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MPEC 2002-P40 : 2000 QW69

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M.P.E.C. 2002-P40                                Issued 2002 Aug.  9, 14:27 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2000 QW69

                           Revision to MPEC 2000-Q39

Observations:
     K00Q69W  C2002 08 08.36054 03 06 59.78 +44 57 57.5          20.7 R      649
     K00Q69W  C2002 08 08.37221 03 07 00.87 +44 58 17.2          20.4 R      649
     K00Q69W  C2002 08 09.37238 03 08 38.82 +45 25 38.3                      649
     K00Q69W  C2002 08 09.38707 03 08 40.27 +45 26 02.5                      649

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, M. Glaze.  0.75-m
    Newtonian + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
020808 649 14.1-  7.1-    020809 649 14.3-  6.8-    MPO 13689   +0.013 day

Orbital elements:
2000 QW69                                                            PHA 0.018D
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
M 124.88416              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61053043     Peri.  220.64208     -0.86855130     +0.46693516
a   1.3761460      Node   344.40381     -0.10535601     -0.50145538
e   0.3018810      Incl.   38.15671     -0.48427136     -0.72836395
P   1.61           H   17.3           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
000828 704  0.3+  0.5+    000831 711  0.5-  0.1+    000910 046  0.5+  0.2+
000828 704  0.4+  0.1-    000831 711  0.5-  0.2+    000910 046  0.8+  0.1+
000828 704  0.5+  0.2-    000831 704  0.2-  0.2+    000910 046  0.1+  0.2+
000828 704  0.2+  1.2-    000831 711  0.5-  0.4+    000910 046  0.7+  0.3-
000828 704  1.6+  0.6+    000831 704  0.3+  0.1+    000918 413  0.4+  0.1-
000828 046  0.1+  0.2+    000831 704  0.0   0.7+    000918 413  0.6+  0.3-
000828 046  0.1-  0.5+    000831 704  0.2+  0.2-    000918 413  0.2+  0.2-
000828 046  0.3-  0.3-    000831 704  0.3-  0.6+    000919 413  0.1+  0.4-
000828 595  0.7-  0.2+    000831 704  0.0   0.1+    000919 413  0.1+  0.4-
000828 046  0.1-  0.0     000831 422  0.1+  0.1-    000919 413  0.1+  0.4-
000828 046  0.2-  0.3-    000831 422  0.8+  0.2+    000920 853  0.3+  0.3-
000828 595  0.3-  0.4+    000831 422  0.6+  0.7+    000920 853  0.2+  0.2-
000828 595  0.1-  0.5+    000831 413  0.2+  0.5-    000920 360  0.3-  0.0
000829 808 (3.2-  2.0+)   000831 413  0.2+  0.5-    000920 360  0.2-  0.1-
000829 808  1.2+  0.3-    000831 413  0.2+  0.4-    000920 360  0.5-  0.4-
000829 808  0.2-  0.9+    000902 413  0.2+  0.3-    000921 587  0.9-  0.4+
000829 704  0.2+  0.1+    000903 704  0.5-  0.2+    000921 587  0.7+  0.7+
000829 704  0.4+  0.0     000903 704  0.3-  0.5+    000922 699  0.8-  0.2+
000829 704  0.9+  0.5+    000903 704  0.2+  0.1-    000922 699  0.2-  0.1+
000829 402  0.3+  0.3-    000903 704  0.1+  0.6+    000922 699  0.7-  0.4-
000829 402  0.2+  1.0-    000903 704  0.0   0.3+    000922 699  0.2-  0.4-
000829 402  0.1+  0.5-    000903 670  0.4+  0.3+    000923 704  0.1+  0.3+
000829 402  0.0   0.5-    000903 670  0.4+  0.2+    000923 704  2.3-  1.1+
000829 046  1.4-  0.3-    000903 402  0.1-  0.5-    000923 704  0.0   0.6-
000829 046  0.3-  0.2-    000903 402  0.1-  0.0     000923 704  0.7-  1.2-
000829 046  0.6+  0.3+    000903 402  0.4+  0.4-    000926 704  0.0   0.1-
000829 046  0.7+  0.8-    000904 670  0.0   0.2-    000926 704  0.5+  0.4-
000829 587  0.3-  0.6-    000904 670  0.9-  0.2+    000926 704  0.7-  0.2-
000829 587  0.6-  0.6-    000904 670  0.7-  0.8+    000926 704  0.2-  0.1-
000829 118  0.4-  0.1-    000904 587  0.0   0.0     000928 118  0.1+  0.0
000829 118  0.6-  0.0     000904 587  0.7+  1.5-    000928 118  0.7+  0.2-
000829 106  0.2-  0.0     000905 704  0.0   0.3+    001003 704  0.5-  0.2-
000829 106  0.2+  0.1-    000905 704  0.1-  0.3+    001003 704  0.5-  0.1+
