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MPEC 2002-S55 : 2002 QE47

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M.P.E.C. 2002-S55                                Issued 2002 Sept. 27, 22:08 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 QE47

Additional observations:
     K02Q47E  C2002 09 26.18950 00 22 34.98 +01 38 24.2          19.9        644
     K02Q47E  C2002 09 26.25176 00 22 34.48 +01 38 34.3          19.9        644
     K02Q47E  C2002 09 26.32067 00 22 33.77 +01 38 45.5          19.7        644
     K02Q47E 4C2002 09 27.26204 00 22 35.11 +01 41 16.9                      673
     K02Q47E 4C2002 09 27.27141 00 22 35.01 +01 41 18.6                      673
     K02Q47E 4C2002 09 27.27882 00 22 34.96 +01 41 19.6                      673

Observer details:
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 QE47
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
M   1.42936              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39725774     Peri.   34.13866     +0.64848450     -0.76122015
a   1.8326849      Node    15.43483     +0.69550877     +0.59066414
e   0.3652785      Incl.    0.73734     +0.30941137     +0.26769339
P   2.48           H   22.2           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
020830 291  0.0   0.2+    020831 291  0.2+  0.2-    020926 644  0.0   0.1+
020830 291  0.1-  0.4+    020902 246(51.6- 28.7-)   020927 673  0.1-  0.1-
020830 291  0.0   0.0     020902 246(51.2- 28.2-)   020927 673  0.2-  0.0
020831 291  0.2+  0.7-    020926 644  0.1-  0.1+    020927 673  0.3+  0.2-
020831 291  0.4-  0.2+    020926 644  0.1+  0.1+

Ephemeris:
2002 QE47                a,e,i = 1.83, 0.37, 1                   q = 1.1632
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 09 23    00 22.46   +01 30.4    0.276    1.279   174.0     4.7    20.3
2002 10 03    00 22.60   +01 58.5    0.243    1.244   176.4     2.9    19.9
2002 10 13    00 23.48   +02 40.1    0.221    1.214   167.0    10.7    20.0
2002 10 23    00 27.63   +03 48.4    0.208    1.190   158.5    17.9    20.1
2002 11 02    00 36.91   +05 30.3    0.202    1.174   151.3    24.0    20.2
2002 11 12    00 52.38   +07 45.8    0.205    1.165   145.6    28.7    20.4
2002 11 22    01 13.91   +10 26.7    0.215    1.164   141.5    31.9    20.5
2002 12 02    01 40.13   +13 16.8    0.233    1.171   138.4    34.0    20.8
2002 12 12    02 09.45   +16 00.5    0.260    1.185   135.8    35.4    21.1
2002 12 22    02 40.28   +18 26.1    0.296    1.207   133.4    36.3    21.4
2003 01 01    03 11.25   +20 26.5    0.343    1.235   130.8    37.1    21.8
2003 01 11    03 41.73   +22 01.2    0.399    1.268   127.9    37.7    22.2
2003 01 21    04 11.36   +23 11.8    0.466    1.307   124.7    38.3    22.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-S55

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