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MPEC 2002-S04 : 2002 RB182

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M.P.E.C. 2002-S04                                Issued 2002 Sept. 16, 14:41 UT

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                                  2002 RB182

Observations:
     K02RI2B* C2002 09 14.47624 00 46 52.24 +04 45 12.2          20.3        644
     K02RI2B  C2002 09 14.48658 00 46 55.20 +04 45 29.5          20.6        644
     K02RI2B  C2002 09 14.49700 00 46 58.07 +04 45 47.4          20.4        644
     K02RI2B 4C2002 09 15.20278 00 50 41.26 +05 06 53.7                      673
     K02RI2B 4C2002 09 15.20741 00 50 42.87 +05 07 03.6                      673
     K02RI2B 4C2002 09 15.21238 00 50 44.28 +05 07 12.2                      673
     K02RI2B tC2002 09 15.30918 00 51 13.64 +05 10 18.6          20.3 V      291
     K02RI2B tC2002 09 15.31695 00 51 16.01 +05 10 33.3          20.4 V      291
     K02RI2B tC2002 09 15.32589 00 51 18.69 +05 10 50.0          20.3 V      291
     K02RI2B  C2002 09 15.48576 00 52 08.19 +05 15 51.3          19.5        644
     K02RI2B  C2002 09 15.49644 00 52 11.51 +05 16 11.2          20.1        644
     K02RI2B  C2002 09 15.50717 00 52 14.89 +05 16 31.5          20.4        644

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m Spacewatch telescope.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  Measurer
    M. Hicks.  0.6-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 RB182
Epoch 2002 Sept. 3.0 TT = JDT 2452520.5                 MPC
M 340.77173              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29134889     Peri.  259.24582     +0.43682503     -0.89954602
a   2.2535151      Node   164.85260     +0.82669298     +0.40104193
e   0.6193463      Incl.    0.20253     +0.35463025     +0.17315406
P   3.38           H   22.7           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 Sept. 14-15.

Ephemeris:
2002 RB182               a,e,i = 2.25, 0.62, 0                   q = 0.8578
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 09 13    00 40.12   +04 05.9    0.161    1.158   159.2    18.0    20.0
2002 09 14    00 44.60   +04 32.2    0.153    1.150   159.0    18.3    19.9
2002 09 15    00 49.56   +05 01.2    0.144    1.141   158.6    18.7    19.7
2002 09 16    00 55.08   +05 33.2    0.136    1.133   158.1    19.3    19.6
2002 09 17    01 01.27   +06 08.8    0.128    1.125   157.4    20.1    19.5
2002 09 18    01 08.23   +06 48.4    0.120    1.116   156.6    21.0    19.4
2002 09 19    01 16.13   +07 32.8    0.113    1.108   155.4    22.1    19.2
2002 09 20    01 25.14   +08 22.5    0.105    1.100   154.0    23.6    19.1
2002 09 21    01 35.49   +09 18.5    0.098    1.092   152.3    25.3    19.0
2002 09 22    01 47.46   +10 21.4    0.091    1.084   150.1    27.5    18.9
2002 09 23    02 01.38   +11 32.0    0.084    1.076   147.5    30.1    18.8
2002 09 24    02 17.66   +12 50.6    0.078    1.068   144.3    33.3    18.7
2002 09 25    02 36.73   +14 17.0    0.072    1.060   140.4    37.1    18.6
2002 09 26    02 59.07   +15 49.6    0.067    1.052   135.8    41.7    18.6
2002 09 27    03 25.07   +17 24.9    0.063    1.044   130.3    47.0    18.6
2002 09 28    03 54.87   +18 57.0    0.060    1.037   124.1    53.2    18.6
2002 09 29    04 28.19   +20 17.1    0.057    1.029   117.1    60.1    18.7
2002 09 30    05 04.09   +21 15.9    0.056    1.022   109.6    67.4    18.9
2002 10 01    05 41.05   +21 46.1    0.056    1.014   102.0    74.9    19.1
2002 10 02    06 17.23   +21 45.9    0.057    1.007    94.6    82.2    19.4
2002 10 03    06 51.03   +21 19.0    0.060    1.000    87.7    88.9    19.7
2002 10 04    07 21.43   +20 32.8    0.063    0.993    81.6    94.8    20.1
2002 10 05    07 48.06   +19 35.5    0.067    0.986    76.2   100.0    20.4
2002 10 06    08 11.02   +18 33.5    0.072    0.980    71.7   104.3    20.8
2002 10 07    08 30.68   +17 31.5    0.078    0.973    67.9   107.9    21.1
2002 10 08    08 47.50   +16 32.0    0.084    0.966    64.7   110.8    21.5
2002 10 09    09 01.94   +15 36.4    0.090    0.960    62.1   113.1    21.7
2002 10 10    09 14.40   +14 45.1    0.097    0.954    60.0   115.0    22.0
2002 10 11    09 25.23   +13 58.1    0.104    0.948    58.2   116.4    22.2
2002 10 12    09 34.71   +13 15.2    0.111    0.942    56.8   117.5    22.5
2002 10 13    09 43.08   +12 36.0    0.118    0.936    55.7   118.4    22.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-S04

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