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MPEC 2002-X60 : 2002 CD

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M.P.E.C. 2002-X60                                Issued 2002 Dec. 10, 03:42 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 CD

                           Revision to MPEC 2002-C15

Additional Observations:
     K02C00D  C2002 12 09.52696 12 24 25.44 +35 25 53.9          19.3 R      926
     K02C00D  C2002 12 09.53352 12 24 25.51 +35 26 00.0          19.3 R      926
     K02C00D  C2002 12 09.53999 12 24 25.56 +35 26 05.7          19.5 R      926
     K02C00D  C2002 12 10.11155 12 24 41.37 +35 33 41.3                      557
     K02C00D  C2002 12 10.12109 12 24 41.57 +35 33 50.8                      557

Observer details:
557 Ondrejov.  Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
021209 926  8.8- 19.7-    021210 557  7.4- 19.0-    MPO 30635   -0.0016 day

Orbital elements:
2002 CD
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M  68.76624              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.01582165     Peri.  331.65057     +0.94255362     +0.33353661
a   0.9800715      Node     8.92570     -0.27936118     +0.81754098
e   0.1767081      Incl.    6.88564     -0.18316659     +0.46944655
P   0.97           H   20.4           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
020201 704  1.0-  0.9-    020202 611  0.1-  0.2-    020226 715 (2.2-  0.2+)
020201 704  0.4-  0.0     020202 611 (3.1-  1.2-)   020309 966  0.9+  0.1+
020201 704  0.8-  0.9-    020204 587  1.2+  0.4+    020309 966  0.2+  0.5-
020201 704  0.7+  0.4-    020204 587  0.5-  1.4+    020407 696  0.9+  0.1-
020201 046  0.1+  0.5-    020204 587  0.3+  0.1-    020407 696  0.6+  0.1+
020201 046  0.1+  1.8+    020204 587  0.5-  1.0-    020505 696  0.0   0.2+
020202 734  0.7-  1.2+    020212 696  0.1+  0.0     020505 696 (2.7-  0.7+)
020202 734  0.4+  0.9-    020212 696  0.1-  0.1+    020505 696  1.7-  0.0
020202 734 (1.0+  2.3-)   020214 649  0.4+  0.0     021209 926  0.4-  0.3-
020202 046  0.6-  0.3+    020214 649  0.3+  0.1-    021209 926  0.4-  0.0
020202 046  0.3+  0.5-    020214 649  0.0   0.3+    021209 926  0.5-  0.0
020202 046  0.6+  0.4+    020226 715 (2.3-  0.3-)   021210 557  0.3+  0.2-
020202 046  0.2-  0.4-    020226 715 (2.4-  0.3+)   021210 557  0.7+  0.6+

Ephemeris:
2002 CD                  a,e,i = 0.98, 0.18, 7                   q = 0.8069
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 12 02    12 20.81   +33 43.0    0.205    0.977    81.6    86.5    19.9
2002 12 07    12 23.23   +34 51.3    0.207    0.992    86.0    82.0    19.8
2002 12 12    12 25.45   +36 00.3    0.207    1.007    90.3    77.8    19.7
2002 12 17    12 27.13   +37 13.2    0.206    1.022    94.7    73.7    19.6
2002 12 22    12 27.87   +38 32.9    0.204    1.036    99.2    69.6    19.5
2002 12 27    12 27.23   +40 01.8    0.200    1.049   103.8    65.5    19.3
2003 01 01    12 24.58   +41 42.1    0.196    1.062   108.6    61.3    19.2
2003 01 06    12 19.21   +43 33.6    0.191    1.074   113.6    57.0    19.0
2003 01 11    12 10.33   +45 33.8    0.187    1.086   118.8    52.5    18.9
2003 01 16    11 57.11   +47 37.0    0.182    1.096   124.2    47.9    18.7
2003 01 21    11 38.77   +49 33.9    0.178    1.106   129.5    43.4    18.6
2003 01 26    11 14.90   +51 11.0    0.176    1.115   134.5    39.0    18.4
2003 01 31    10 45.96   +52 11.0    0.175    1.123   138.8    35.3    18.3
2003 02 05    10 13.96   +52 18.0    0.177    1.130   141.8    32.6    18.3
2003 02 10    09 42.15   +51 24.9    0.180    1.136   143.1    31.4    18.3
2003 02 15    09 13.67   +49 37.3    0.187    1.141   142.4    31.8    18.4
2003 02 20    08 50.36   +47 10.1    0.196    1.146   140.1    33.6    18.6
2003 02 25    08 32.68   +44 19.9    0.207    1.149   136.7    36.2    18.8
2003 03 02    08 20.24   +41 20.8    0.220    1.151   132.6    39.3    19.0
2003 03 07    08 12.30   +38 22.6    0.235    1.153   128.4    42.4    19.2
2003 03 12    08 08.02   +35 31.3    0.251    1.153   124.2    45.5    19.4
2003 03 17    08 06.63   +32 49.6    0.268    1.153   120.1    48.3    19.7
2003 03 22    08 07.48   +30 18.2    0.285    1.151   116.2    50.9    19.9
2003 03 27    08 10.08   +27 56.4    0.303    1.148   112.5    53.4    20.1
2003 04 01    08 14.10   +25 43.3    0.321    1.145   109.1    55.6    20.2
2003 04 06    08 19.26   +23 37.5    0.338    1.140   105.8    57.6    20.4
2003 04 11    08 25.34   +21 37.7    0.356    1.135   102.8    59.4    20.6
2003 04 16    08 32.14   +19 42.9    0.372    1.129    99.9    61.1    20.7
2003 04 21    08 39.50   +17 52.0    0.388    1.121    97.2    62.8    20.8
2003 04 26    08 47.31   +16 04.0    0.403    1.113    94.6    64.3    20.9
2003 05 01    08 55.52   +14 18.3    0.416    1.104    92.1    65.8    21.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-X60

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