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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X35                                Issued 2002 Dec. 6, 18:23 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 WW17
    
    Observations:
         K02W17W* C2002 11 28.54885 04 46 44.49 +19 42 53.3          18.8        608
         K02W17W  C2002 11 28.55947 04 46 43.42 +19 43 01.2          18.9        608
         K02W17W  C2002 11 28.57045 04 46 42.37 +19 43 08.8          19.0        608
         K02W17W  C2002 12 02.29730 04 40 26.57 +20 32 08.0          17.8        704
         K02W17W  C2002 12 02.31179 04 40 25.10 +20 32 20.0          18.6        704
         K02W17W  C2002 12 02.32628 04 40 23.40 +20 32 31.7          18.6        704
         K02W17W  C2002 12 05.22430 04 35 03.54 +21 13 10.3          18.3        704
         K02W17W  C2002 12 05.23960 04 35 01.74 +21 13 24.0          18.6        704
         K02W17W  C2002 12 05.25488 04 34 59.92 +21 13 37.4          18.9        704
         K02W17W  C2002 12 05.27012 04 34 58.10 +21 13 50.4          18.2        704
         K02W17W  C2002 12 05.28544 04 34 56.30 +21 14 04.1          18.1        704
         K02W17W  C2002 12 05.53746 04 34 26.86 +21 17 43.4          18.5        608
         K02W17W  C2002 12 05.54836 04 34 25.56 +21 17 52.7          18.5        608
         K02W17W  C2002 12 05.55880 04 34 24.33 +21 18 01.4          18.3        608
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.11829 04 33 20.68 +21 26 06.1          18.9 R      858
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.12163 04 33 20.25 +21 26 09.1          18.9 R      858
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.12491 04 33 19.88 +21 26 12.4          18.9 R      858
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.23328 04 33 07.05 +21 27 45.5          17.7 R      918
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.23767 04 33 06.34 +21 27 50.4          17.6 R      918
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.24219 04 33 05.77 +21 27 54.5          17.6 R      918
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.27647 04 33 01.71 +21 28 27.5          18.0 R      926
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.27650 04 33 01.79 +21 28 26.4          17.2 R      673
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.27870 04 33 01.51 +21 28 28.5                      673
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.27925 04 33 01.40 +21 28 29.4          17.9 R      926
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.28067 04 33 01.26 +21 28 30.3                      673
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.28207 04 33 01.03 +21 28 32.1          17.9 R      926
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.28333 04 33 00.95 +21 28 32.6                      673
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.29435 04 32 59.30 +21 28 42.8          18.2 R      446
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.30425 04 32 58.23 +21 28 51.2          19.1 R      446
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.31410 04 32 57.06 +21 28 58.5          18.6 R      446
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.32405 04 32 55.70 +21 29 07.9          18.7 R      446
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.35965 04 32 51.48 +21 29 38.1          18.5 R      734
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.36436 04 32 50.90 +21 29 42.5          18.2 R      734
         K02W17W  C2002 12 06.36971 04 32 50.27 +21 29 46.5          18.2 R      734
    
    Observer details:
    446 Kingsnake Observatory.  Observer J. McClusky.  0.45-m f/4.5 Newtonian
        + CCD.
    608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo, M. Hicks,
        K.  Lawrence, P. Kervin, J. Africano, R. Maeda.  1.2-m reflector + 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. Evans, P. Hopman.  1.0-m
        f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observers G. Hug, R. Valentine, B. Leifer.  0.30-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    918 Badlands Observatory, Quinn.  Observer R. Dyvig.  0.66-m f/4.8 reflector
        + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 WW17
    Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
    M 335.34510              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.19513642     Peri.   89.98187     -0.90773854     -0.29658302
    a   2.9438149      Node    72.76475     +0.13508867     -0.87624097
    e   0.6449981      Incl.   18.10032     +0.39719238     -0.37978979
    P   5.05           H   17.6           G   0.15
    From 33 observations 2002 Nov. 28-Dec. 6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 WW17                a,e,i = 2.94, 0.64, 18                  q = 1.0451
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 12 02    04 40.97   +20 28.1    0.782    1.767   177.4     1.4    18.5
    2002 12 12    04 21.29   +22 55.8    0.708    1.683   167.6     7.2    18.5
    2002 12 22    03 59.09   +25 41.3    0.660    1.598   152.6    16.5    18.6
    2003 01 01    03 37.49   +28 34.7    0.634    1.515   137.9    25.8    18.7
    2003 01 11    03 19.78   +31 31.5    0.625    1.433   124.5    34.4    18.8
    2003 01 21    03 08.17   +34 34.4    0.625    1.354   112.7    42.1    18.9
    2003 01 31    03 03.52   +37 49.3    0.627    1.280   102.8    48.6    18.9
    2003 02 10    03 06.13   +41 21.9    0.627    1.212    94.7    54.2    19.0
    2003 02 20    03 16.10   +45 15.6    0.620    1.152    88.4    59.1    19.0
    2003 03 02    03 34.16   +49 29.3    0.606    1.103    83.7    63.2    19.0
    2003 03 12    04 02.45   +53 57.3    0.583    1.068    80.8    66.7    18.9
    2003 03 22    04 45.26   +58 22.3    0.553    1.049    79.6    69.1    18.8
    2003 04 01    05 49.66   +61 59.1    0.520    1.046    80.4    70.3    18.7
    2003 04 11    07 20.15   +63 13.6    0.487    1.061    83.2    69.7    18.6
    2003 04 21    09 01.67   +60 02.3    0.461    1.092    88.2    66.8    18.5
    2003 05 01    10 26.31   +51 51.3    0.449    1.138    94.9    61.9    18.3
    2003 05 11    11 26.29   +40 20.0    0.460    1.195   102.2    55.7    18.3
    2003 05 21    12 08.56   +27 55.2    0.499    1.261   108.3    49.7    18.4
    2003 05 31    12 40.31   +16 32.3    0.566    1.334   112.0    44.8    18.7
    2003 06 10    13 06.11   +07 02.2    0.660    1.412   113.1    41.4    19.1
    2003 06 20    13 28.47   -00 32.9    0.775    1.493   112.2    39.1    19.5
    2003 06 30    13 48.86   -06 32.2    0.908    1.576   109.8    37.4    19.9
    2003 07 10    14 08.16   -11 17.9    1.056    1.660   106.4    36.0    20.3
    2003 07 20    14 26.87   -15 07.8    1.216    1.744   102.4    34.7    20.7
    2003 07 30    14 45.28   -18 15.5    1.386    1.829    98.0    33.3    21.0
    2003 08 09    15 03.61   -20 50.8    1.564    1.913    93.4    31.9    21.3
    2003 08 19    15 21.95   -23 00.6    1.748    1.996    88.5    30.5    21.6
    2003 08 29    15 40.35   -24 49.5    1.936    2.078    83.4    28.9    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X35
    

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