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    M.P.E.C. 2002-E16                                Issued 2002 Mar. 6, 22:51 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2002 EY
    
    Observations:
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 05.35858 10 35 38.63 -04 09 35.1          18.1 R      703
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 05.37536 10 35 38.68 -04 08 03.4          18.4 R      703
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 05.38375 10 35 38.72 -04 07 17.9          18.1 R      703
         K02E00Y* C2002 03 06.30395 10 35 53.90 -02 46 16.7          18.1        644
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 06.31969 10 35 53.98 -02 44 55.9          18.3        644
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 06.34121 10 35 54.14 -02 43 05.2          18.5        644
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 06.56268 10 35 57.91 -02 23 44.3                      413
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 06.56496 10 35 57.90 -02 23 32.8                      413
         K02E00Y FC2002 03 06.58174 10 35 57.41 -02 22 01.8                      474
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 06.58524 10 35 57.50 -02 21 43.3          18.4 R      474
         K02E00Y FC2002 03 06.58914 10 35 57.45 -02 21 24.9                      474
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 06.75898 10 35 59.20 -02 07 15.7                      413
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 06.76149 10 35 59.22 -02 07 02.9                      413
         K02E00Y  C2002 03 06.84479 10 36 02.85 -02 00 47.1                      557
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore. P. M.
        Kilmartin.  0.6-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers R. E. Hill, C. W. Hergenrother.
        0.41-m f/3 Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 EY
    Epoch 2002 Feb. 15.0 TT = JDT 2452320.5                 MPC
    M  15.92884              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.31147182     Peri.  264.37954     +0.24011445     -0.96930854
    a   2.1553785      Node   171.17628     +0.96959973     +0.23683654
    e   0.6342885      Incl.   20.12664     +0.04713179     +0.06595005
    P   3.16           H   19.8           G   0.15
    From 14 observations 2002 Mar. 5-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 EY                  a,e,i = 2.16, 0.63, 20                  q = 0.7882
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 02 25    10 33.12   -20 13.6    0.214    1.181   150.5    24.4    17.9
    2002 02 27    10 33.84   -15 42.9    0.226    1.200   155.7    19.8    18.0
    2002 03 01    10 34.47   -11 38.1    0.239    1.219   160.4    15.8    18.0
    2002 03 03    10 35.03   -07 58.4    0.254    1.238   164.3    12.5    18.0
    2002 03 05    10 35.56   -04 42.2    0.271    1.257   167.3    10.0    18.1
    2002 03 07    10 36.07   -01 47.6    0.288    1.277   169.0     8.5    18.2
    2002 03 09    10 36.59   +00 47.2    0.307    1.296   169.3     8.2    18.4
    2002 03 11    10 37.12   +03 04.3    0.327    1.315   168.3     8.8    18.6
    2002 03 13    10 37.68   +05 05.6    0.347    1.334   166.5    10.0    18.8
    2002 03 15    10 38.29   +06 52.8    0.369    1.353   164.3    11.5    19.0
    2002 03 17    10 38.94   +08 27.4    0.391    1.373   161.9    13.0    19.2
    2002 03 19    10 39.65   +09 50.9    0.415    1.392   159.5    14.5    19.4
    2002 03 21    10 40.41   +11 04.5    0.439    1.411   157.2    15.9    19.6
    2002 03 23    10 41.24   +12 09.2    0.463    1.430   154.9    17.2    19.8
    2002 03 25    10 42.13   +13 06.2    0.489    1.449   152.6    18.5    20.0
    
    2002 03 27    10 43.08   +13 56.2    0.515    1.468   150.4    19.6    20.2
    2002 04 06    10 48.78   +16 44.9    0.654    1.561   140.4    24.1    21.0
    2002 04 16    10 55.95   +18 00.1    0.805    1.652   131.7    27.0    21.6
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-E16
    

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