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M.P.E.C. 2002-K74 Issued 2002 May 31, 14:32 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
2002 KJ8
Observations:
K02K08J* C2002 05 18.23283 15 36 29.23 -16 05 06.3 20.9 644
K02K08J C2002 05 18.29493 15 36 26.97 -16 05 26.2 20.1 644
K02K08J C2002 05 18.36343 15 36 24.33 -16 05 48.1 20.4 644
K02K08J C2002 05 20.23017 15 35 23.84 -16 16 06.7 19.6 R 649
K02K08J C2002 05 20.24780 15 35 23.15 -16 16 13.4 19.8 R 649
K02K08J C2002 05 20.26752 15 35 22.32 -16 16 18.8 19.4 R 649
K02K08J C2002 05 21.25454 15 34 49.76 -16 22 00.0 19.9 R 649
K02K08J C2002 05 21.26826 15 34 49.21 -16 22 04.6 19.8 R 649
K02K08J C2002 05 21.28521 15 34 48.54 -16 22 10.2 19.7 R 649
K02K08J C2002 05 21.93413 15 34 27.25 -16 26 02.6 246
K02K08J C2002 05 21.93543 15 34 27.23 -16 26 04.2 246
K02K08J C2002 05 21.94671 15 34 26.79 -16 26 06.5 246
K02K08J C2002 05 23.21492 15 33 44.79 -16 33 49.9 20.3 R 448
K02K08J C2002 05 23.22071 15 33 44.40 -16 33 52.0 20.1 R 448
K02K08J C2002 05 23.22361 15 33 44.30 -16 33 53.4 20.0 R 448
K02K08J C2002 05 31.21633 15 29 27.01 -17 30 06.9 649
K02K08J C2002 05 31.22731 15 29 26.60 -17 30 13.3 19.8 R 649
K02K08J C2002 05 31.23083 15 29 26.76 -17 30 13.5 18.7 R 734
K02K08J C2002 05 31.23481 15 29 26.39 -17 30 16.2 19.4 R 649
K02K08J C2002 05 31.23865 15 29 26.28 -17 30 16.6 18.9 R 734
Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT. Observer M. Tichy. 1.06-m KLENOT
telescope + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. Stevens. 0.30-m f/6.3
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
M. Hicks, R. Thicksten. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg. Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman.
0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory. Observer G. Hug. 0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 KJ8
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 MPC
M 346.62118 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.16206246 Peri. 215.96750 +0.27438172 +0.95830250
a 3.3318167 Node 70.07649 -0.86124821 +0.28181580
e 0.5889020 Incl. 4.87027 -0.42774548 +0.04728827
P 6.08 H 20.0 G 0.15
From 20 observations 2002 May 18-31.
Ephemeris:
2002 KJ8 a,e,i = 3.33, 0.59, 5 q = 1.3697
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 05 26 15 32.20 -16 51.7 0.527 1.535 170.0 6.5 20.0
2002 06 05 15 27.31 -18 09.8 0.495 1.490 159.9 13.6 20.1
2002 06 15 15 25.09 -19 48.7 0.478 1.450 150.2 20.4 20.2
2002 06 25 15 27.50 -21 47.2 0.473 1.418 141.6 26.4 20.3
2002 07 05 15 35.73 -23 59.7 0.477 1.393 134.4 31.4 20.5
2002 07 15 15 50.34 -26 17.6 0.491 1.377 128.5 35.3 20.6
2002 07 25 16 11.26 -28 29.6 0.513 1.370 123.9 38.0 20.8
2002 08 04 16 37.74 -30 22.5 0.544 1.372 120.4 39.6 20.9
2002 08 14 17 08.63 -31 44.3 0.584 1.384 117.6 40.5 21.1
2002 08 24 17 42.43 -32 26.6 0.634 1.404 115.3 40.6 21.3
2002 09 03 18 17.40 -32 26.1 0.696 1.433 113.1 40.4 21.6
2002 09 13 18 52.09 -31 45.2 0.769 1.469 110.9 39.8 21.8
2002 09 23 19 25.44 -30 30.2 0.855 1.511 108.5 39.0 22.1
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-K74
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