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MPEC 2002-G63 : 2002 GF8

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M.P.E.C. 2002-G63                                Issued 2002 Apr. 15, 17:41 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 GF8

Observations:
     K02G08F* C2002 04 09.26536 14 04 56.03 -13 37 31.0          20.9        644
     K02G08F  C2002 04 09.33398 14 04 54.79 -13 38 17.4          21.0        644
     K02G08F  C2002 04 09.40911 14 04 53.36 -13 39 07.9          20.7        644
     K02G08F  C2002 04 10.08946 14 04 45.13 -13 46 42.6          19.7 V      493
     K02G08F  C2002 04 10.09167 14 04 45.06 -13 46 45.0          19.7 V      493
     K02G08F  C2002 04 13.39509 14 03 53.07 -14 24 50.7          20.5        644
     K02G08F  C2002 04 13.40580 14 03 52.83 -14 24 58.5          20.7        644
     K02G08F  C2002 04 13.42251 14 03 52.37 -14 25 10.3          20.8        644
     K02G08F  C2002 04 14.31543 14 03 35.53 -14 35 50.6          19.4 R      649
     K02G08F  C2002 04 14.34659 14 03 34.69 -14 36 12.0          19.6 R      649
     K02G08F  C2002 04 14.37780 14 03 33.93 -14 36 33.9          19.4 R      649

Observer details:
493 Calar Alto.  Observers DANEOPS Team (M. Busch, F. Hormuth, R. Kresken).
    Measurers A. Doppler, A. Gnadig.  1.52-m 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,
    R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.  Observers D. Trentman, G. North.
    Measurer S. Kranz.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 GF8
Epoch 2002 Mar. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452360.5                 MPC
M 336.76820              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27749772     Peri.  238.05946     -0.19985385     +0.97935973
a   2.3278935      Node    20.47699     -0.86729919     -0.16246943
e   0.4659306      Incl.    4.95486     -0.45590629     -0.12024228
P   3.55           H   20.4           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2002 Apr. 9-14.

Ephemeris:
2002 GF8                 a,e,i = 2.33, 0.47, 5                   q = 1.2433
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 04 06    14 05.38   -13 02.0    0.468    1.453   162.3    12.1    20.3
2002 04 16    14 03.00   -14 56.1    0.405    1.405   171.7     5.9    19.6
2002 04 26    13 58.37   -17 10.2    0.357    1.362   174.8     3.8    19.2
2002 05 06    13 53.22   -19 45.9    0.323    1.324   165.8    10.8    19.2
2002 05 16    13 50.01   -22 40.5    0.301    1.292   156.3    18.3    19.3
2002 05 26    13 51.63   -25 49.5    0.290    1.268   147.9    25.1    19.4
2002 06 05    14 00.19   -29 04.6    0.288    1.252   141.2    30.6    19.5
2002 06 15    14 16.95   -32 12.8    0.293    1.244   136.2    34.4    19.6
2002 06 25    14 42.10   -34 58.7    0.306    1.245   132.8    36.8    19.8
2002 07 05    15 14.37   -37 04.1    0.327    1.255   130.7    37.9    20.0
2002 07 15    15 51.55   -38 14.4    0.358    1.273   129.3    38.1    20.2
2002 07 25    16 30.83   -38 26.2    0.398    1.300   128.2    37.9    20.5
2002 08 04    17 09.44   -37 45.3    0.449    1.333   126.8    37.6    20.8
2002 08 14    17 45.75   -36 24.8    0.512    1.372   125.0    37.2    21.1
2002 08 24    18 19.10   -34 39.0    0.588    1.417   122.6    36.9    21.5
2002 09 03    18 49.44   -32 38.9    0.675    1.466   119.8    36.7    21.9
2002 09 13    19 17.19   -30 32.0    0.774    1.518   116.4    36.4    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-G63

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