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MPEC 2002-F51 : 2002 FA6

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M.P.E.C. 2002-F51                                Issued 2002 Mar. 24, 22:55 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

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                                   2002 FA6

Observations:
     K02F06A* C2002 03 21.41260 14 36 58.53 +14 10 46.2          19.6 R      699
     K02F06A  C2002 03 21.42516 14 36 58.35 +14 11 51.3                      699
     K02F06A  C2002 03 21.43773 14 36 58.19 +14 12 57.2                      699
     K02F06A  C2002 03 21.45032 14 36 58.04 +14 14 02.6                      699
     K02F06A  C2002 03 23.21259 14 36 46.66 +16 49 23.8          19.0 R      649
     K02F06A  C2002 03 23.21872 14 36 46.50 +16 49 56.3          18.8 R      649
     K02F06A  C2002 03 23.22623 14 36 46.37 +16 50 37.5          19.4 R      649
     K02F06A FC2002 03 24.67359 14 36 25.14 +19 01 42.2          19.6 V      422
     K02F06A FC2002 03 24.67439 14 36 24.96 +19 01 47.4          19.5 V      422
     K02F06A FC2002 03 24.67943 14 36 24.93 +19 02 13.7          19.7 V      422

Observer details:
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
    D. Young.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observers B. W. Koehn, W. S. Kelly.  0.59-m
    LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 FA6
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
M 204.59129              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.97302371     Peri.  174.01827     +0.98100724     +0.18802496
a   1.0086034      Node   174.41927     -0.19200070     +0.97620724
e   0.3201311      Incl.   29.34571     -0.02757747     -0.10800948
P   1.01           H   19.8           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2002 Mar. 21-24.

Ephemeris:
2002 FA6                 a,e,i = 1.01, 0.32, 29                  q = 0.6857
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 17    14 36.60   +08 04.1    0.379    1.298   137.0    31.5    19.6
2002 03 22    14 36.93   +15 02.1    0.357    1.288   139.2    30.3    19.4
2002 03 27    14 35.55   +22 35.3    0.343    1.277   139.0    30.8    19.3
2002 04 01    14 32.26   +30 21.4    0.337    1.264   136.2    33.2    19.3
2002 04 06    14 26.85   +37 54.3    0.338    1.250   131.3    37.0    19.4
2002 04 11    14 19.17   +44 50.0    0.346    1.235   125.2    41.5    19.6
2002 04 16    14 09.21   +50 52.5    0.360    1.218   118.7    46.3    19.8
2002 04 21    13 57.13   +55 55.8    0.377    1.200   112.4    50.7    20.0
2002 04 26    13 43.29   +60 01.6    0.397    1.181   106.4    54.8    20.2
2002 05 01    13 28.15   +63 16.4    0.418    1.161   100.8    58.5    20.3
2002 05 06    13 12.23   +65 48.2    0.438    1.139    95.7    61.8    20.5
2002 05 11    12 56.12   +67 45.4    0.458    1.116    91.0    64.8    20.6
2002 05 16    12 40.31   +69 15.8    0.476    1.092    86.7    67.5    20.8
2002 05 21    12 25.0    +70 26.9    0.492    1.067    82.7    70.1    20.9
2002 05 26    12 10.1    +71 24.7    0.505    1.041    78.9    72.7    20.9
2002 05 31    11 55.2    +72 13.6    0.515    1.014    75.4    75.2    21.0
2002 06 05    11 39.4    +72 56.4    0.521    0.987    72.0    77.9    21.1
2002 06 10    11 21.8    +73 34.3    0.524    0.959    68.7    80.7    21.1
2002 06 15    11 01.1    +74 06.6    0.524    0.930    65.5    83.7    21.2
2002 06 20    10 35.8    +74 29.9    0.520    0.901    62.3    87.0    21.2
2002 06 25    10 04.5    +74 36.0    0.513    0.872    59.1    90.6    21.3
2002 06 30    09 27.2    +74 11.2    0.503    0.844    55.8    94.7    21.3
2002 07 05    08 46.6    +72 57.4    0.491    0.816    52.4    99.1    21.4
2002 07 10    08 07.5    +70 37.2    0.478    0.789    48.9   103.9    21.5
2002 07 15    07 34.59   +66 58.8    0.467    0.765    45.4   108.9    21.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F51

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