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MPEC 2002-F46 : 2002 FU5

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M.P.E.C. 2002-F46                                Issued 2002 Mar. 23, 14:36 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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                                   2002 FU5

Observations:
     K02F05U* C2002 03 20.49408 12 31 35.86 +16 20 46.9          19.6        644
     K02F05U  C2002 03 20.50497 12 31 35.66 +16 21 14.9          20.1        644
     K02F05U  C2002 03 20.51569 12 31 35.44 +16 21 42.8          19.9        644
     K02F05U  C2002 03 21.35521 12 31 26.33 +16 59 41.5          20.2 R      651
     K02F05U  C2002 03 21.35689 12 31 26.23 +16 59 45.8          19.9 R      651
     K02F05U  C2002 03 21.35961 12 31 26.16 +16 59 53.3          19.7 R      651
     K02F05U  C2002 03 22.92588 12 31 03.60 +18 16 21.3          18.8 R      468
     K02F05U  C2002 03 22.93035 12 31 03.49 +18 16 34.7          18.7 R      468
     K02F05U  C2002 03 22.93583 12 31 03.32 +18 16 51.3          18.7 R      468
     K02F05U  C2002 03 23.16677 12 31 00.12 +18 28 50.6          18.7 R      649
     K02F05U  C2002 03 23.17086 12 31 00.04 +18 29 04.0          18.9 R      649
     K02F05U  C2002 03 23.17493 12 30 59.91 +18 29 16.3          18.4 R      649
     K02F05U  C2002 03 23.26306 12 30 57.87 +18 33 57.9          19.0 R      448
     K02F05U  C2002 03 23.26903 12 30 57.70 +18 34 16.8          18.7 R      448
     K02F05U  C2002 03 23.27506 12 30 57.52 +18 34 36.5          19.0 R      448

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
468 Campo Catino.  Observers G. Masi, F. Mallia.  0.80-m f/4.0 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
    D. Young.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 FU5                                                             PHA 0.049
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
M 342.80886              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21586362     Peri.  153.95798     -0.02883813     +0.99710231
a   2.7522196      Node   114.32096     -0.93006308     -0.00096133
e   0.7265078      Incl.    4.43051     -0.36626634     -0.07606615
P   4.57           H   20.9           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2002 Mar. 20-23.

Ephemeris:
2002 FU5                 a,e,i = 2.75, 0.73, 4                   q = 0.7527
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 17    12 32.10   +14 03.0    0.327    1.311   163.1    12.8    19.8
2002 03 22    12 31.29   +17 30.3    0.272    1.256   160.8    15.1    19.4
2002 03 27    12 29.58   +22 19.4    0.221    1.202   155.2    20.4    19.0
2002 04 01    12 26.50   +29 25.5    0.174    1.148   146.0    29.1    18.7
2002 04 06    12 20.53   +40 41.5    0.133    1.094   132.2    42.6    18.4

2002 04 07    12 18.60   +43 43.4    0.125    1.084   128.6    46.2    18.3
2002 04 08    12 16.23   +47 05.8    0.118    1.073   124.7    50.1    18.3
2002 04 09    12 13.22   +50 50.8    0.112    1.063   120.5    54.3    18.3
2002 04 10    12 09.27   +55 00.5    0.106    1.052   115.8    59.0    18.3
2002 04 11    12 03.84   +59 36.3    0.101    1.042   110.7    64.1    18.3
2002 04 12    11 55.89   +64 38.1    0.096    1.032   105.1    69.7    18.3
2002 04 13    11 43.1    +70 03.7    0.092    1.021    99.2    75.7    18.4
2002 04 14    11 19.1    +75 46.3    0.089    1.011    92.8    82.1    18.6
2002 04 15    10 21.1    +81 24.6    0.088    1.001    86.2    88.8    18.7
2002 04 16    07 07      +85 08.2    0.087    0.991    79.5    95.6    19.0
2002 04 17    03 13.8    +82 24.3    0.087    0.981    72.7   102.4    19.3
2002 04 18    02 01.3    +76 49.2    0.089    0.972    66.2   109.0    19.7
2002 04 19    01 33.6    +70 58.2    0.091    0.962    60.0   115.3    20.1
2002 04 20    01 19.40   +65 20.1    0.094    0.952    54.2   121.2    20.6
2002 04 21    01 10.89   +60 04.3    0.099    0.943    49.0   126.4    21.1
2002 04 22    01 05.26   +55 14.4    0.104    0.934    44.4   131.1    21.7
2002 04 23    01 01.30   +50 51.3    0.110    0.925    40.4   135.2    22.2
2002 04 24    00 58.41   +46 54.1    0.116    0.916    37.0   138.7    22.7
2002 04 25    00 56.24   +43 21.1    0.123    0.907    34.1   141.5    23.2
2002 04 26    00 54.59   +40 10.2    0.130    0.898    31.8   143.8    23.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F46

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