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2002sy50 - 8 image animation. Taken on the evening of the 23rd October 2002

For interest, These 8 images are True raw images only slightly brightened but with No dark frame subtractions.

The last image taken (the right hand one) in the frame shows it very close to a star as if occulting it. Time =20: 20: 30 UT mid exposure on fits header. Time checked to 1 second accuracy. Unable to separate the minor body and star in high zoom.
This is my astrometric measurement of that last 8th image close to, or occulting the star. Note it brightens !
K02S50Y C2002 10 23.84757 00 26 56.82 -07 24 26.2 14.9 V J93 This last possible erroneous 8th astrometric measurement above I did not send in.
Refer to GSC2 or USNOA2 on the star in question.

Also, three other images I did not get a good astrometric measurements so omitted to submit them. Below are four which I did submit which MPC accepted.
K02S50Y C2002 10 23.83131 00 27 08.28 -07 23 40.1 14.5 V J93
K02S50Y C2002 10 23.83275 00 27 07.23 -07 23 44.3 14.4 V J93
K02S50Y C2002 10 23.83348 00 27 06.80 -07 23 46.6 14.4 V J93
K02S50Y C2002 10 23.83421 00 27 06.20 -07 23 48.8 14.4 V J93