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MPEC 2002-L15 : 2002 LW

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M.P.E.C. 2002-L15                                Issued 2002 June 3, 20:07 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 LW

Observations:
     K02L00W* C2002 06 02.32794 19 33 37.86 -10 26 51.0          18.4        644
     K02L00W  C2002 06 02.33947 19 33 37.75 -10 24 45.1          19.1        644
     K02L00W  C2002 06 02.34993 19 33 37.63 -10 22 52.0          18.9        644
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.01377 19 33 51.59 -08 20 09.1                      557
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.01435 19 33 51.53 -08 20 02.5                      557
     K02L00W IC2002 06 03.01551 19 33 51.57 -08 19 49.9                      557
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.01610 19 33 51.52 -08 19 42.6                      557
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.01785 19 33 51.51 -08 19 22.2                      557
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.01843 19 33 51.52 -08 19 16.7                      557
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.01900 19 33 51.49 -08 19 08.5                      557
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.02516 19 33 51.54 -08 17 59.5                      246
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.02584 19 33 51.48 -08 17 52.3                      246
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.02769 19 33 51.51 -08 17 31.7                      246
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.02816 19 33 51.48 -08 17 25.5                      246
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.02868 19 33 51.48 -08 17 20.4                      246
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.44954 19 34 04.69 -06 53 51.3          17.6 R      474
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.45127 19 34 04.75 -06 53 32.3          17.7 R      474
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.45787 19 34 04.76 -06 52 16.5          17.5 R      474
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.61440 19 34 03.08 -06 22 07.6          17.9 R      474
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.61567 19 34 03.06 -06 21 52.5          17.6 R      474
     K02L00W  C2002 06 03.61729 19 34 03.02 -06 21 34.2          17.9 R      474

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
    telescope + CCD.
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore,
    P. M. Kilmartin.  0.6-m f/6.4 reflector.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 LW
Epoch 2002 May 26.0 TT = JDT 2452420.5                  MPC
M 240.35561              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.96129791     Peri.  126.45246     +0.94260314     -0.27941036
a   1.0167887      Node   250.40866     +0.20872935     +0.92043202
e   0.1016964      Incl.   11.19049     +0.26063648     +0.27337658
P   1.03           H   22.2           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2002 June 2-3.

Ephemeris:
2002 LW                  a,e,i = 1.02, 0.10, 11                  q = 0.9134
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 05 26    19 28.52   -28 27.4    0.086    1.075   134.7    42.0    18.7
2002 05 31    19 32.37   -17 03.8    0.073    1.068   137.1    40.3    18.2
2002 06 05    19 34.41   -01 47.1    0.064    1.061   135.3    42.3    18.0
2002 06 10    19 34.59   +16 18.6    0.061    1.053   127.5    49.9    18.1
2002 06 15    19 32.94   +33 58.7    0.064    1.045   116.0    60.9    18.5
2002 06 20    19 29.69   +48 24.8    0.072    1.037   105.0    71.2    19.1
2002 06 25    19 24.99   +59 10.1    0.083    1.029    96.1    79.2    19.6
2002 06 30    19 18.63   +67 03.9    0.096    1.020    89.4    85.2    20.1
2002 07 05    19 09.9    +73 00.1    0.110    1.011    84.1    89.7    20.6
2002 07 10    18 57.2    +77 38.0    0.124    1.003    80.0    93.0    21.0
2002 07 15    18 37.1    +81 23.8    0.137    0.994    76.7    95.5    21.3
2002 07 20    17 58.4    +84 32.7    0.151    0.985    74.0    97.5    21.6
2002 07 25    16 14      +87 00.2    0.163    0.977    71.7    99.1    21.8
2002 07 30    12 06      +87 23.7    0.175    0.969    69.8   100.4    22.0
2002 08 04    09 51      +85 22.5    0.187    0.961    68.2   101.4    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-L15

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