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MPEC 2002-X31 : 2002 XK4

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M.P.E.C. 2002-X31                                Issued 2002 Dec. 5, 15:34 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 XK4

Observations:
     K02X04K* C2002 12 04.45701 11 30 04.04 +28 18 33.2          17.3        704
     K02X04K  C2002 12 04.47219 11 30 03.13 +28 18 37.6          17.8        704
     K02X04K  C2002 12 04.48734 11 30 02.23 +28 18 40.8          17.4        704
     K02X04K  C2002 12 04.50266 11 30 01.30 +28 18 44.6          17.4        704
     K02X04K  C2002 12 04.51785 11 30 00.39 +28 18 48.4          17.6        704
     K02X04K  C2002 12 05.13872 11 29 25.57 +28 21 06.5                      J95
     K02X04K  C2002 12 05.14248 11 29 25.41 +28 21 08.5                      J95
     K02X04K  C2002 12 05.14769 11 29 25.13 +28 21 09.7          16.8 R      J95
     K02X04K  C2002 12 05.14855 11 29 24.98 +28 21 10.1          16.9 R      J95
     K02X04K  C2002 12 05.52295 11 29 03.09 +28 22 45.0          17.1 R      926
     K02X04K  C2002 12 05.52932 11 29 02.63 +28 22 46.6          17.1 R      926
     K02X04K  C2002 12 05.53580 11 29 02.28 +28 22 49.1          17.3 R      926

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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 XK4
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M  56.35691              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.90200031     Peri.    7.74789     +0.80612165     +0.52821845
a   1.0608767      Node   316.68147     -0.56163612     +0.54098828
e   0.6239036      Incl.   22.88056     -0.18636725     +0.65445928
P   1.09           H   16.0           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 Dec. 4-5.

Ephemeris:
2002 XK4                 a,e,i = 1.06, 0.62, 23                  q = 0.3990
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 12 02    11 32.14   +28 10.3    0.689    1.182    87.9    56.5    17.6
2002 12 12    11 21.26   +28 56.0    0.652    1.269    99.7    49.9    17.4
2002 12 22    11 02.24   +30 12.6    0.610    1.347   113.4    42.1    17.2
2003 01 01    10 32.21   +31 46.4    0.574    1.417   129.2    32.5    16.9
2003 01 11    09 50.34   +32 58.4    0.555    1.479   146.7    21.4    16.6
2003 01 21    09 01.61   +32 56.0    0.565    1.533   162.8    10.9    16.4
2003 01 31    08 15.99   +31 23.8    0.610    1.580   163.9    10.0    16.6
2003 02 10    07 41.38   +28 58.8    0.687    1.620   150.5    17.4    17.1
2003 02 20    07 19.39   +26 27.2    0.788    1.653   136.7    24.2    17.7
2003 03 02    07 07.81   +24 12.9    0.907    1.680   124.5    29.1    18.2
2003 03 12    07 03.97   +22 20.4    1.035    1.700   113.8    32.3    18.6
2003 03 22    07 05.63   +20 46.0    1.168    1.714   104.4    34.3    18.9
2003 04 01    07 11.20   +19 24.2    1.302    1.721    96.0    35.3    19.2
2003 04 11    07 19.64   +18 09.8    1.432    1.722    88.3    35.6    19.4
2003 04 21    07 30.21   +16 58.7    1.556    1.718    81.2    35.3    19.6
2003 05 01    07 42.39   +15 47.7    1.671    1.706    74.6    34.7    19.7
2003 05 11    07 55.86   +14 34.2    1.776    1.689    68.4    33.8    19.8
2003 05 21    08 10.35   +13 16.4    1.869    1.665    62.5    32.6    19.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X31

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