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MPEC 2002-F42 : 2002 FQ5

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M.P.E.C. 2002-F42                                Issued 2002 Mar. 22, 17:18 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

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2002 FQ5

Observations:
     K02F05Q* C2002 03 20.25496 11 33 02.46 -06 27 32.3          19.2 R      699
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 20.27061 11 33 00.54 -06 27 12.3                      699
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 20.28631 11 32 58.53 -06 26 55.2                      699
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 20.30203 11 32 56.68 -06 26 35.3                      699
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 21.27939 11 31 04.38 -06 06 20.8          19.1 R      711
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 21.28736 11 31 03.41 -06 06 10.0          19.0 R      711
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 21.30662 11 31 01.12 -06 05 46.0          19.8 R      651
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 21.30795 11 31 00.94 -06 05 43.6          20.0 R      651
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 21.30931 11 31 00.74 -06 05 41.7          19.7 R      651
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 22.18478 11 29 16.98 -05 46 35.9          18.8 R      649
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 22.18889 11 29 16.43 -05 46 29.8          18.5 R      649
     K02F05Q  C2002 03 22.19299 11 29 15.93 -05 46 24.8          18.8 R      649

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observers P. J. Shelus, J. G. Ries.  0.76-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 FQ5                                                             PHA 0.033
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
M 321.76753              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39119948     Peri.   79.73739     +0.11132448     +0.99310509
a   1.8515575      Node   196.78734     -0.95429936     +0.09651344
e   0.5719949      Incl.    7.30638     -0.27734382     +0.06653904
P   2.52           H   20.7           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 Mar. 20-22.

Ephemeris:
2002 FQ5                 a,e,i = 1.85, 0.57, 7                   q = 0.7925
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 17    11 38.75   -07 26.5    0.391    1.382   170.9     6.6    19.9
2002 03 19    11 35.33   -06 51.5    0.373    1.365   171.2     6.4    19.7
2002 03 21    11 31.62   -06 12.0    0.355    1.348   170.5     7.0    19.6
2002 03 23    11 27.60   -05 27.6    0.338    1.330   168.9     8.3    19.5
2002 03 25    11 23.28   -04 38.0    0.322    1.312   166.7    10.1    19.5
2002 03 27    11 18.63   -03 42.7    0.306    1.295   164.0    12.3    19.4
2002 03 29    11 13.64   -02 41.4    0.291    1.277   161.0    14.8    19.4
2002 03 31    11 08.30   -01 33.7    0.277    1.260   157.7    17.5    19.3
2002 04 02    11 02.60   -00 19.1    0.263    1.242   154.2    20.5    19.3
2002 04 04    10 56.51   +01 02.9    0.251    1.224   150.5    23.7    19.2
2002 04 06    10 50.01   +02 32.6    0.238    1.207   146.6    27.1    19.2
2002 04 08    10 43.08   +04 10.5    0.227    1.189   142.6    30.8    19.2
2002 04 10    10 35.68   +05 57.2    0.216    1.172   138.3    34.7    19.1
2002 04 12    10 27.77   +07 52.9    0.205    1.154   133.8    38.8    19.1
2002 04 14    10 19.29   +09 58.1    0.196    1.137   129.2    43.1    19.1
2002 04 16    10 10.18   +12 13.0    0.187    1.119   124.3    47.7    19.1
2002 04 18    10 00.34   +14 38.1    0.178    1.102   119.3    52.6    19.1
2002 04 20    09 49.65   +17 13.3    0.170    1.085   114.0    57.8    19.1
2002 04 22    09 37.94   +19 58.5    0.163    1.068   108.5    63.2    19.2
2002 04 24    09 25.04   +22 53.1    0.157    1.051   102.7    68.9    19.2
2002 04 26    09 10.71   +25 56.1    0.151    1.035    96.7    75.0    19.3
2002 04 28    08 54.66   +29 05.3    0.146    1.018    90.4    81.3    19.4
2002 04 30    08 36.60   +32 17.6    0.143    1.002    84.0    87.9    19.6
2002 05 02    08 16.24   +35 28.1    0.140    0.986    77.3    94.8    19.8
2002 05 04    07 53.32   +38 30.8    0.138    0.971    70.5   101.8    20.0
2002 05 06    07 27.73   +41 18.0    0.137    0.956    63.7   108.9    20.4

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F42

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