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MPEC 2002-W04 : 2002 VU114

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M.P.E.C. 2002-W04                                Issued 2002 Nov. 17, 13:16 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.

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                                  2002 VU114

Observations:
     K02VB4U* C2002 11 15.28907 02 31 20.83 +39 54 29.2          18.7        704
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 15.30684 02 31 14.97 +39 55 12.3          19.3        704
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 15.32455 02 31 09.13 +39 55 55.1          19.2        704
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 15.34225 02 31 03.45 +39 56 36.7          19.2        704
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 15.35994 02 30 57.62 +39 57 19.9          19.1        704
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 16.21019 02 26 40.66 +40 33 31.8          19.4 R      926
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 16.21292 02 26 39.62 +40 33 39.4          19.1 R      926
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 17.25072 02 20 52.31 +41 18 54.7          20.6 R      926
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 17.25209 02 20 51.99 +41 18 55.8          19.5 R      926
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 17.34241 02 20 16.55 +41 22 46.8          18.9 R      448
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 17.34765 02 20 14.59 +41 22 59.6          18.8 R      448
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 17.35441 02 20 12.04 +41 23 15.7          18.4 R      448
     K02VB4U  C2002 11 17.35744 02 20 10.88 +41 23 23.3          18.4 R      448

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 VU114
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M 291.10087              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.76452951     Peri.  150.72949     -0.80859364     -0.58833942
a   1.1845131      Node   353.22259     +0.52990012     -0.72396089
e   0.2893234      Incl.    2.79216     +0.25569939     -0.36019072
P   1.29           H   23.1           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2002 Nov. 15-17.

Ephemeris:
2002 VU114               a,e,i = 1.18, 0.29, 3                   q = 0.8418
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 12    02 45.68   +37 43.9    0.127    1.110   159.3    18.4    19.8
2002 11 14    02 37.42   +39 01.6    0.119    1.100   157.5    20.1    19.7
2002 11 16    02 27.76   +40 24.3    0.111    1.091   155.1    22.5    19.6
2002 11 18    02 16.40   +41 52.1    0.104    1.081   152.1    25.3    19.5
2002 11 20    02 02.98   +43 24.3    0.097    1.072   148.6    28.7    19.4
2002 11 22    01 47.02   +44 59.8    0.090    1.062   144.5    32.6    19.4
2002 11 24    01 27.95   +46 36.2    0.084    1.053   139.9    37.1    19.3
2002 11 26    01 05.08   +48 09.3    0.078    1.043   134.8    42.2    19.3
2002 11 28    00 37.72   +49 32.4    0.072    1.034   129.0    47.9    19.3
2002 11 30    00 05.31   +50 35.2    0.068    1.024   122.6    54.2    19.3
2002 12 02    23 27.81   +51 03.9    0.064    1.015   115.6    61.2    19.3
2002 12 04    22 46.13   +50 43.0    0.060    1.006   107.9    68.9    19.4
2002 12 06    22 02.31   +49 18.9    0.058    0.997    99.6    77.1    19.6
2002 12 08    21 19.12   +46 46.0    0.056    0.988    91.0    85.8    19.8
2002 12 10    20 39.06   +43 09.7    0.056    0.979    82.1    94.7    20.2
2002 12 12    20 03.67   +38 45.4    0.056    0.970    73.3   103.5    20.6
2002 12 14    19 33.39   +33 53.2    0.057    0.961    64.8   112.1    21.1
2002 12 16    19 07.94   +28 53.0    0.060    0.953    57.0   120.0    21.7
2002 12 18    18 46.69   +24 00.4    0.063    0.945    49.9   127.1    22.4
2002 12 20    18 29.00   +19 25.3    0.067    0.937    43.8   133.3    23.1
2002 12 22    18 14.23   +15 13.1    0.072    0.929    38.8   138.4    23.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-W04

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