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  • MPEC 2002-V63 : 2002 VX91

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-V63                                Issued 2002 Nov. 14, 16:19 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 VX91
    
    Observations:
         K02V91X* C2002 11 12.15437 01 19 50.80 -03 41 56.8          18.2        704
         K02V91X  C2002 11 12.17104 01 19 55.13 -03 41 15.1          18.6        704
         K02V91X  C2002 11 12.20415 01 20 03.36 -03 39 53.9          18.7        704
         K02V91X  C2002 11 12.22078 01 20 07.58 -03 39 13.9          18.5        704
         K02V91X  C2002 11 13.22611 01 25 05.86 -03 00 51.7          18.7 R      926
         K02V91X  C2002 11 13.22708 01 25 06.05 -03 00 49.3          19.2 R      926
         K02V91X  C2002 11 13.22814 01 25 06.26 -03 00 47.4          18.7 R      926
         K02V91X  C2002 11 14.19205 01 29 11.77 -02 28 57.0          18.9 R      711
         K02V91X  C2002 11 14.20239 01 29 13.58 -02 28 41.1          18.4 R      711
         K02V91X  C2002 11 14.25637 01 29 24.04 -02 27 02.6          19.0 R      854
         K02V91X  C2002 11 14.25998 01 29 24.60 -02 27 02.2          19.1 R      854
         K02V91X  C2002 11 14.26177 01 29 25.10 -02 26 52.4          19.0 R      854
         K02V91X  C2002 11 14.26262 01 29 25.20 -02 26 50.2          18.4 R      926
         K02V91X  C2002 11 14.26434 01 29 25.45 -02 26 47.5          18.6 R      926
         K02V91X  C2002 11 14.26613 01 29 25.83 -02 26 43.1          19.2 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    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.  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 VX91
    Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
    M 100.12354              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.00821467     Peri.   78.43608     +0.42926894     +0.90283898
    a   0.9849950      Node   217.01659     -0.84381399     +0.39115465
    e   0.2031680      Incl.    2.35104     -0.32203435     +0.17854918
    P   0.98           H   24.3           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    021112 704  0.2-  0.5+    021113 926  0.5+  0.4-    021114 854 (2.1-  5.2-)
    021112 704  0.9+  1.0+    021113 926  0.3+  0.8-    021114 854  0.7+  1.3+
    021112 704  0.9-  0.4+    021114 711  0.2-  1.3+    021114 926  0.2+  0.2-
    021112 704  0.1-  0.7-    021114 711  0.1+  1.9-    021114 926  0.6-  0.6-
    021113 926  0.6+  0.8-    021114 854  1.1-  1.0+    021114 926  0.5+  0.5+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 VX91                a,e,i = 0.98, 0.20, 2                   q = 0.7849
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 11 12    01 18.93   -03 46.4    0.042    1.025   145.7    33.0    18.8
    2002 11 14    01 28.42   -02 33.4    0.050    1.031   146.4    32.1    19.2
    2002 11 16    01 35.50   -01 37.6    0.058    1.038   146.5    31.7    19.5
    2002 11 18    01 41.07   -00 52.7    0.066    1.044   146.1    31.8    19.9
    2002 11 20    01 45.64   -00 15.0    0.075    1.050   145.5    32.2    20.1
    2002 11 22    01 49.53   +00 17.8    0.083    1.057   144.7    32.7    20.4
    2002 11 24    01 52.94   +00 47.2    0.092    1.063   143.8    33.3    20.6
    2002 11 26    01 56.01   +01 14.2    0.101    1.069   142.7    34.0    20.9
    2002 11 28    01 58.85   +01 39.6    0.109    1.075   141.6    34.8    21.1
    2002 11 30    02 01.53   +02 03.7    0.118    1.080   140.4    35.6    21.3
    2002 12 02    02 04.10   +02 27.0    0.128    1.086   139.2    36.4    21.5
    2002 12 04    02 06.62   +02 49.8    0.137    1.091   138.0    37.2    21.7
    2002 12 06    02 09.11   +03 12.3    0.146    1.097   136.8    38.0    21.9
    2002 12 08    02 11.59   +03 34.6    0.156    1.102   135.5    38.8    22.0
    2002 12 10    02 14.10   +03 56.8    0.166    1.107   134.2    39.6    22.2
    2002 12 12    02 16.63   +04 19.0    0.176    1.112   133.0    40.4    22.3
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V63
    

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