MPEC 2002-V57 : 2002 VP85

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M.P.E.C. 2002-V57                                Issued 2002 Nov. 13, 03:43 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 VP85

Observations:
     K02V85P* C2002 11 12.29995 05 18 59.48 -10 33 40.9          18.3 R      699
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.32102 05 18 56.94 -10 31 46.3                      699
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.34209 05 18 54.35 -10 29 53.5                      699
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.36311 05 18 51.86 -10 27 58.7                      699
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.42437 05 18 44.38 -10 22 22.0          19.5 R      854
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.42618 05 18 43.92 -10 22 11.7          19.6 R      854
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.42799 05 18 43.93 -10 22 03.7          19.5 R      854
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.97015 05 17 43.78 -09 31 16.1                      246
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.97112 05 17 43.64 -09 31 10.6                      246
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.97187 05 17 43.52 -09 31 06.1                      246
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.97248 05 17 43.47 -09 31 03.3                      246
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.97317 05 17 43.38 -09 30 58.9                      246
     K02V85P  C2002 11 12.97387 05 17 43.29 -09 30 55.0                      246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 VP85
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M 336.35449              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.38642976     Peri.   41.12868     -0.10196329     -0.81790506
a   1.8667622      Node    62.53694     +0.66050297     -0.48129968
e   0.4390205      Incl.   39.65488     +0.74386781     +0.31524899
P   2.55           H   20.6           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 Nov. 12.

Ephemeris:
2002 VP85                a,e,i = 1.87, 0.44, 40                  q = 1.0472
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 12    05 19.51   -11 00.0    0.251    1.185   136.7    34.9    19.4
2002 11 17    05 07.82   -01 30.2    0.198    1.162   148.2    26.7    18.6
2002 11 22    04 47.17   +14 11.3    0.157    1.140   164.9    13.0    17.6
2002 11 27    04 08.60   +36 55.6    0.138    1.120   164.1    14.0    17.3
2002 12 02    02 50.65   +59 04.1    0.149    1.102   138.7    36.2    18.2
2002 12 07    00 28.9    +70 14.7    0.183    1.087   119.2    52.4    19.0
2002 12 12    22 10.6    +70 53.4    0.230    1.073   106.6    61.5    19.8
2002 12 17    20 55.30   +68 16.1    0.281    1.063    98.5    66.4    20.3
2002 12 22    20 16.37   +65 41.6    0.334    1.055    92.9    68.7    20.7
2002 12 27    19 53.75   +63 40.7    0.386    1.049    88.9    69.5    21.1
2003 01 01    19 39.10   +62 10.5    0.437    1.047    85.9    69.5    21.3

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-V57

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