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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X70                                Issued 2002 Dec. 12, 15:38 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 XW39

Observations:
     K02X39W* C2002 12 10.31705 06 30 39.77 +48 52 36.3          20.2        704
     K02X39W  C2002 12 10.33223 06 30 40.68 +48 52 43.8          19.9        704
     K02X39W  C2002 12 10.34741 06 30 41.60 +48 52 50.2          20.1        704
     K02X39W  C2002 12 10.95481 06 31 28.41 +48 57 27.0                      557
     K02X39W  C2002 12 10.96078 06 31 28.86 +48 57 29.9          20.2 V      557
     K02X39W  C2002 12 12.38733 06 33 12.97 +49 07 44.5          20.0 R      926
     K02X39W  C2002 12 12.39493 06 33 13.44 +49 07 47.3          19.5 R      926
     K02X39W  C2002 12 12.39875 06 33 13.62 +49 07 48.6          19.4 R      926

Observer details:
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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 XW39
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M 353.95432              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26526361     Peri.   83.30874     +0.07183940     -0.99740241
a   2.3989301      Node     2.58907     +0.86306973     +0.05952483
e   0.4624579      Incl.    6.67151     +0.49994973     +0.04056150
P   3.72           H   20.9           G   0.15
From 8 observations 2002 Dec. 10-12.

Ephemeris:
2002 XW39                a,e,i = 2.40, 0.46, 7                   q = 1.2895
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 12 12    06 32.76   +49 05.0    0.340    1.290   149.8    22.6    20.2
2002 12 22    06 42.98   +49 37.1    0.337    1.292   152.5    20.6    20.1
2003 01 01    06 50.04   +48 53.7    0.344    1.302   154.1    19.2    20.1
2003 01 11    06 55.84   +47 00.2    0.363    1.319   154.1    19.0    20.3
2003 01 21    07 02.45   +44 14.7    0.394    1.344   151.9    20.1    20.5
2003 01 31    07 10.91   +41 00.3    0.438    1.376   148.0    22.3    20.9
2003 02 10    07 21.60   +37 37.6    0.495    1.414   142.9    24.9    21.3
2003 02 20    07 34.36   +34 20.4    0.565    1.456   137.4    27.4    21.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X70

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