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MPEC 2002-P22 : 2002 PO6

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M.P.E.C. 2002-P22                                Issued 2002 Aug. 6, 21:40 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 PO6

Observations:
     K02P06O* C2002 08 04.31795 21 27 01.29 +00 06 19.7          20.5        644
     K02P06O  C2002 08 04.34143 21 26 57.68 +00 07 00.8          20.2        644
     K02P06O  C2002 08 04.36245 21 26 54.41 +00 07 37.9          19.9        644
     K02P06O  C2002 08 05.21763 21 24 50.12 +00 32 01.2          19.9 R      649
     K02P06O  C2002 08 05.22214 21 24 49.43 +00 32 07.9          19.8 R      649
     K02P06O  C2002 08 05.22667 21 24 48.73 +00 32 15.3          19.7 R      649
     K02P06O  C2002 08 05.90319 21 23 12.05 +00 50 50.6                      246
     K02P06O  C2002 08 05.90416 21 23 11.96 +00 50 51.4                      246
     K02P06O  C2002 08 05.90913 21 23 11.27 +00 50 59.9                      246
     K02P06O  C2002 08 05.91131 21 23 10.95 +00 51 03.3          19.9 R      246
     K02P06O  C2002 08 06.02729 21 22 53.82 +00 54 10.3                      557
     K02P06O  C2002 08 06.02916 21 22 53.52 +00 54 13.0                      557
     K02P06O  C2002 08 06.03102 21 22 53.28 +00 54 16.8          20.3 V      557

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT telescope + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    K. Kuluhiwa, M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 PO6
Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5                 MPC
M  18.87792              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27840456     Peri.  301.17333     -0.36190131     +0.88262176
a   2.3228357      Node   304.60011     -0.68197259     -0.47008031
e   0.5338486      Incl.   21.37514     -0.63556339     +0.00182502
P   3.54           H   20.5           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2002 Aug. 4-6.

Ephemeris:
2002 PO6                 a,e,i = 2.32, 0.53, 21                  q = 1.0828
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 07 25    21 55.39   -06 09.2    0.353    1.339   152.4    20.6    19.9
2002 08 04    21 27.81   -00 02.8    0.406    1.404   161.0    13.6    20.1
2002 08 14    21 06.34   +03 49.3    0.478    1.473   160.5    13.3    20.5
2002 08 24    20 51.91   +05 57.1    0.569    1.542   153.9    16.8    21.1
2002 09 03    20 43.99   +06 56.5    0.675    1.613   146.0    20.5    21.7
2002 09 13    20 41.53   +07 16.3    0.796    1.685   138.1    23.5    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-P22

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