MPEC 2002-Q28 : 2002 QC7
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M.P.E.C. 2002-Q28 Issued 2002 Aug. 22, 21:04 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
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2002 QC7
Observations:
K02Q07C* C2002 08 19.44288 22 58 32.60 -19 18 07.4 18.8 644
K02Q07C C2002 08 19.45334 22 58 29.80 -19 17 50.1 18.9 644
K02Q07C C2002 08 19.46369 22 58 27.04 -19 17 33.0 19.1 644
K02Q07C 1C2002 08 19.77376 22 57 05.81 -19 08 41.0 19.6 R 413
K02Q07C 1C2002 08 19.77512 22 57 05.46 -19 08 38.7 19.0 R 413
K02Q07C 1C2002 08 19.77648 22 57 05.08 -19 08 36.2 19.6 R 413
K02Q07C C2002 08 20.32112 22 54 43.84 -18 53 56.9 19.1 644
K02Q07C C2002 08 20.33160 22 54 40.99 -18 53 39.2 20.0 644
K02Q07C C2002 08 20.34320 22 54 37.87 -18 53 20.3 19.5 644
Observer details:
413 Siding Spring. Observer R. H. McNaught. 1.0-m f/8 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.
Orbital elements:
2002 QC7
Epoch 2002 Aug. 14.0 TT = JDT 2452500.5 MPC
M 162.44502 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.78090120 Peri. 181.89182 -0.92536230 -0.33123959
a 1.1678991 Node 336.05322 +0.35349477 -0.57834968
e 0.1954464 Incl. 27.01280 +0.13691623 -0.74551457
P 1.26 H 19.5 G 0.15
From 9 observations 2002 Aug. 19-20.
Ephemeris:
2002 QC7 a,e,i = 1.17, 0.20, 27 q = 0.9396
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 08 14 23 21.24 -21 33.3 0.406 1.389 153.5 19.0 19.2
2002 08 24 22 38.43 -17 06.1 0.386 1.394 171.1 6.4 18.6
2002 09 03 21 55.35 -11 41.2 0.395 1.396 166.6 9.6 18.8
2002 09 13 21 20.50 -06 23.3 0.432 1.395 149.3 21.6 19.4
2002 09 23 20 57.42 -01 57.9 0.490 1.392 134.5 30.9 20.0
2002 10 03 20 45.06 +01 29.7 0.561 1.385 122.5 37.6 20.5
2002 10 13 20 41.12 +04 14.0 0.637 1.375 112.7 42.0 20.9
2002 10 23 20 43.44 +06 32.3 0.715 1.363 104.5 45.0 21.2
2002 11 02 20 50.38 +08 36.6 0.791 1.348 97.6 46.9 21.4
2002 11 12 21 00.93 +10 36.0 0.861 1.330 91.6 48.1 21.6
2002 11 22 21 14.34 +12 36.4 0.924 1.309 86.4 48.8 21.7
2002 12 02 21 30.18 +14 41.3 0.980 1.286 81.8 49.3 21.8
2002 12 12 21 48.26 +16 53.2 1.025 1.261 77.7 49.7 21.9
2002 12 22 22 08.49 +19 13.2 1.060 1.234 74.2 50.1 21.9
2003 01 01 22 30.95 +21 40.8 1.084 1.205 71.1 50.5 22.0
2003 01 11 22 55.88 +24 14.9 1.098 1.174 68.4 51.2 21.9
2003 01 21 23 23.61 +26 52.3 1.101 1.143 66.2 52.0 21.9
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-Q28
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