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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X45                                Issued 2002 Dec. 7, 17:26 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2002 XR14
    
    Observations:
         K02X14R* C2002 12 05.29126 05 24 53.03 +23 16 29.2          19.6        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 05.30674 05 24 51.15 +23 16 30.1          19.9        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 05.32206 05 24 49.22 +23 16 30.8          19.6        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 05.33746 05 24 47.34 +23 16 30.6          19.7        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 05.35276 05 24 45.43 +23 16 31.0          19.6        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.20962 05 23 03.07 +23 16 52.1          19.4 R      858
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.21435 05 23 02.35 +23 16 53.5          19.0 R      858
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.22678 05 23 00.84 +23 16 52.7          19.2 R      858
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.26856 05 22 55.62 +23 16 54.4          18.8 R      926
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.27162 05 22 55.23 +23 16 54.7          18.8 R      926
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.27464 05 22 54.83 +23 16 54.5          18.7 R      926
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.28044 05 22 54.06 +23 16 54.6          19.1        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.28836 05 22 53.04 +23 16 54.3          18.7        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.29543 05 22 52.15 +23 16 54.9          19.2        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.30376 05 22 51.08 +23 16 55.0          18.9        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.31032 05 22 50.25 +23 16 55.5          19.0        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.31920 05 22 49.08 +23 16 56.2          19.3        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.32512 05 22 48.42 +23 16 54.8          19.3        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.33476 05 22 47.13 +23 16 55.2          19.7        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.33971 05 22 46.48 +23 16 56.1          19.4        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 06.35012 05 22 45.13 +23 16 55.7          19.2        704
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.18872 05 21 01.37 +23 17 08.1                      918
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.19354 05 21 00.74 +23 17 08.7                      918
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.19906 05 20 59.97 +23 17 08.2          19.4 R      918
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.22088 05 20 57.25 +23 17 11.6          18.9 R      858
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.24815 05 20 53.73 +23 17 12.2          19.0 R      858
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.25279 05 20 53.06 +23 17 12.2          19.1 R      858
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.25887 05 20 52.12 +23 17 11.5          18.8 R      734
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.26547 05 20 51.25 +23 17 11.9          18.5 R      734
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.27024 05 20 50.54 +23 17 12.4          19.0 R      734
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.31896 05 20 44.41 +23 17 14.9          19.5 R      926
         K02X14R  C2002 12 07.32524 05 20 43.60 +23 17 14.1          19.3 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    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.
    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 XR14                                                            PHA 0.008
    Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
    M 307.03106              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.40640073     Peri.  119.68386     -0.96411507     +0.26333453
    a   1.8050936      Node    75.60142     -0.25402249     -0.87810000
    e   0.5919464      Incl.    1.99509     -0.07716676     -0.39949381
    P   2.43           H   18.9           G   0.15
    From 32 observations 2002 Dec. 5-7.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 XR14                a,e,i = 1.81, 0.59, 2                   q = 0.7366
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 12 02    05 30.97   +23 14.6    0.692    1.666   166.3     8.1    19.8
    2002 12 12    05 10.09   +23 17.1    0.599    1.583   178.8     0.8    18.9
    2002 12 22    04 43.10   +23 04.5    0.530    1.497   162.4    11.4    19.1
    2003 01 01    04 13.17   +22 31.5    0.484    1.408   145.3    23.4    19.2
    2003 01 11    03 44.88   +21 44.5    0.456    1.317   128.6    35.7    19.3
    2003 01 21    03 21.69   +20 58.0    0.439    1.224   113.0    47.8    19.3
    2003 01 31    03 04.39   +20 23.6    0.423    1.130    98.7    59.5    19.4
    2003 02 10    02 51.53   +20 03.9    0.403    1.037    85.6    71.6    19.5
    2003 02 20    02 39.45   +19 48.8    0.372    0.948    72.8    85.2    19.6
    2003 03 02    02 22.07   +19 11.4    0.332    0.866    58.7   102.2    19.9
    2003 03 12    01 50.18   +17 12.4    0.288    0.799    41.0   125.3    21.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X45
    

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