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    M.P.E.C. 2002-Y29                                Issued 2002 Dec. 20, 20:07 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 XV90

Observations:
     K02X90V* C2002 12 13.44472 12 12 39.67 +55 54 34.3          18.6        704
     K02X90V  C2002 12 13.45929 12 12 48.16 +55 55 18.3          18.9        704
     K02X90V  C2002 12 13.47387 12 12 55.94 +55 55 57.6          19.0        704
     K02X90V  C2002 12 13.48867 12 13 03.30 +55 56 32.4          17.9        704
     K02X90V  C2002 12 14.46382 12 23 59.58 +55 54 31.3          19.1        704
     K02X90V  C2002 12 14.47949 12 24 01.90 +55 54 57.1          19.3        704
     K02X90V  C2002 12 14.49504 12 24 03.80 +55 55 18.9          18.8        704
     K02X90V  C2002 12 14.51060 12 24 05.42 +55 55 37.1          18.4        704

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.

Orbital elements:
2002 XV90
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M 353.95849              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.47664978     Peri.  351.86203     +0.32165680     -0.93309836
a   1.6230670      Node    79.26127     +0.87768067     +0.23009605
e   0.3945463      Incl.    9.42118     +0.35526547     +0.27637521
P   2.07           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
021213 704  0.1-  0.2-    021213 704  0.0   0.1+    021214 704  0.1-  0.1-
021213 704  0.2+  0.0     021214 704  0.0   0.1+    021214 704  0.2+  0.2-
021213 704  0.1-  0.1+    021214 704  0.0   0.1+

Ephemeris:
2002 XV90                a,e,i = 1.62, 0.39, 9                   q = 0.9827
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 12 12    10 56.29   +54 06.6    0.0030   0.986   111.2    68.6    14.8
2002 12 14    12 19.03   +55 52.8    0.012    0.987   101.8    77.6    18.0
2002 12 16    12 31.23   +55 50.2    0.021    0.988   101.4    77.4    19.2
2002 12 18    12 35.96   +55 48.1    0.029    0.990   102.0    76.4    20.0
2002 12 20    12 38.33   +55 47.2    0.038    0.993   102.8    75.0    20.5
2002 12 22    12 39.60   +55 47.3    0.047    0.996   103.9    73.5    20.9
2002 12 24    12 40.21   +55 48.4    0.055    0.999   104.9    72.0    21.2
2002 12 26    12 40.36   +55 50.3    0.064    1.003   106.1    70.4    21.5
2002 12 28    12 40.12   +55 53.0    0.072    1.007   107.2    68.8    21.7
2002 12 30    12 39.53   +55 56.3    0.081    1.012   108.4    67.2    21.9
2003 01 01    12 38.61   +56 00.1    0.089    1.017   109.7    65.6    22.1

     The object passed only 0.0008 AU from the earth on Dec. 11.4 UT.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Y29

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