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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X40                                Issued 2002 Dec. 6, 18:56 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 XY4

Observations:
     K02X04Y* C2002 12 05.36698 07 46 20.28 +32 14 01.6          19.3        704
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 05.38238 07 46 19.04 +32 13 12.7          19.2        704
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 05.39757 07 46 17.87 +32 12 24.1          19.1        704
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 05.41279 07 46 16.61 +32 11 34.7          19.4        704
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 05.42802 07 46 15.41 +32 10 46.2          19.6        704
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.26910 07 45 13.00 +31 24 18.9          18.9 R      649
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.27178 07 45 12.78 +31 24 09.7          18.8 R      649
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.29403 07 45 10.88 +31 22 54.8          18.6 R      649
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.29765 07 45 10.61 +31 22 42.5          18.5 R      649
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.33808 07 45 07.15 +31 20 27.5          19.4 R      446
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.34720 07 45 06.32 +31 19 56.0          19.6 R      446
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.35642 07 45 05.48 +31 19 23.8          19.5 R      446
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.36647 07 45 04.67 +31 18 50.6          19.5 R      446
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.37568 07 45 03.78 +31 18 19.0          19.1 R      446
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.38477 07 45 03.07 +31 17 48.3          19.2 R      446
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.43079 07 44 59.33 +31 15 08.4          20.0 R      926
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.43250 07 44 59.25 +31 15 04.5                      926
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.43425 07 44 58.99 +31 14 56.7                      926
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.48632 07 44 54.14 +31 11 51.8          19.3 R      734
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.48968 07 44 53.94 +31 11 41.9          19.6 R      734
     K02X04Y  C2002 12 06.49314 07 44 53.66 +31 11 28.8          19.8 R      734

Observer details:
446 Kingsnake Observatory.  Observer J. McClusky.  0.45-m f/4.5 Newtonian
    + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.  0.75-m Newtonian
    + 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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 XY4
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M 323.30519              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37443230     Peri.  274.30033     -0.71971053     +0.03739348
a   1.9064285      Node   269.04432     +0.21723596     -0.93627968
e   0.5941421      Incl.   43.89691     -0.65941284     -0.34925935
P   2.63           H   19.5           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2002 Dec. 5-6.

Ephemeris:
2002 XY4                 a,e,i = 1.91, 0.59, 44                  q = 0.7737
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 12 02    07 49.64   +34 54.7    0.515    1.399   135.0    29.9    20.1
2002 12 07    07 44.21   +30 41.8    0.437    1.354   141.2    27.1    19.6
2002 12 12    07 35.25   +24 41.1    0.364    1.308   148.1    23.5    19.0
2002 12 17    07 21.80   +15 54.7    0.301    1.262   154.4    19.7    18.4
2002 12 22    07 02.64   +03 13.1    0.252    1.216   154.7    20.2    17.9
2002 12 27    06 36.23   -13 37.5    0.224    1.170   142.9    30.5    17.9
2003 01 01    06 01.03   -31 51.9    0.224    1.125   124.1    46.4    18.3
2003 01 06    05 16.30   -47 00.4    0.249    1.080   106.2    61.0    18.8
2003 01 11    04 23.37   -57 09.1    0.291    1.035    92.0    71.7    19.4
2003 01 16    03 26.19   -63 05.1    0.341    0.993    81.5    78.6    19.9
2003 01 21    02 29.99   -66 10.8    0.396    0.952    73.6    82.8    20.3
2003 01 26    01 38.72   -67 30.0    0.451    0.913    67.5    85.3    20.6
2003 01 31    00 53.98   -67 42.7    0.506    0.878    62.8    86.4    20.8
2003 02 05    00 15.70   -67 10.8    0.559    0.846    58.9    86.6    20.9
2003 02 10    23 43.21   -66 05.0    0.610    0.819    55.9    86.0    21.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X40

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