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M.P.E.C. 2002-S42 Issued 2002 Sept. 24, 19:12 UT
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2002 SU
Observations:
K02S00U* C2002 09 23.24858 19 50 34.45 +58 28 20.6 19.7 644
K02S00U C2002 09 23.25916 19 50 35.08 +58 27 54.1 19.6 644
K02S00U C2002 09 23.27092 19 50 35.84 +58 27 24.9 19.2 644
K02S00U C2002 09 23.88059 19 51 16.84 +58 01 59.5 19.0 R 966
K02S00U C2002 09 23.90041 19 51 17.98 +58 01 08.8 18.6 R 966
K02S00U C2002 09 24.18146 19 51 37.35 +57 49 19.5 19.5 644
K02S00U C2002 09 24.19206 19 51 38.05 +57 48 52.7 19.4 644
K02S00U C2002 09 24.20910 19 51 39.11 +57 48 09.0 19.3 644
Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
M. Hicks, R. Thicksten. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
966 Church Stretton. Observer S. P. Laurie. 0.35-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 SU
Epoch 2002 Sept. 23.0 TT = JDT 2452540.5 MPC
M 325.24828 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.36961971 Peri. 207.99533 +0.72271189 -0.61244398
a 1.9229410 Node 202.23716 +0.67691368 +0.53364373
e 0.3677270 Incl. 57.82213 -0.13955429 -0.58321243
P 2.67 H 16.6 G 0.15
From 8 observations 2002 Sept. 23-24.
Ephemeris:
2002 SU a,e,i = 1.92, 0.37, 58 q = 1.2158
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 09 23 19 50.32 +58 38.5 0.872 1.480 104.0 41.2 18.8
2002 10 03 20 04.31 +50 39.7 0.777 1.434 106.9 41.9 18.5
2002 10 13 20 23.84 +40 08.5 0.702 1.391 108.6 42.8 18.2
2002 10 23 20 47.21 +27 16.2 0.658 1.351 107.9 44.5 18.1
2002 11 02 21 12.94 +13 17.5 0.656 1.315 104.0 47.1 18.1
2002 11 12 21 40.01 +00 10.7 0.694 1.283 97.7 49.8 18.2
2002 11 22 22 07.63 -10 38.2 0.766 1.257 90.7 51.8 18.4
2002 12 02 22 35.31 -18 51.4 0.859 1.237 83.9 52.4 18.7
2002 12 12 23 02.91 -24 51.1 0.961 1.223 77.9 51.9 18.9
2002 12 22 23 30.36 -29 08.7 1.063 1.216 72.8 50.6 19.0
2003 01 01 23 57.78 -32 10.4 1.160 1.217 68.6 48.8 19.2
2003 01 11 00 25.41 -34 15.2 1.247 1.225 65.4 46.9 19.3
2003 01 21 00 53.49 -35 36.3 1.321 1.240 63.1 45.0 19.4
2003 01 31 01 22.28 -36 21.8 1.382 1.262 61.8 43.5 19.5
2003 02 10 01 52.07 -36 37.0 1.430 1.289 61.3 42.2 19.6
2003 02 20 02 23.02 -36 25.1 1.466 1.322 61.6 41.1 19.6
2003 03 02 02 55.27 -35 47.4 1.493 1.359 62.5 40.3 19.7
2003 03 12 03 28.82 -34 44.9 1.514 1.399 63.9 39.6 19.8
2003 03 22 04 03.49 -33 19.0 1.535 1.443 65.5 38.9 19.9
2003 04 01 04 38.96 -31 31.1 1.558 1.489 67.1 38.2 20.0
2003 04 11 05 14.81 -29 25.0 1.589 1.536 68.5 37.4 20.0
2003 04 21 05 50.49 -27 06.1 1.630 1.584 69.3 36.4 20.1
2003 05 01 06 25.47 -24 41.0 1.686 1.633 69.5 35.3 20.2
2003 05 11 06 59.32 -22 17.4 1.756 1.682 68.9 34.1 20.4
2003 05 21 07 31.68 -20 02.2 1.842 1.731 67.6 32.7 20.5
2003 05 31 08 02.38 -18 00.5 1.941 1.779 65.5 31.2 20.6
2003 06 10 08 31.36 -16 15.9 2.053 1.827 62.8 29.6 20.8
2003 06 20 08 58.64 -14 49.5 2.174 1.874 59.5 27.8 20.9
2003 06 30 09 24.33 -13 41.3 2.301 1.921 55.7 25.9 21.0
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