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MPEC 2009-Y44 : 2002 NE71

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M.P.E.C. 2009-Y44                                Issued 2009 Dec. 23, 06:17 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

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          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2002 NE71

Observations:
     K02N71E  C2002 07 03.43031 20 29 27.84 -11 11 00.7          20.3 R EY044644
     K02N71E  C2002 07 03.44184 20 29 27.19 -11 10 54.4          20.0 R EY044644
     K02N71E  C2002 07 03.45234 20 29 26.58 -11 10 49.3          20.3 R EY044644
     K02N71E* C2002 07 08.27987 20 24 27.83 -10 30 02.2          19.9 R EY044644
     K02N71E  C2002 07 08.36163 20 24 21.70 -10 29 20.3          20.5 R EY044644
     K02N71E  C2002 07 11.23385 20 20 43.32 -10 04 28.3          20.1 R EY044644
     K02N71E  C2002 07 11.25491 20 20 41.50 -10 04 17.3          20.2 R EY044644
     K02N71E IC2002 07 11.27637 20 20 39.61 -10 04 05.9                 EY044644
     K02N71E  C2002 07 21.18514 20 04 06.62 -08 34 34.1          19.6 R EY044644
     K02N71E  C2002 07 21.20660 20 04 04.03 -08 34 21.9          19.3 R EY044644
     K02N71E  C2002 07 21.22771 20 04 01.41 -08 34 09.7          19.6 R EY044644

Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten.  Measurer R. J. Bouma.  1.2-m Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 NE71                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0496 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 250.84433              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37112195     Peri.  143.89306     +0.65582672     -0.74456454
a   1.9177484      Node   264.77385     +0.65998888     +0.64560417
e   0.5851251      Incl.    7.18532     +0.36647783     +0.16976129
P   2.66           H   19.5           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
020703 644  0.1-  0.3-    020708 644  0.0   0.0     020721 644  0.3-  0.4-
020703 644  0.1+  0.3+    020711 644  0.6+  0.1-    020721 644  0.3+  0.1-
020703 644  0.0   0.1+    020711 644  0.2+  0.0     020721 644  0.0   0.5+
020708 644  0.1-  0.2-    020711 644  0.6-  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2002 NE71                a,e,i = 1.92, 0.59, 7                   q = 0.7956
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 12 15    16 49.24   -23 45.7    3.728    2.761     9.2     3.3    24.9
2009 12 25    17 05.67   -24 02.4    3.661    2.726    15.6     5.6    24.9

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-Y44

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