MPEC 2002-U48 : 2002 UR3
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M.P.E.C. 2002-U48 Issued 2002 Oct. 30, 16:17 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 UR3
Observations:
K02U03R* C2002 10 29.50740 03 50 51.81 +00 24 21.1 17.9 644
K02U03R C2002 10 29.51782 03 50 49.87 +00 24 20.3 17.9 644
K02U03R C2002 10 29.52826 03 50 47.96 +00 24 19.6 17.8 644
K02U03R C2002 10 29.87343 03 49 45.83 +00 23 55.0 620
K02U03R C2002 10 29.87645 03 49 45.23 +00 23 55.1 620
K02U03R C2002 10 29.93671 03 49 33.98 +00 23 51.2 620
K02U03R C2002 10 29.94725 03 49 32.04 +00 23 51.0 620
K02U03R C2002 10 29.96442 03 49 28.75 +00 23 49.7 17.6 R 176
K02U03R C2002 10 29.96720 03 49 28.24 +00 23 49.5 18.0 R 176
K02U03R C2002 10 29.96998 03 49 27.73 +00 23 49.4 17.8 R 176
K02U03R C2002 10 29.97157 03 49 27.43 +00 23 49.3 17.9 R 176
K02U03R C2002 10 29.97274 03 49 27.22 +00 23 49.3 17.7 R 176
K02U03R C2002 10 29.97547 03 49 26.71 +00 23 49.1 17.7 R 176
K02U03R C2002 10 30.30691 03 48 24.82 +00 23 29.3 18.1 R 854
K02U03R C2002 10 30.30803 03 48 24.60 +00 23 29.5 18.2 R 854
K02U03R C2002 10 30.31028 03 48 24.19 +00 23 28.9 18.1 R 854
K02U03R C2002 10 30.31139 03 48 23.99 +00 23 29.2 18.0 R 854
K02U03R C2002 10 30.42410 03 48 02.29 +00 23 21.9 17.7 R 926
K02U03R C2002 10 30.42581 03 48 01.99 +00 23 22.5 17.8 R 926
K02U03R C2002 10 30.42762 03 48 01.61 +00 23 21.9 17.7 R 926
K02U03R C2002 10 30.44880 03 47 57.55 +00 23 20.5 696
K02U03R C2002 10 30.45022 03 47 57.26 +00 23 20.5 696
Observer details:
176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell. Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco. 0.41-m
reflector + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca. Observers F. Serra, M. Blasco,
S. Sanchez. 0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
M. Hicks, R. Thicksten. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins. Observers I. Ginsburg, T. B. Spahr.
Measurer T. B. Spahr. 1.2-m reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.30-m f/10
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory. Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.
Measurer P. R. Holvorcem. 0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 UR3
Epoch 2002 Oct. 13.0 TT = JDT 2452560.5 MPC
M 302.97066 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.47574969 Peri. 138.64514 -0.76449780 -0.08967585
a 1.6251135 Node 50.72027 -0.53276561 -0.46960719
e 0.8294283 Incl. 55.55646 +0.36291034 -0.87830936
P 2.07 H 16.4 G 0.15
From 22 observations 2002 Oct. 29-30.
Ephemeris:
2002 UR3 a,e,i = 1.63, 0.83, 56 q = 0.2772
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 10 23 04 07.75 +00 35.2 0.940 1.840 144.0 18.5 18.5
2002 10 28 03 55.27 +00 26.4 0.857 1.791 150.7 15.8 18.2
2002 11 02 03 39.45 +00 21.6 0.781 1.739 157.3 12.7 17.8
2002 11 07 03 19.89 +00 23.0 0.715 1.687 162.3 10.3 17.5
2002 11 12 02 56.44 +00 33.0 0.660 1.632 162.7 10.4 17.2
2002 11 17 02 29.34 +00 53.7 0.617 1.575 156.9 14.2 17.1
2002 11 22 01 59.45 +01 26.4 0.588 1.516 147.4 20.6 17.2
2002 11 27 01 28.15 +02 10.5 0.573 1.455 136.3 27.9 17.2
2002 12 02 00 57.15 +03 03.8 0.571 1.392 124.7 35.6 17.4
2002 12 07 00 27.96 +04 03.3 0.580 1.327 113.4 43.0 17.5
2002 12 12 00 01.52 +05 05.8 0.598 1.258 102.6 49.8 17.6
2002 12 17 23 38.12 +06 08.9 0.622 1.188 92.6 55.9 17.8
2002 12 22 23 17.55 +07 10.6 0.649 1.114 83.3 61.3 17.9
2002 12 27 22 59.30 +08 09.1 0.677 1.036 74.7 66.2 18.0
2003 01 01 22 42.73 +09 02.6 0.704 0.956 66.6 70.8 18.0
2003 01 06 22 27.11 +09 48.1 0.730 0.871 58.9 75.2 18.0
2003 01 11 22 11.68 +10 20.6 0.752 0.782 51.5 79.7 18.0
2003 01 16 21 55.62 +10 31.5 0.770 0.690 44.3 84.5 18.0
2003 01 21 21 38.15 +10 06.0 0.786 0.593 37.0 89.9 17.9
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-U48
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