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    • MPEC 2002-X80 : 2002 XS40

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    M.P.E.C. 2002-X80                                Issued 2002 Dec. 13, 15:30 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 XS40

Observations:
     K02X40S* C2002 12 12.30518 05 00 14.49 +10 25 24.5          19.3        644
     K02X40S  C2002 12 12.36795 05 00 05.75 +10 26 09.7          19.4        644
     K02X40S  C2002 12 12.43462 04 59 56.53 +10 26 57.4          19.5        644
     K02X40S  C2002 12 12.93601 04 58 50.53 +10 33 02.9                      246
     K02X40S  C2002 12 12.93690 04 58 50.38 +10 33 03.7                      246
     K02X40S  C2002 12 12.93778 04 58 50.29 +10 33 04.0                      246
     K02X40S  C2002 12 12.93861 04 58 50.16 +10 33 05.2                      246
     K02X40S  C2002 12 12.93953 04 58 50.02 +10 33 05.3                      246
     K02X40S  C2002 12 12.94132 04 58 49.78 +10 33 06.7                      246
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.22458 04 58 12.27 +10 36 43.3          18.9 R      854
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.22638 04 58 11.88 +10 36 43.4          18.9 R      854
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.22817 04 58 11.71 +10 36 45.7          19.0 R      854
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.25854 04 58 07.41 +10 37 03.9          19.5 R      918
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.26314 04 58 06.56 +10 37 08.0                      918
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.26976 04 58 05.69 +10 37 13.0                      918
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.29086 04 58 02.90 +10 37 32.6          18.0 R      673
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.29618 04 58 02.09 +10 37 37.1                      673
     K02X40S  C2002 12 13.30023 04 58 01.52 +10 37 40.2                      673

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observers T. Grigsby, J. Young.
    0.6-m reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
918 Badlands Observatory, Quinn.  Observer R. Dyvig.  0.66-m f/4.8 reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 XS40
Epoch 2002 Dec. 12.0 TT = JDT 2452620.5                 MPC
M 300.74708              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51776999     Peri.   81.96043     -0.97920937     -0.00748096
a   1.5359537      Node    97.44312     -0.06848465     -0.92845449
e   0.3638922      Incl.   11.79653     +0.19094205     -0.37137083
P   1.90           H   19.6           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2002 Dec. 12-13.

Ephemeris:
2002 XS40                a,e,i = 1.54, 0.36, 12                  q = 0.9770
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 12 12    05 00.91   +10 21.9    0.460    1.437   166.9     9.0    19.3
2002 12 22    04 37.44   +12 46.9    0.422    1.383   157.8    15.6    19.3
2003 01 01    04 13.56   +15 57.5    0.401    1.329   144.0    25.8    19.4
2003 01 11    03 53.50   +19 39.5    0.396    1.275   130.1    36.2    19.6
2003 01 21    03 40.07   +23 40.2    0.399    1.222   117.7    45.5    19.8
2003 01 31    03 34.09   +27 53.2    0.405    1.170   107.1    53.6    19.9
2003 02 10    03 35.40   +32 17.8    0.410    1.122    98.3    60.5    20.1
2003 02 20    03 43.34   +36 54.6    0.411    1.078    91.1    66.5    20.2
2003 03 02    03 57.47   +41 43.5    0.405    1.040    85.4    71.8    20.2
2003 03 12    04 18.14   +46 44.0    0.393    1.010    81.0    76.4    20.3
2003 03 22    04 46.54   +51 52.5    0.374    0.989    78.0    80.3    20.2
2003 04 01    05 25.93   +56 58.3    0.351    0.978    76.4    83.2    20.2
2003 04 11    06 22.95   +61 35.2    0.323    0.979    76.6    84.7    20.1
2003 04 21    07 46.55   +64 36.5    0.295    0.991    78.8    84.3    19.9
2003 05 01    09 34.75   +63 48.8    0.267    1.013    83.5    81.3    19.6
2003 05 11    11 17.74   +57 09.1    0.246    1.044    91.1    75.3    19.3
2003 05 21    12 32.36   +45 01.0    0.237    1.083   101.0    66.6    19.0
2003 05 31    13 22.81   +29 55.3    0.245    1.127   111.5    56.8    18.9
2003 06 10    13 59.09   +15 07.1    0.275    1.176   119.6    48.7    19.0
2003 06 20    14 27.71   +02 48.7    0.326    1.228   123.7    43.5    19.3
2003 06 30    14 52.27   -06 33.2    0.394    1.281   124.3    41.0    19.7
2003 07 10    15 14.90   -13 27.8    0.477    1.335   122.5    39.9    20.2
2003 07 20    15 36.68   -18 32.6    0.571    1.389   119.4    39.6    20.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X80

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