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MPEC 2002-C93 : 2000 WO67

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M.P.E.C. 2002-C93                                Issued 2002 Feb. 13, 19:56 UT

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         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2000 WO67

                           Revision to MPEC 2000-X04

Observations:
     K00W67O  C2002 02 06.44428 11 01 58.87 +16 19 58.0          21.2 V      291
     K00W67O  C2002 02 06.45039 11 01 58.59 +16 20 00.9          21.0 V      291
     K00W67O  C2002 02 06.45664 11 01 58.30 +16 20 03.9          21.6 V      291
     K00W67O  C2002 02 13.33590 10 56 27.89 +17 06 11.6                      696
     K00W67O  C2002 02 13.33995 10 56 27.68 +17 06 13.5                      696
     K00W67O  C2002 02 13.35648 10 56 26.82 +17 06 21.0          21.7 V      291
     K00W67O  C2002 02 13.36093 10 56 26.61 +17 06 23.7          21.2 V      291
     K00W67O  C2002 02 13.36500 10 56 26.48 +17 06 24.6          21.5 V      291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observers T. H. Bressi, J. A. Larsen.  1.8-m
    Spacewatch telescope.
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observer T. B. Spahr.  1.2-m reflector
    + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
020206 291 10.0+  3.6-    020213 291 10.5+  2.2-    MPO  9874   -0.0021 day

Orbital elements:
2000 WO67
Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 MPC
M 116.47832              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25983850     Peri.  237.64679     +0.95667921     +0.24292986
a   2.4322061      Node   107.86263     -0.17632354     +0.92202811
e   0.6180071      Incl.    9.70615     -0.23167845     +0.30141209
P   3.79           H   16.7           G   0.15           U   3
Residuals in seconds of arc
001127 704  0.1+  0.0     001206 360  0.1-  0.1-    010102 704  0.4+  0.2+
001127 704  0.4-  0.4+    001207 046  0.2-  0.2+    010102 704  0.7+  0.5+
001127 704  0.1-  0.1+    001207 046  0.3-  0.4+    010102 704  0.7+  0.7-
001127 704  0.2+  0.1+    001207 046  0.1+  0.5+    010102 704  0.5-  0.2-
001127 704  0.0   0.4+    001207 046  0.0   0.2+    010102 704  0.5+  0.7-
001129 704  0.7+  0.3+    001207 046  0.4+  0.1+    010102 704  1.1+  0.5-
001129 704  1.2+  0.7-    001221 360  0.3-  0.3-    010102 704  1.2+  0.4-
001129 704  0.8-  0.9+    001221 360  0.1-  0.2-    010103 704  0.2+  0.7+
001129 704  0.0   0.7+    001221 360  0.1-  0.2+    010103 704  0.4-  0.5-
001130 557  0.1-  0.5-    001222 118  0.2-  1.0-    010103 704  0.0   0.5+
001130 557  0.1+  0.5-    001222 118  0.1-  0.9-    010103 704  0.2-  0.6+
001130 711  0.6-  0.3-    001222 118  0.0   0.4-    010103 704  0.4-  0.3-
001130 711  0.5-  0.5-    001229 691  0.6-  1.2+    010114 046  0.1+  0.2+
001201 046  0.0   0.0     001229 691  0.1-  0.1+    010114 046  0.2+  0.3-
001201 046  0.4+  0.0     001229 691  0.6+  0.7+    010114 046  0.2+  0.4+
001201 046  0.4-  0.1-    001229 402  0.3+  0.9-    010114 046  0.0   0.0
001201 046  0.5+  0.0     001229 402  0.1-  0.4-    020206 291  0.3+  0.7-
001201 046  0.0   0.4+    001229 402  0.8-  0.6+    020206 291  0.4+  0.3-
001201 711  0.1-  0.4-    001230 704  0.1+  0.3+    020206 291  0.4+  0.2+
001201 711  0.4+  0.5-    001230 704  1.4-  0.5+    020213 696  0.4-  0.8-
001201 711  0.6+  0.7-    001230 711  0.5-  0.1-    020213 696  0.5-  0.5-
001205 693  0.0   0.2+    001230 704  0.1+  0.1+    020213 291  0.6-  0.3+
001205 693  0.1-  0.3+    001230 711  0.3-  0.1-    020213 291  0.4-  1.3+
001205 693  0.0   0.1+    001230 711  0.3-  0.4-    020213 291  0.8+  0.5+
001206 360  0.0   0.2-    001230 704  0.4-  0.5+
001206 360  0.3-  0.1-    010102 704  0.2-  0.3+

Ephemeris:
2000 WO67                a,e,i = 2.43, 0.62, 10                  q = 0.9291
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 02 05    11 03.06   +16 10.3    2.919    3.828   153.8     6.5    22.4
2002 02 15    10 55.06   +17 17.3    2.883    3.843   164.5     3.9    22.3
2002 02 25    10 46.20   +18 21.4    2.878    3.857   170.2     2.5    22.2
2002 03 07    10 37.16   +19 18.0    2.907    3.871   164.1     4.0    22.3
2002 03 17    10 28.63   +20 03.2    2.966    3.882   153.5     6.6    22.5
2002 03 27    10 21.22   +20 35.1    3.054    3.893   142.4     9.0    22.7
2002 04 06    10 15.39   +20 53.2    3.166    3.902   131.5    11.1    22.8
2002 04 16    10 11.37   +20 58.2    3.297    3.911   121.0    12.7    23.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C93

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