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    M.P.E.C. 2003-A11                                Issued 2003 Jan. 3, 03:36 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 YK14

Observations:
     K02Y14K* C2002 12 31.06708 22 45 15.83 +23 55 58.9          19.2        704
     K02Y14K  C2002 12 31.08193 22 45 21.36 +23 56 02.7          19.9        704
     K02Y14K  C2002 12 31.09679 22 45 26.89 +23 56 07.8          19.5        704
     K02Y14K  C2002 12 31.11168 22 45 32.41 +23 56 12.6          19.8        704
     K02Y14K  C2003 01 02.09826 22 57 58.86 +24 05 40.1          20.6 R      448
     K02Y14K  C2003 01 02.10010 22 57 59.51 +24 05 41.4          19.1 R      448
     K02Y14K  C2003 01 03.07845 23 04 11.88 +24 09 10.0          19.1 R      926
     K02Y14K  C2003 01 03.07946 23 04 12.30 +24 09 10.7          19.6 R      926
     K02Y14K  C2003 01 03.08047 23 04 12.65 +24 09 10.8          19.2 R      926

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + 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 YK14
Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5                  MPC
M  17.69265              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55420548     Peri.  105.27551     +0.77154792     -0.44450339
a   1.4678742      Node   283.03384     +0.23272340     +0.86302197
e   0.3290698      Incl.   27.84953     +0.59207569     +0.24002043
P   1.78           H   18.5           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2002 Dec. 31-2003 Jan. 3.

Ephemeris:
2002 YK14                a,e,i = 1.47, 0.33, 28                  q = 0.9848
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 01 01    22 51.08   +24 00.9    0.629    1.033    76.2    67.5    19.9
2003 01 11    23 55.64   +24 07.1    0.624    1.066    79.7    65.2    19.9
2003 01 21    01 00.34   +22 49.8    0.644    1.104    82.6    62.1    20.0
2003 01 31    02 00.04   +20 33.0    0.690    1.147    84.5    58.7    20.1
2003 02 10    02 52.25   +17 53.7    0.760    1.193    85.1    55.5    20.3
2003 02 20    03 36.99   +15 19.2    0.847    1.242    84.7    52.5    20.5
2003 03 02    04 15.58   +13 01.8    0.948    1.291    83.5    49.7    20.8
2003 03 12    04 49.56   +11 03.3    1.057    1.340    81.6    47.2    21.0
2003 03 22    05 20.15   +09 20.6    1.171    1.389    79.3    44.8    21.3
2003 04 01    05 48.29   +07 49.5    1.289    1.437    76.7    42.6    21.5
2003 04 11    06 14.68   +06 25.6    1.408    1.484    73.9    40.4    21.7
2003 04 21    06 39.76   +05 05.2    1.526    1.530    71.0    38.4    21.9
2003 05 01    07 03.87   +03 45.6    1.644    1.573    68.0    36.4    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-A11

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