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    M.P.E.C. 2002-Y19                                Issued 2002 Dec. 17, 17:46 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 XQ90

Observations:
     K02X90Q* C2002 12 15.30143 06 56 08.41 +38 43 50.6          17.4        704
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 15.31667 06 56 08.97 +38 41 52.0          17.6        704
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 15.33190 06 56 09.48 +38 39 53.4          17.8        704
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 15.34713 06 56 10.01 +38 37 54.4          17.8        704
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 15.36241 06 56 10.51 +38 35 54.9          17.8        704
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 16.21593 06 57 24.56 +36 51 19.3          17.5 R      649
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 16.21759 06 57 24.59 +36 51 08.2          17.4 R      649
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 16.22009 06 57 24.66 +36 50 51.1          17.2 R      649
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 16.40980 06 57 31.06 +36 29 48.7          17.8 V      333
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 16.41139 06 57 31.02 +36 29 37.7          18.6 V      333
     K02X90Q  C2002 12 16.41309 06 57 31.20 +36 29 25.8          18.0 V      333

Observer details:
333 Desert Eagle Observatory.  Observer W. Yeung.  0.45-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
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.

Orbital elements:
2002 XQ90
Epoch 2002 Dec. 12.0 TT = JDT 2452620.5                 MPC
M  10.15863              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30893836     Peri.  115.92249     +0.78234541     -0.62032821
a   2.1671459      Node   282.46884     +0.54899662     +0.72921441
e   0.5697722      Incl.    3.28397     +0.29417406     +0.28885854
P   3.19           H   22.4           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2002 Dec. 15-16.

Ephemeris:
2002 XQ90                a,e,i = 2.17, 0.57, 3                   q = 0.9324
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 12 12    06 47.62   +48 21.9    0.052    1.029   148.8    29.7    17.3
2002 12 17    06 58.18   +35 26.9    0.078    1.058   158.7    19.7    18.0
2002 12 22    07 00.95   +29 11.6    0.108    1.089   165.1    13.4    18.5
2002 12 27    07 01.46   +25 37.5    0.140    1.122   170.7     8.1    19.0
2003 01 01    07 01.16   +23 22.7    0.174    1.157   176.0     3.4    19.2
2003 01 06    07 00.71   +21 52.7    0.210    1.194   178.6     1.2    19.6
2003 01 11    07 00.50   +20 50.4    0.249    1.231   173.5     5.1    20.3
2003 01 16    07 00.72   +20 06.2    0.291    1.270   168.6     8.8    20.8
2003 01 21    07 01.49   +19 34.3    0.335    1.309   163.7    12.2    21.3

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y19

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