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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X42                                Issued 2002 Dec. 7, 15:22 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 XM14
    
    Observations:
         K02X14M* C2002 12 05.29502 05 41 41.20 +33 10 44.6          17.9        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 05.31037 05 41 21.46 +33 03 56.5          17.8        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 05.32561 05 41 01.84 +32 57 10.3          18.7        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 05.34084 05 40 42.40 +32 50 24.1          18.7        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.23557 05 23 09.31 +26 03 01.5          17.7 R      649
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.23704 05 23 07.67 +26 02 20.9          18.0 R      649
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.23850 05 23 06.00 +26 01 40.7          17.1 R      649
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.27993 05 22 19.96 +25 42 38.8          17.3        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.28755 05 22 11.34 +25 39 07.8          17.7        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.29492 05 22 02.98 +25 35 43.6          17.7        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.30295 05 21 53.95 +25 32 00.9          17.9        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.30982 05 21 46.18 +25 28 51.0          17.5        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.31840 05 21 36.51 +25 24 52.0          18.5        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.32289 05 21 31.77 +25 22 51.5          16.9 R      926
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.32330 05 21 31.31 +25 22 39.8          17.0 R      926
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.32375 05 21 30.80 +25 22 26.9          17.1 R      926
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.32462 05 21 29.47 +25 22 00.7          17.7        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.33396 05 21 19.03 +25 17 40.8          17.8        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.33921 05 21 13.04 +25 15 15.6          17.7        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 06.34932 05 21 01.78 +25 10 34.0          18.4        704
         K02X14M  C2002 12 07.25046 05 05 36.76 +18 15 36.4          18.1 R      734
         K02X14M  C2002 12 07.25316 05 05 34.05 +18 14 22.6          18.3 R      734
         K02X14M  C2002 12 07.32012 05 04 29.11 +17 44 07.1          16.6 R      926
         K02X14M  C2002 12 07.32053 05 04 28.67 +17 43 55.7          16.7 R      926
         K02X14M  C2002 12 07.32100 05 04 28.22 +17 43 43.2          16.9 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    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.  Observer G. Hug.  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 XM14
    Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
    M  20.77533              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.64181926     Peri.  134.18176     +0.49098903     -0.11393156
    a   1.3310495      Node   254.90120     +0.28557067     +0.95768085
    e   0.2128442      Incl.   63.45270     +0.82303048     -0.26432364
    P   1.54           H   21.6           G   0.15
    From 25 observations 2002 Dec. 5-7.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 XM14                a,e,i = 1.33, 0.21, 63                  q = 1.0477
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 12 02    07 04.89   +53 02.5    0.144    1.096   137.4    37.5    19.1
    2002 12 04    06 11.07   +42 11.9    0.128    1.101   152.4    24.5    18.5
    2002 12 06    05 27.58   +27 52.1    0.121    1.105   169.7     9.1    17.9
    2002 12 08    04 54.16   +12 42.1    0.126    1.110   170.0     8.9    17.9
    2002 12 10    04 28.85   -00 26.1    0.141    1.115   155.0    22.0    18.7
    2002 12 12    04 09.60   -10 28.2    0.164    1.120   142.8    32.1    19.3
    2002 12 14    03 54.77   -17 46.2    0.191    1.125   133.6    39.3    19.8
    2002 12 16    03 43.20   -23 03.5    0.221    1.130   126.5    44.4    20.3
    2002 12 18    03 34.05   -26 56.8    0.253    1.135   121.0    48.0    20.7
    2002 12 20    03 26.74   -29 51.9    0.286    1.141   116.5    50.5    21.0
    2002 12 22    03 20.85   -32 05.9    0.320    1.146   112.7    52.3    21.3
    2002 12 24    03 16.09   -33 50.4    0.354    1.152   109.6    53.6    21.6
    2002 12 26    03 12.23   -35 13.0    0.389    1.158   106.8    54.4    21.9
    2002 12 28    03 09.10   -36 19.1    0.424    1.163   104.4    55.0    22.1
    2002 12 30    03 06.59   -37 12.5    0.458    1.169   102.2    55.3    22.3
    2003 01 01    03 04.59   -37 56.0    0.493    1.175   100.2    55.4    22.4
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X42
    

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