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MPEC 2002-W32 : 2002 WQ

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M.P.E.C. 2002-W32                                Issued 2002 Nov. 22, 18:19 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 WQ

Observations:
     K02W00Q* C2002 11 18.42907 08 16 54.35 +00 58 31.6          20.4        644
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 18.44009 08 16 55.63 +00 59 14.6          20.1        644
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 18.45108 08 16 56.87 +00 59 56.4          20.2        644
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 19.36574 08 18 47.53 +01 59 31.8          18.0 R      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 19.36771 08 18 47.72 +01 59 39.3                      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 19.37002 08 18 47.98 +01 59 48.9                      673
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 19.39591 08 18 50.67 +02 01 31.5          18.8 R      734
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 19.40219 08 18 51.34 +02 01 56.2          18.7 R      734
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 19.40813 08 18 52.01 +02 02 20.0          18.6 R      734
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 19.51463 08 19 04.46 +02 09 26.9          18.4 R      926
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 19.51601 08 19 04.59 +02 09 31.4          18.9 R      926
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 19.51742 08 19 04.73 +02 09 36.9          18.6 R      926
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 19.51876 08 19 04.87 +02 09 42.2          18.3 R      926
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 20.41076 08 20 52.50 +03 09 37.8          17.5 R      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 20.41354 08 20 52.79 +03 09 49.0                      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 20.41563 08 20 53.07 +03 09 58.0                      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 21.41296 08 22 51.72 +04 18 48.6          17.5 R      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 21.41505 08 22 51.95 +04 18 57.1                      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 21.41725 08 22 52.21 +04 19 06.8                      673
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 21.50507 08 23 01.95 +04 25 17.4          20.7 R      926
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 21.50645 08 23 02.07 +04 25 24.8          19.6 R      926
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 21.50924 08 23 02.44 +04 25 35.4          19.4 R      926
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 22.33403 08 24 41.03 +05 24 06.0          17.5 R      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 22.33575 08 24 41.22 +05 24 13.5                      673
     K02W00Q 5C2002 11 22.33738 08 24 41.42 +05 24 20.5                      673
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 22.48826 08 24 58.27 +05 35 15.2          19.6 R      926
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 22.48966 08 24 58.39 +05 35 19.0          19.3 R      926
     K02W00Q  C2002 11 22.49105 08 24 58.54 +05 35 24.4          19.1 R      926

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.
    0.61-m reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 WQ
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5                  MPC
M 359.42906              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25906589     Peri.  335.14678     +0.41555619     -0.70884291
a   2.4370394      Node    85.46045     +0.90044851     +0.23209447
e   0.5065060      Incl.   34.87263     +0.12847383     +0.66608850
P   3.80           H   18.7           G   0.15
From 28 observations 2002 Nov. 18-22.

Ephemeris:
2002 WQ                  a,e,i = 2.44, 0.51, 35                  q = 1.2027
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 11 22    08 24.01   +05 00.4    0.437    1.219   111.7    48.9    19.2
2002 12 02    08 42.88   +18 22.4    0.400    1.242   121.3    42.7    18.8
2002 12 12    08 59.23   +33 43.7    0.392    1.273   130.2    36.2    18.7
2002 12 22    09 11.33   +48 22.5    0.418    1.312   134.9    32.1    18.8
2003 01 01    09 16.39   +59 58.5    0.474    1.358   134.5    31.1    19.1
2003 01 11    09 11.23   +67 52.6    0.551    1.409   131.3    31.6    19.5
2003 01 21    08 55.4    +72 30.2    0.643    1.465   127.2    32.4    19.9
2003 01 31    08 34.2    +74 34.1    0.744    1.523   122.9    32.9    20.4
2003 02 10    08 17.7    +74 47.1    0.852    1.585   118.9    33.0    20.7
2003 02 20    08 11.7    +73 48.1    0.964    1.647   115.0    32.9    21.1
2003 03 02    08 15.6    +72 04.1    1.082    1.711   111.2    32.7    21.4
2003 03 12    08 26.45   +69 50.8    1.203    1.776   107.5    32.2    21.7
2003 03 22    08 41.32   +67 17.9    1.327    1.841   103.9    31.7    22.0

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-W32

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