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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X68                                Issued 2002 Dec. 11, 17:33 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
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                                   2002 XZ38

Observations:
     K02X38Z* C2002 12 10.30272 06 34 09.92 +22 53 13.6          17.4        704
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 10.31824 06 34 09.50 +22 52 21.5          17.3        704
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 10.33379 06 34 09.02 +22 51 29.5          17.5        704
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 10.34942 06 34 08.55 +22 50 36.7          17.5        704
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 10.36543 06 34 08.12 +22 49 42.7          17.8        704
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.08422 06 33 52.20 +22 08 38.2                      048
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.08615 06 33 52.05 +22 08 30.6                      048
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.08678 06 33 52.03 +22 08 29.4                      048
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.08999 06 33 51.95 +22 08 18.5                      048
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.09208 06 33 51.93 +22 08 10.1                      048
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.09529 06 33 51.85 +22 08 00.8                      048
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.09916 06 33 51.74 +22 07 46.1                      048
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.10044 06 33 51.70 +22 07 43.1                      048
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.14931 06 33 50.32 +22 04 51.6                      557
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.15105 06 33 50.24 +22 04 45.1                      557
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.15280 06 33 50.20 +22 04 38.9          17.7 V      557
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.63998 06 33 39.72 +21 36 20.2          17.5 V      379
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.64157 06 33 39.72 +21 36 15.4          17.2 V      379
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.64362 06 33 39.71 +21 36 08.8          17.1 V      379
     K02X38Z  C2002 12 11.64539 06 33 39.57 +21 36 01.4          17.7 V      379

Observer details:
048 Hradec Kralove.  Observer M. Lehky.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 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.
379 Hamamatsu-Yuto.  Observer S. Wakuda.  0.25-m f/5.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain +
    CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 XZ38
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M 337.97689              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26714218     Peri.  235.67311     -0.69265311     -0.61100293
a   2.3876705      Node   263.45462     +0.72042511     -0.61179894
e   0.5124430      Incl.   22.69337     -0.03491884     -0.50237186
P   3.69           H   18.2           G   0.15
From 20 observations 2002 Dec. 10-11.

Ephemeris:
2002 XZ38                a,e,i = 2.39, 0.51, 23                  q = 1.1641
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 12 12    06 33.51   +21 15.2    0.384    1.355   161.8    13.1    17.5
2002 12 22    06 27.27   +09 39.5    0.329    1.304   164.7    11.5    17.1
2003 01 01    06 18.35   -04 19.3    0.303    1.258   151.9    21.6    17.2
2003 01 11    06 09.62   -17 58.0    0.305    1.221   135.8    34.2    17.5
2003 01 21    06 04.10   -28 54.4    0.328    1.192   122.3    44.3    17.9
2003 01 31    06 03.66   -36 40.2    0.361    1.173   112.7    50.8    18.2
2003 02 10    06 09.41   -41 51.5    0.397    1.164   106.7    54.2    18.5
2003 02 20    06 21.67   -45 13.0    0.431    1.167   103.5    55.4    18.7
2003 03 02    06 40.30   -47 12.9    0.463    1.181   102.6    55.0    18.9
2003 03 12    07 05.24   -48 06.1    0.491    1.205   103.4    53.3    19.0
2003 03 22    07 35.88   -47 59.2    0.517    1.239   105.5    50.8    19.1
2003 04 01    08 11.00   -46 52.8    0.544    1.281   108.6    47.7    19.2
2003 04 11    08 48.92   -44 49.5    0.575    1.329   112.0    44.3    19.3
2003 04 21    09 27.49   -41 59.3    0.615    1.383   115.2    41.1    19.5
2003 05 01    10 04.83   -38 37.9    0.666    1.441   117.4    38.4    19.6
2003 05 11    10 39.83   -35 07.3    0.733    1.502   118.3    36.3    19.9
2003 05 21    11 11.98   -31 47.7    0.815    1.566   117.6    35.0    20.2
2003 05 31    11 41.31   -28 52.2    0.915    1.631   115.4    34.1    20.5
2003 06 10    12 08.18   -26 27.5    1.029    1.697   112.2    33.6    20.8
2003 06 20    12 32.98   -24 34.5    1.158    1.764   108.2    33.2    21.1
2003 06 30    12 56.11   -23 10.3    1.300    1.830   103.7    32.7    21.5
2003 07 10    13 17.94   -22 10.8    1.451    1.896    98.9    32.0    21.8
2003 07 20    13 38.76   -21 31.4    1.611    1.961    93.8    31.1    22.0

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X68

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