   -07 29.5    0.699    1.616   145.6    20.2    22.2
2002 11 17    01 27.17   -08 39.4    0.736    1.620   139.4    23.4    22.4
2002 11 22    01 23.04   -09 30.7    0.777    1.624   133.5    26.2    22.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V10

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