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    M.P.E.C. 2002-V59                                Issued 2002 Nov. 13, 18:22 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
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                                   2002 VR85

Observations:
     K02V85R  C2002 11 03.59813 03 25 40.02 +10 30 55.8          19.5        608
     K02V85R  C2002 11 03.60894 03 25 39.49 +10 30 34.7          19.5        608
     K02V85R  C2002 11 03.61967 03 25 38.99 +10 30 13.8          19.3        608
     K02V85R* C2002 11 12.23618 03 16 32.55 +04 18 52.5          18.1        704
     K02V85R  C2002 11 12.25250 03 16 30.87 +04 17 57.5          18.2        704
     K02V85R  C2002 11 12.26933 03 16 29.17 +04 17 00.6          18.6        704
     K02V85R  C2002 11 12.28600 03 16 27.43 +04 16 03.2          18.2        704
     K02V85R  C2002 11 12.30239 03 16 25.71 +04 15 07.3          18.2        704
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.01052 03 15 20.26 +03 33 34.9                      246
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.01113 03 15 20.21 +03 33 32.9                      246
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.01179 03 15 20.14 +03 33 30.4                      246
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.01281 03 15 20.03 +03 33 26.6                      246
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.01344 03 15 19.95 +03 33 23.9                      246
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.01429 03 15 19.87 +03 33 21.2                      246
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.20219 03 15 03.77 +03 22 11.2          17.4 R      711
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.20407 03 15 03.84 +03 22 02.2          18.2 R      854
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.20518 03 15 03.65 +03 21 59.5          18.3 R      854
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.20854 03 15 03.44 +03 21 47.2          18.2 R      854
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.20925 03 15 03.00 +03 21 45.0                      711
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.21260 03 15 02.65 +03 21 32.6          17.4 R      711
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.30951 03 14 52.23 +03 15 38.3          17.5 R      926
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.31052 03 14 52.08 +03 15 34.1          17.7 R      926
     K02V85R  C2002 11 13.31155 03 14 51.97 +03 15 30.0          17.6 R      926

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers D. Torres, F. Shelly,
    L. Manguso, M. Bezpalko, M. Blythe, R. Huber, S. Adams, S. Partridge,
    T. Brothers.  Measurers J. Evans, J. Stuart, P. Hopman, R. Sayer.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer E. S. Barker.  Measurers E. S. Barker,
    J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 VR85                                                            PHA 0.024
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M 328.29516              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40316455     Peri.  298.26821     -0.80274939     -0.59464149
a   1.8147403      Node   205.32359     +0.57714674     -0.75592226
e   0.6028199      Incl.    5.99387     +0.14998348     -0.27383031
P   2.44           H   20.3           G   0.15
From 23 observations 2002 Nov. 3-13.

Ephemeris:
2002 VR85                a,e,i = 1.81, 0.60, 6                   q = 0.7208
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 12    03 16.88   +04 32.5    0.225    1.210   166.8    10.8    18.2
2002 11 14    03 13.73   +02 32.7    0.208    1.191   164.4    12.9    18.0
2002 11 16    03 10.05   +00 14.0    0.191    1.172   161.3    15.7    17.9
2002 11 18    03 05.73   -02 27.5    0.175    1.153   157.4    19.2    17.8
2002 11 20    03 00.61   -05 36.8    0.160    1.133   152.9    23.4    17.7
2002 11 22    02 54.50   -09 19.8    0.146    1.114   147.7    28.3    17.6
2002 11 24    02 47.08   -13 43.8    0.133    1.095   141.7    34.0    17.5
2002 11 26    02 37.90   -18 56.8    0.121    1.076   134.7    40.7    17.5
2002 11 28    02 26.26   -25 06.0    0.110    1.056   126.7    48.5    17.5
2002 11 30    02 11.03   -32 14.9    0.102    1.037   117.6    57.4    17.5
2002 12 02    01 50.34   -40 17.4    0.095    1.019   107.4    67.5    17.6
2002 12 04    01 20.97   -48 50.4    0.091    1.000    96.2    78.5    17.8
2002 12 06    00 37.56   -57 06.8    0.091    0.981    84.7    90.0    18.2
2002 12 08    23 32.83   -63 53.4    0.092    0.963    73.5   101.2    18.7
2002 12 10    22 04.92   -67 45.4    0.097    0.945    63.1   111.6    19.4
2002 12 12    20 32.07   -68 04.2    0.104    0.927    54.0   120.8    20.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V59

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