MPEC 2002-P43 : 2002 PW39
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M.P.E.C. 2002-P43 Issued 2002 Aug. 10, 16:12 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 PW39
Observations:
K02P39W* C2002 08 06.23116 20 24 49.61 -26 43 47.1 19.8 644
K02P39W C2002 08 06.29708 20 24 51.01 -26 46 26.0 19.9 644
K02P39W C2002 08 06.36015 20 24 52.38 -26 48 56.9 20.2 644
K02P39W C2002 08 09.22545 20 26 45.89 -28 47 20.2 19.1 R 649
K02P39W C2002 08 09.22997 20 26 46.09 -28 47 32.5 19.5 R 649
K02P39W C2002 08 09.23450 20 26 46.26 -28 47 44.3 19.2 R 649
K02P39W C2002 08 09.24271 20 26 46.49 -28 48 03.9 19.8 R 649
K02P39W C2002 08 09.24723 20 26 46.59 -28 48 16.4 19.6 R 649
K02P39W C2002 08 09.46996 20 26 57.11 -28 57 02.4 19.1 R 474
K02P39W C2002 08 09.47193 20 26 57.17 -28 57 07.4 18.8 R 474
K02P39W C2002 08 09.47517 20 26 57.17 -28 57 15.7 18.8 R 474
Observer details:
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo. Observer A. C. Gilmore. Measurer
P. M. Kilmartin. 1.0-m f/7.7 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. Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
R. Trentman. 0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 PW39
Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5 MPC
M 341.08338 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29650696 Peri. 237.99256 +0.99188000 +0.00019893
a 2.2273038 Node 121.70573 +0.04099739 +0.94611447
e 0.4964957 Incl. 8.59719 -0.12038805 +0.32383232
P 3.32 H 21.3 G 0.15
From 11 observations 2002 Aug. 6-9.
Ephemeris:
2002 PW39 a,e,i = 2.23, 0.50, 9 q = 1.1215
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 08 04 20 23.63 -25 16.4 0.262 1.273 169.1 8.6 19.5
2002 08 14 20 31.07 -32 17.9 0.227 1.225 157.2 18.7 19.5
2002 08 24 20 47.26 -40 13.3 0.204 1.185 145.6 28.8 19.5
2002 09 03 21 18.07 -47 49.6 0.192 1.154 135.6 37.7 19.5
2002 09 13 22 08.34 -53 23.3 0.188 1.132 128.2 44.3 19.6
2002 09 23 23 13.99 -55 15.3 0.192 1.122 124.1 47.8 19.8
2002 10 03 00 17.68 -52 56.5 0.202 1.124 123.1 48.2 19.9
2002 10 13 01 05.68 -47 24.8 0.218 1.137 125.0 46.0 20.0
2002 10 23 01 37.72 -40 06.3 0.241 1.160 128.6 42.1 20.2
2002 11 02 01 58.70 -32 07.6 0.272 1.194 132.7 37.6 20.4
2002 11 12 02 13.42 -24 11.0 0.314 1.236 136.2 33.7 20.7
2002 11 22 02 25.26 -16 45.4 0.368 1.285 137.8 31.1 21.0
2002 12 02 02 36.11 -10 07.2 0.436 1.339 137.2 30.0 21.4
2002 12 12 02 47.17 -04 20.8 0.518 1.398 134.6 30.1 21.9
2002 12 22 02 59.05 +00 35.4 0.614 1.460 130.6 30.8 22.4
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-P43
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