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M.P.E.C. 2002-L26 Issued 2002 June 6, 15:11 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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2002 LJ3
Observations:
K02L03J* C2002 06 05.56635 16 48 47.53 -06 09 41.6 20.2 608
K02L03J C2002 06 05.57762 16 48 46.35 -06 09 41.7 20.1 608
K02L03J C2002 06 05.58862 16 48 45.08 -06 09 41.6 19.8 608
K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.67856 16 48 35.77 -06 09 28.0 413
K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.68017 16 48 35.58 -06 09 28.0 413
K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.68178 16 48 35.40 -06 09 28.0 413
K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.73667 16 48 29.31 -06 09 27.5 413
K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.73828 16 48 29.12 -06 09 27.5 413
K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.73990 16 48 28.94 -06 09 27.4 413
K02L03J C2002 06 06.29008 16 47 30.32 -06 09 48.6 18.2 R 734
K02L03J C2002 06 06.29874 16 47 29.48 -06 09 48.6 17.7 R 734
K02L03J C2002 06 06.30615 16 47 28.58 -06 09 48.5 18.1 R 649
K02L03J C2002 06 06.31521 16 47 27.54 -06 09 48.7 17.9 R 649
Observer details:
413 Siding Spring. Observers G. J. Garradd, R. H. McNaught. Measurer
R. H. McNaught. 1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks. 1.2-m reflector + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg. Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman.
0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory. Observer G. Hug. 0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 LJ3
Epoch 2002 May 26.0 TT = JDT 2452420.5 MPC
M 250.22734 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.58393677 Peri. 253.90713 +0.93051530 -0.35232172
a 1.4176167 Node 126.61606 +0.36519710 +0.87181128
e 0.2321519 Incl. 7.16076 +0.02779129 +0.34031530
P 1.69 H 18.4 G 0.15
From 13 observations 2002 June 5-6.
Ephemeris:
2002 LJ3 a,e,i = 1.42, 0.23, 7 q = 1.0885
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 06 05 16 49.82 -06 09.7 0.561 1.561 163.7 10.5 18.8
2002 06 15 16 31.74 -06 24.6 0.544 1.533 157.7 14.6 18.8
2002 06 25 16 15.17 -07 15.7 0.545 1.503 147.2 21.5 19.0
2002 07 05 16 02.67 -08 39.0 0.559 1.472 136.2 28.5 19.2
2002 07 15 15 55.72 -10 27.6 0.584 1.440 126.1 34.8 19.5
2002 07 25 15 54.74 -12 33.8 0.615 1.406 117.1 40.0 19.7
2002 08 04 15 59.39 -14 50.3 0.648 1.372 109.3 44.3 19.8
2002 08 14 16 09.20 -17 11.6 0.681 1.338 102.5 47.7 20.0
2002 08 24 16 23.67 -19 32.6 0.713 1.303 96.7 50.4 20.1
2002 09 03 16 42.35 -21 48.3 0.741 1.270 91.7 52.6 20.2
2002 09 13 17 05.00 -23 53.9 0.765 1.237 87.4 54.4 20.3
2002 09 23 17 31.38 -25 43.8 0.785 1.206 83.8 55.8 20.3
2002 10 03 18 01.22 -27 11.6 0.801 1.177 80.7 57.1 20.3
2002 10 13 18 34.32 -28 10.9 0.813 1.151 78.2 58.1 20.3
2002 10 23 19 10.26 -28 34.8 0.821 1.129 76.2 58.9 20.4
2002 11 02 19 48.46 -28 17.2 0.827 1.111 74.6 59.5 20.3
2002 11 12 20 28.30 -27 13.2 0.832 1.098 73.5 59.9 20.3
2002 11 22 21 08.99 -25 20.6 0.836 1.090 72.9 60.0 20.3
2002 12 02 21 49.80 -22 40.1 0.843 1.089 72.6 59.8 20.4
2002 12 12 22 30.19 -19 15.7 0.853 1.093 72.6 59.3 20.4
2002 12 22 23 09.75 -15 15.0 0.867 1.102 72.8 58.5 20.4
2003 01 01 23 48.30 -10 47.9 0.888 1.117 73.1 57.4 20.5
2003 01 11 00 25.88 -06 05.8 0.917 1.137 73.4 56.0 20.5
2003 01 21 01 02.55 -01 20.8 0.955 1.161 73.5 54.4 20.6
2003 01 31 01 38.47 +03 16.1 1.001 1.188 73.5 52.7 20.7
2003 02 10 02 13.84 +07 35.6 1.056 1.218 73.1 50.8 20.8
2003 02 20 02 48.76 +11 30.3 1.119 1.250 72.4 49.0 21.0
2003 03 02 03 23.33 +14 55.3 1.190 1.283 71.4 47.1 21.1
2003 03 12 03 57.58 +17 47.9 1.268 1.317 70.0 45.1 21.2
2003 03 22 04 31.45 +20 06.6 1.352 1.352 68.4 43.2 21.4
2003 04 01 05 04.88 +21 51.7 1.440 1.386 66.4 41.3 21.5
2003 04 11 05 37.75 +23 04.5 1.532 1.420 64.2 39.5 21.7
2003 04 21 06 09.91 +23 46.8 1.626 1.453 61.8 37.6 21.8
2003 05 01 06 41.24 +24 01.0 1.722 1.485 59.2 35.7 21.9
2003 05 11 07 11.67 +23 49.7 1.818 1.515 56.5 33.8 22.0
2003 05 21 07 41.09 +23 15.8 1.913 1.545 53.6 31.8 22.1
2003 05 31 08 09.50 +22 21.9 2.006 1.572 50.6 29.9 22.2
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