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MPEC 2004-U19 : 2002 UA31

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M.P.E.C. 2004-U19                                Issued 2004 Oct. 19, 23:03 UT

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         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2002 UA31

                           Revision to MPEC 2002-V11

Additional Observations:
     K02U31A 7C2004 10 08.09272 16 26 22.19 +07 49 10.3                 EU019696
     K02U31A 7C2004 10 08.09663 16 26 23.72 +07 49 07.9                 EU019696
     K02U31A 7C2004 10 09.09316 16 33 02.34 +07 36 13.2                 EU019696
     K02U31A 7C2004 10 09.10182 16 33 05.75 +07 36 06.2                 EU019696

Observer details:
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observers K. Smalley, P. Berlind.
    Measurer T. B. Spahr.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
041008 696 71.8+  4.7+    041009 696 71.4+  3.7+    MPO 41842   -0.023 day

Orbital elements:
2002 UA31                                                            PHA 0.012
Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5                 MPC
M 307.48556              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.38064987     Peri.  358.61669     -0.88148193     +0.40040932
a   0.7987552      Node   209.35972     -0.42820092     -0.90125260
e   0.4872009      Incl.   30.70124     -0.19908186     +0.16557818
P   0.71           H   18.8           G   0.15           U   4
Residuals in seconds of arc
021031 704  0.1-  0.1-    021104 649  0.1+  0.5-    021110 246  0.3-  0.3+
021031 704  0.0   0.1-    021104 649  0.3-  0.1+    021111 448  0.7-  0.2+
021031 704  0.0   0.2+    021105 448  0.4+  1.5-    021111 448  0.0   0.1+
021031 704  0.3-  0.2-    021105 448  0.8+  0.9-    021111 448  0.3-  0.3+
021031 704  1.8+  0.4+    021105 448  0.0   0.4-    021111 448  0.1-  0.0
021101 704  0.0   0.3+    021106 704  0.6+  0.1+    021123 715  0.0   0.5-
021101 704  0.4+  0.7+    021106 704  0.9+  0.7+    021123 715  0.5-  0.5-
021101 704  0.4-  0.1+    021106 448  0.4+  0.6-    021123 715  0.1-  0.4-
021101 620  2.6-  1.8+    021106 448  0.5+  0.2-    021228 413  0.2-  0.7-
021101 620  0.5-  1.8+    021106 704  0.4+  0.4+    021228 413  0.9-  0.9-
021101 620  0.3+  0.3+    021106 448  0.6+  0.5-    021231 448  0.2+  0.6+
021101 176  0.2-  0.6-    021106 704  0.9+  0.3+    021231 448  0.1-  1.4+
021101 176  0.1-  0.3-    021106 704  0.6+  0.6+    021231 448  0.4+  1.2+
021101 176  0.2-  0.1-    021110 246  0.0   0.6-    041008 696  0.2+  0.2-
021101 176  0.2-  0.4+    021110 246  0.7-  0.5-    041008 696  0.1-  0.4+
021101 966  0.3-  0.1-    021110 246  0.3+  0.4-    041009 696  0.2+  0.2-
021101 966  0.1+  0.6-    021110 246  0.2-  0.3-    041009 696  0.2-  0.2-
021104 649  0.4-  0.1-    021110 246  0.8-  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2002 UA31                a,e,i = 0.80, 0.49, 31                  q = 0.4096
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 10 12    16 52.34   +06 55.1    0.733    0.862    57.3    77.0    20.5
2004 10 22    17 56.76   +04 03.8    0.736    0.941    63.9    71.6    20.5
2004 11 01    18 55.99   +00 58.5    0.771    1.010    68.6    66.2    20.6
2004 11 11    19 48.54   -01 47.5    0.831    1.066    71.1    61.4    20.7
2004 11 21    20 34.50   -03 57.2    0.909    1.112    71.6    57.5    20.9
2004 12 01    21 14.74   -05 27.8    0.997    1.146    70.6    54.2    21.1
2004 12 11    21 50.45   -06 23.5    1.089    1.171    68.5    51.5    21.2
2004 12 21    22 22.76   -06 50.2    1.181    1.184    65.6    49.2    21.4
2004 12 31    22 52.53   -06 54.0    1.267    1.188    62.2    47.1    21.5
2005 01 10    23 20.50   -06 39.9    1.344    1.181    58.6    45.3    21.5
2005 01 20    23 47.29   -06 11.9    1.409    1.164    54.8    43.7    21.6
2005 01 30    00 13.33   -05 33.5    1.460    1.137    51.0    42.3    21.5
2005 02 09    00 39.06   -04 47.1    1.493    1.099    47.4    41.4    21.5
2005 02 19    01 04.84   -03 54.7    1.506    1.050    44.0    40.8    21.4
2005 03 01    01 31.00   -02 57.9    1.496    0.989    40.9    41.0    21.3
2005 03 11    01 57.87   -01 56.7    1.461    0.917    38.2    42.1    21.1
2005 03 21    02 25.75   -00 50.2    1.398    0.834    36.1    44.7    20.8
2005 03 31    02 54.73   +00 26.3    1.302    0.739    34.4    49.8    20.6
2005 04 10    03 24.44   +02 06.5    1.169    0.635    32.9    58.9    20.3
2005 04 20    03 52.46   +04 48.6    0.995    0.529    30.7    75.7    20.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-U19

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