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MPEC 2002-V29 : 2002 VQ14

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V29                                Issued 2002 Nov. 7, 18:45 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
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2002 VQ14

Observations:
     K02V14Q* C2002 11 05.22770 03 01 26.23 +24 14 15.2          19.1        704
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 05.24482 03 01 27.51 +24 13 52.8          19.9        704
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 05.26200 03 01 28.90 +24 13 28.8          19.5        704
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 05.27951 03 01 30.25 +24 13 05.1          20.2        704
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.24921 03 02 52.11 +23 50 52.6          19.2        704
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.26587 03 02 53.39 +23 50 27.2          19.6        704
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.28255 03 02 54.57 +23 50 04.0          19.8        704
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.29922 03 02 55.86 +23 49 40.1          19.9        704
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.33553 03 02 58.13 +23 48 48.2          19.0 R      734
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.34027 03 02 58.54 +23 48 41.7          19.1 R      734
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.34546 03 02 58.84 +23 48 36.2          19.4 R      734
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.35118 03 02 59.32 +23 48 25.8          18.9 R      734
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.36972 03 03 00.95 +23 48 05.3          19.5 R      926
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.37337 03 03 01.25 +23 47 59.5          19.4 R      926
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.37698 03 03 01.53 +23 47 54.7          20.0 R      926
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.42417 03 03 04.80 +23 46 42.5          18.9 R      649
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.43044 03 03 05.26 +23 46 33.5          19.1 R      649
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 06.43875 03 03 05.96 +23 46 21.5          19.2 R      649
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.06517 03 03 58.41 +23 31 51.5                      246
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.06627 03 03 58.48 +23 31 49.6                      246
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.06731 03 03 58.58 +23 31 48.5                      246
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.06839 03 03 58.68 +23 31 47.0                      246
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.07090 03 03 58.87 +23 31 43.1                      246
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.14142 03 04 07.08 +23 30 09.5          19.7 R      858
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.14601 03 04 07.46 +23 30 04.2          19.4 R      858
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.16377 03 04 08.46 +23 29 38.4          18.8 R      734
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.16434 03 04 08.75 +23 29 40.3          19.8 R      858
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.16847 03 04 08.79 +23 29 32.1          18.8 R      734
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.16890 03 04 09.03 +23 29 33.4          20.0 R      858
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.17318 03 04 09.13 +23 29 26.4          18.6 R      734
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.30800 03 04 19.23 +23 26 24.0          20.5 R      926
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.31229 03 04 19.50 +23 26 17.5          19.7 R      926
     K02V14Q  C2002 11 07.31513 03 04 19.71 +23 26 13.6          19.6 R      926

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer K. Smalley.  0.75-m Newtonian
    + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers D. Torres, F. Shelly,
    L. Manguso, M. Bezpalko, M. Blythe, R. Huber, S. Adams, S. Partridge,
    T. Brothers.  Measurers J. Evans, J. Stuart, P. Hopman, R. Sayer.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.33-m f/3.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem.
    Measurer P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 VQ14
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M   1.79881              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23843033     Peri.  158.40899     +0.81567944     -0.56909649
a   2.5756986      Node   236.69942     +0.51090829     +0.79290775
e   0.5049940      Incl.    7.14135     +0.27136650     +0.21777621
P   4.13           H   21.4           G   0.15
From 33 observations 2002 Nov. 5-7.

Ephemeris:
2002 VQ14                a,e,i = 2.58, 0.50, 7                   q = 1.2750
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 02    02 56.70   +25 26.5    0.291    1.278   167.2     9.9    19.9
2002 11 12    03 10.47   +21 37.0    0.300    1.289   175.9     3.1    19.6
2002 11 22    03 22.18   +17 55.1    0.323    1.309   173.3     5.0    20.0
2002 12 02    03 32.76   +14 55.0    0.361    1.337   164.4    11.4    20.5
2002 12 12    03 43.27   +12 52.3    0.414    1.373   155.9    17.0    21.1
2002 12 22    03 54.49   +11 45.3    0.480    1.414   148.1    21.6    21.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V29

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