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MPEC 2002-G57 : 2002 GQ5

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M.P.E.C. 2002-G57                                Issued 2002 Apr. 13, 14:28 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 GQ5

Observations:
     K02G05Q* C2002 04 11.39277 14 28 36.90 +06 10 17.8          19.3        644
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 11.40322 14 28 33.69 +06 10 13.7          19.7        644
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 11.41493 14 28 30.09 +06 10 08.9          19.6        644
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.28040 14 24 18.82 +06 04 14.2          19.3        644
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.29478 14 24 14.55 +06 04 08.4          19.1        644
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.30932 14 24 10.20 +06 04 02.6          19.1        644
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.35152 14 23 57.45 +06 03 45.7          19.3 R      651
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.35304 14 23 56.96 +06 03 45.4          19.1 R      651
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.35437 14 23 56.53 +06 03 44.3          19.1 R      651
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.58824 14 22 49.95 +06 02 39.3          19.4 V      422
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.58972 14 22 49.46 +06 02 39.1          19.6 V      422
     K02G05Q  C2002 04 12.59130 14 22 48.95 +06 02 36.9          19.7 V      422

Observer details:
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 GQ5
Epoch 2002 Mar. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452360.5                 MPC
M  63.32875              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.81359699     Peri.   13.60897     +0.26605572     -0.95846166
a   1.1363963      Node    61.04605     +0.87305545     +0.19438880
e   0.4744267      Incl.    6.74623     +0.40864231     +0.20872047
P   1.21           H   20.4           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 Apr. 11-12.

Ephemeris:
2002 GQ5                 a,e,i = 1.14, 0.47, 7                   q = 0.5973
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 04 06    14 56.99   +06 40.1    0.245    1.215   147.8    26.0    18.9
2002 04 11    14 30.57   +06 13.1    0.265    1.249   156.7    18.5    18.9
2002 04 16    14 07.42   +05 36.1    0.290    1.283   162.5    13.6    19.0
2002 04 21    13 47.98   +04 51.7    0.320    1.315   163.3    12.7    19.3
2002 04 26    13 32.26   +04 02.7    0.355    1.345   159.8    14.9    19.6
2002 05 01    13 19.97   +03 11.1    0.395    1.374   154.6    18.4    20.0
2002 05 06    13 10.69   +02 18.3    0.438    1.402   148.9    21.8    20.4
2002 05 11    13 04.01   +01 24.9    0.484    1.428   143.4    24.9    20.8
2002 05 16    12 59.55   +00 31.3    0.534    1.453   138.2    27.6    21.1
2002 05 21    12 56.96   -00 22.5    0.586    1.477   133.3    29.9    21.4
2002 05 26    12 55.94   -01 16.3    0.640    1.499   128.7    31.8    21.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-G57

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