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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X43                                Issued 2002 Dec. 7, 15:26 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 XN14
    
    Observations:
         K02X14N* C2002 12 05.44224 09 42 58.56 +13 48 40.8          19.7        704
         K02X14N  C2002 12 05.45739 09 42 59.22 +13 49 21.6          19.7        704
         K02X14N  C2002 12 05.47266 09 42 59.96 +13 50 04.1          19.6        704
         K02X14N  C2002 12 05.48790 09 43 00.60 +13 50 45.7          19.7        704
         K02X14N  C2002 12 05.50311 09 43 01.29 +13 51 27.4          19.6        704
         K02X14N  C2002 12 06.30369 09 43 46.69 +14 27 58.9          18.9 R      649
         K02X14N  C2002 12 06.30817 09 43 47.00 +14 28 10.1          18.9 R      649
         K02X14N  C2002 12 06.31358 09 43 47.19 +14 28 25.8          19.0 R      649
         K02X14N  C2002 12 07.36726 09 44 40.05 +15 16 29.3          19.1 R      734
         K02X14N  C2002 12 07.37341 09 44 40.31 +15 16 42.3          19.3 R      734
         K02X14N  C2002 12 07.41862 09 44 42.51 +15 18 51.3          19.2 R      926
         K02X14N  C2002 12 07.42042 09 44 42.65 +15 18 57.1          19.0 R      926
         K02X14N  C2002 12 07.42223 09 44 42.67 +15 19 02.0          18.9 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 XN14
    Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
    M  12.81753              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.41746075     Peri.  310.93295     +0.78072783     -0.59126606
    a   1.7730689      Node    86.28315     +0.61672515     +0.67704142
    e   0.4422435      Incl.   11.68821     +0.10056911     +0.43820014
    P   2.36           H   20.0           G   0.15
    From 13 observations 2002 Dec. 5-7.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 XN14                a,e,i = 1.77, 0.44, 12                  q = 0.9889
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 12 02    09 39.26   +11 10.3    0.266    1.090   106.2    60.3    19.5
    2002 12 12    09 47.54   +18 45.4    0.281    1.139   116.9    50.4    19.4
    2002 12 22    09 47.79   +25 58.6    0.301    1.194   128.5    40.1    19.4
    2003 01 01    09 39.53   +32 28.2    0.328    1.253   140.3    30.1    19.4
    2003 01 11    09 23.87   +37 39.3    0.367    1.315   150.5    21.6    19.5
    2003 01 21    09 04.48   +41 03.9    0.420    1.378   156.1    16.8    19.7
    2003 01 31    08 46.08   +42 41.1    0.488    1.442   154.8    16.9    20.1
    2003 02 10    08 32.48   +42 52.4    0.572    1.505   148.9    19.8    20.7
    2003 02 20    08 25.24   +42 07.1    0.670    1.568   141.3    23.2    21.2
    2003 03 02    08 23.94   +40 49.1    0.780    1.630   133.5    26.2    21.7
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X43
    

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