000830 106  0.0   0.1-    000905 704  0.0   0.1+    001003 704  0.8+  0.9+
000830 808  1.0-  0.8+    000905 704  0.0   0.2-    001202 413  0.5-  0.1-
000830 808  2.2-  0.5-    000905 704  0.0   0.1-    001205 693  0.4+  0.1+
000830 422  0.6+  0.4-    000908 046  0.2+  0.4+    001205 693  0.6+  0.3+
000830 422  0.7-  0.4-    000908 046  0.3-  0.0     001205 693  0.4+  0.5+
000830 422  0.2+  0.6-    000908 046  0.2+  0.1+    020808 649  0.2+  0.3-
000831 808  1.4+  1.6+    000908 046  0.2-  0.2+    020808 649  0.2-  0.2+
000831 808  2.5+  0.4+    000908 046  0.2+  0.3+    020809 649  0.2-  0.2+
000831 704  0.2-  0.1+    000910 118  0.8+  0.3-    020809 649  0.1+  0.0
000831 704  0.3-  0.4-    000910 118  0.3+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2000 QW69                a,e,i = 1.38, 0.30, 38                  q = 0.9607
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 08 04    02 59.87   +43 00.0    1.713    1.792    77.5    33.6    21.1
2002 08 14    03 16.19   +47 33.7    1.619    1.790    82.2    34.1    21.0
2002 08 24    03 32.48   +52 19.1    1.529    1.786    86.9    34.4    20.9
2002 09 03    03 48.59   +57 16.6    1.443    1.779    91.3    34.5    20.8
2002 09 13    04 04.17   +62 25.4    1.363    1.770    95.5    34.5    20.6
2002 09 23    04 18.52   +67 42.8    1.291    1.757    99.2    34.3    20.5
2002 10 03    04 30.1    +73 04.6    1.228    1.742   102.4    34.1    20.4
2002 10 13    04 34.1    +78 23.6    1.173    1.724   104.9    34.0    20.2
2002 10 23    04 13.0    +83 25.6    1.128    1.703   106.5    34.1    20.1
2002 11 02    01 31      +87 08.5    1.091    1.680   107.4    34.3    20.0
2002 11 12    21 01      +85 24.4    1.062    1.654   107.4    34.8    20.0
2002 11 22    20 19.1    +81 40.4    1.038    1.625   106.7    35.6    19.9
2002 12 02    20 24.2    +78 13.7    1.018    1.594   105.4    36.6    19.8
2002 12 12    20 43.9    +75 20.1    1.000    1.560   103.6    37.8    19.8
2002 12 22    21 11.4    +73 02.5    0.983    1.524   101.6    39.2    19.7
2003 01 01    21 45.2    +71 17.6    0.964    1.486    99.4    40.8    19.7
2003 01 11    22 25.34   +69 59.0    0.944    1.445    97.1    42.5    19.6
2003 01 21    23 12.26   +68 54.4    0.921    1.402    94.7    44.4    19.6
2003 01 31    00 06.07   +67 44.8    0.897    1.358    92.3    46.4    19.5
2003 02 10    01 05.65   +66 06.7    0.871    1.313    89.7    48.7    19.4
2003 02 20    02 07.79   +63 33.8    0.845    1.267    87.0    51.2    19.3
2003 03 02    03 08.20   +59 44.6    0.820    1.220    84.1    53.9    19.3
2003 03 12    04 03.28   +54 30.5    0.800    1.174    81.0    56.7    19.2
2003 03 22    04 51.26   +47 55.3    0.785    1.130    77.8    59.5    19.2
2003 04 01    05 32.13   +40 13.4    0.777    1.088    74.4    62.2    19.1
2003 04 11    06 06.79   +31 45.7    0.778    1.050    71.0    64.5    19.1
2003 04 21    06 36.30   +22 54.9    0.787    1.017    67.9    66.3    19.2
2003 05 01    07 01.68   +14 01.9    0.801    0.990    65.2    67.5    19.2
2003 05 11    07 23.89   +05 22.3    0.818    0.972    63.2    68.1    19.2
2003 05 21    07 43.73   -02 54.3    0.835    0.962    61.9    68.1    19.2
2003 05 31    08 02.07   -10 44.1    0.849    0.962    61.4    67.7    19.2
2003 06 10    08 19.86   -18 08.9    0.858    0.971    61.8    67.1    19.3
2003 06 20    08 38.15   -25 13.8    0.859    0.990    63.1    66.3    19.3
2003 06 30    08 58.38   -32 06.1    0.852    1.016    65.2    65.3    19.3
2003 07 10    09 22.46   -38 54.1    0.839    1.049    68.1    64.0    19.3
2003 07 20    09 53.21   -45 41.4    0.822    1.087    71.6    62.5    19.3
2003 07 30    10 35.20   -52 20.6    0.806    1.129    75.7    60.6    19.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-P40

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