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MPEC 2002-N23 : 2002 NW

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M.P.E.C. 2002-N23                                Issued 2002 July 6, 14:44 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 NW

Observations:
     K02N00W* C2002 07 05.32673 19 57 19.48 -22 57 25.6          19.3        644
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.34896 19 57 22.19 -22 59 11.4          19.4        644
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.37003 19 57 24.85 -23 00 51.8          19.5        644
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.95610 19 59 12.84 -23 51 57.1                      246
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.95677 19 59 12.95 -23 52 02.5                      246
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.95743 19 59 13.03 -23 52 05.1                      246
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.95796 19 59 13.16 -23 52 09.2                      246
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.95868 19 59 13.35 -23 52 12.7                      246
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.95995 19 59 13.56 -23 52 21.7                      246
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.96067 19 59 13.65 -23 52 23.9                      246
     K02N00W  C2002 07 05.96427 19 59 14.24 -23 52 44.8                      246
     K02N00W  C2002 07 06.31179 20 00 28.43 -24 27 36.5          19.0 R      651
     K02N00W  C2002 07 06.31290 20 00 28.64 -24 27 45.0          19.1 R      651
     K02N00W  C2002 07 06.31766 20 00 29.53 -24 28 15.8          19.0 R      651

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.
    Measurer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT telescope + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    K. Kuluhiwa, 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 NW
Epoch 2002 July 5.0 TT = JDT 2452460.5                  MPC
M 336.00673              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42461227     Peri.  287.57637     +0.85813835     -0.50163694
a   1.7531040      Node   102.65503     +0.50324026     +0.77962313
e   0.7031014      Incl.    6.43522     +0.10172419     +0.37489752
P   2.32           H   23.6           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2002 July 5-6.

Ephemeris:
2002 NW                  a,e,i = 1.75, 0.70, 6                   q = 0.5205
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 07 05    19 56.45   -22 31.6    0.090    1.104   166.0    12.9    19.4
2002 07 06    19 59.33   -23 54.3    0.077    1.092   166.3    12.8    19.0
2002 07 07    20 03.39   -25 49.1    0.065    1.080   166.1    13.1    18.6
2002 07 08    20 09.60   -28 38.2    0.052    1.067   164.8    14.4    18.1
2002 07 09    20 20.31   -33 08.9    0.040    1.055   161.5    17.8    17.7

2002 07 10.0  20 43.21   -41 16.3    0.028    1.042   153.6    25.7    17.1
2002 07 10.1  20 47.01   -42 25.7    0.027    1.041   152.4    26.9    17.1
2002 07 10.2  20 51.27   -43 40.4    0.026    1.040   151.1    28.2    17.0
2002 07 10.3  20 56.11   -45 00.7    0.025    1.038   149.6    29.7    17.0
2002 07 10.4  21 01.62   -46 27.1    0.024    1.037   148.0    31.3    16.9
2002 07 10.5  21 07.97   -48 00.0    0.023    1.036   146.2    33.1    16.9
2002 07 10.6  21 15.34   -49 39.8    0.022    1.035   144.2    35.1    16.8
2002 07 10.7  21 23.97   -51 26.5    0.021    1.033   142.1    37.2    16.8
2002 07 10.8  21 34.20   -53 20.2    0.020    1.032   139.7    39.6    16.8
2002 07 10.9  21 46.45   -55 20.3    0.019    1.031   137.1    42.1    16.7
2002 07 11.0  22 01.30   -57 25.8    0.019    1.030   134.3    45.0    16.7
2002 07 11.1  22 19.50   -59 34.3    0.018    1.028   131.2    48.1    16.7
2002 07 11.2  22 42.00   -61 41.8    0.017    1.027   127.8    51.5    16.7
2002 07 11.3  23 09.91   -63 42.2    0.016    1.026   124.1    55.2    16.7
2002 07 11.4  23 44.25   -65 25.9    0.016    1.025   120.1    59.1    16.8
2002 07 11.5  00 25.41   -66 40.2    0.015    1.023   115.8    63.4    16.8
2002 07 11.6  01 12.26   -67 11.2    0.015    1.022   111.3    67.9    16.9
2002 07 11.7  02 01.60   -66 47.4    0.015    1.021   106.5    72.7    17.0
2002 07 11.8  02 49.13   -65 25.5    0.014    1.020   101.6    77.6    17.2
2002 07 11.9  03 31.35   -63 11.2    0.014    1.018    96.6    82.6    17.3
2002 07 12.0  04 06.80   -60 16.8    0.014    1.017    91.5    87.7    17.5
2002 07 12.1  04 35.70   -56 55.7    0.015    1.016    86.5    92.6    17.7
2002 07 12.2  04 59.00   -53 20.3    0.015    1.015    81.7    97.5    18.0
2002 07 12.3  05 17.83   -49 40.2    0.015    1.013    77.1   102.1    18.3
2002 07 12.4  05 33.17   -46 02.7    0.016    1.012    72.7   106.5    18.6
2002 07 12.5  05 45.81   -42 32.5    0.016    1.011    68.5   110.6    18.9
2002 07 12.6  05 56.33   -39 12.9    0.017    1.009    64.7   114.4    19.2
2002 07 12.7  06 05.20   -36 05.6    0.018    1.008    61.2   118.0    19.5
2002 07 12.8  06 12.75   -33 11.2    0.018    1.007    57.9   121.2    19.9
2002 07 12.9  06 19.25   -30 29.9    0.019    1.006    54.9   124.2    20.2

2002 07 13    06 24.89   -28 01.2    0.020    1.004    52.2   126.9    20.5
2002 07 14    06 56.29   -11 53.2    0.030    0.992    34.8   144.2    23.4
2002 07 15    07 09.47   -04 13.1    0.042    0.979    26.6   152.3    25.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-N23

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