MPEC 2002-C86 : 2002 CU46
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M.P.E.C. 2002-C86 Issued 2002 Feb. 13, 18:37 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 CU46
Observations:
K02C46U* C2002 02 11.31184 10 22 29.94 +08 19 35.4 19.2 704
K02C46U C2002 02 11.32609 10 22 29.99 +08 21 17.0 19.1 704
K02C46U C2002 02 11.34033 10 22 30.06 +08 23 00.0 19.4 704
K02C46U C2002 02 11.35456 10 22 30.13 +08 24 42.0 19.3 704
K02C46U C2002 02 11.36883 10 22 30.21 +08 26 25.1 19.5 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.30035 10 22 46.64 +10 23 17.5 18.6 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.31397 10 22 46.71 +10 25 04.4 19.1 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.31448 10 22 46.68 +10 25 08.5 19.4 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.32812 10 22 46.75 +10 26 55.7 18.8 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.32863 10 22 46.74 +10 26 59.7 19.0 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.33671 10 22 46.69 +10 28 05.3 18.5 R 711
K02C46U C2002 02 12.33974 10 22 46.69 +10 28 29.5 18.2 R 711
K02C46U C2002 02 12.34227 10 22 46.79 +10 28 46.7 19.2 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.34274 10 22 46.60 +10 28 53.2 711
K02C46U C2002 02 12.34278 10 22 46.86 +10 28 51.0 19.5 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.35568 10 22 46.99 +10 30 34.2 19.1 R 651
K02C46U C2002 02 12.35644 10 22 46.82 +10 30 39.1 19.1 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.35695 10 22 46.85 +10 30 42.3 18.7 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.35708 10 22 47.00 +10 30 44.7 19.1 R 651
K02C46U C2002 02 12.35845 10 22 46.97 +10 30 56.2 18.9 R 651
K02C46U C2002 02 12.37061 10 22 46.89 +10 32 30.8 18.9 704
K02C46U C2002 02 12.70566910 22 51.88 +11 17 56.9 413
K02C46U pC2002 02 12.70681010 22 51.88 +11 18 05.7 413
K02C46U FC2002 02 12.70707 10 22 51.80 +11 18 08.3 18.6 V 422
K02C46U C2002 02 12.70793510 22 51.92 +11 18 15.3 413
Observer details:
413 Siding Spring. Observer R. H. McNaught. 1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
422 Loomberah. Observer G. J. Garradd. 0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.62-m f/5.1
reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico. Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli. Measurers
J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh. 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory. Observer P. J. Shelus. 0.76-m reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 CU46
Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5 MPC
M 319.58859 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.45532689 Peri. 93.28262 -0.43873564 +0.84772095
a 1.6733515 Node 145.20585 -0.87884032 -0.47399677
e 0.5469912 Incl. 31.49702 +0.18748530 -0.23810976
P 2.16 H 21.3 G 0.15
From 25 observations 2002 Feb. 11-12.
Ephemeris:
2002 CU46 a,e,i = 1.67, 0.55, 31 q = 0.7580
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 02 05 10 20.66 -01 17.4 0.307 1.273 156.1 18.3 20.2
2002 02 06 10 20.97 -00 06.1 0.295 1.264 157.8 17.2 20.1
2002 02 07 10 21.27 +01 11.8 0.283 1.255 159.6 15.9 19.9
2002 02 08 10 21.56 +02 36.9 0.271 1.247 161.4 14.6 19.8
2002 02 09 10 21.85 +04 09.9 0.260 1.238 163.3 13.2 19.6
2002 02 10 10 22.13 +05 51.7 0.249 1.229 165.3 11.7 19.4
2002 02 11 10 22.41 +07 43.0 0.239 1.221 167.3 10.3 19.3
2002 02 12 10 22.69 +09 44.7 0.228 1.212 169.2 8.8 19.1
2002 02 13 10 22.97 +11 57.8 0.218 1.203 170.8 7.6 18.9
2002 02 14 10 23.26 +14 23.3 0.209 1.195 171.7 6.8 18.8
2002 02 15 10 23.56 +17 02.0 0.200 1.186 171.6 7.0 18.7
2002 02 16 10 23.87 +19 54.8 0.192 1.177 170.2 8.2 18.6
2002 02 17 10 24.21 +23 02.4 0.184 1.169 167.8 10.3 18.6
2002 02 18 10 24.58 +26 25.2 0.177 1.160 164.7 13.0 18.6
2002 02 19 10 24.99 +30 03.2 0.171 1.151 161.0 16.2 18.6
2002 02 20 10 25.46 +33 56.0 0.165 1.143 156.9 19.8 18.7
2002 02 21 10 26.00 +38 02.6 0.161 1.134 152.6 23.7 18.7
2002 02 22 10 26.62 +42 21.2 0.157 1.125 148.0 27.8 18.8
2002 02 23 10 27.37 +46 49.5 0.154 1.117 143.2 32.1 18.8
2002 02 24 10 28.29 +51 24.2 0.153 1.108 138.2 36.5 18.9
2002 02 25 10 29.43 +56 02.0 0.152 1.099 133.2 41.0 19.0
2002 02 26 10 30.89 +60 39.0 0.152 1.091 128.2 45.5 19.1
2002 02 27 10 32.82 +65 11.7 0.153 1.082 123.3 49.9 19.3
2002 02 28 10 35.48 +69 36.8 0.156 1.074 118.5 54.2 19.4
2002 03 01 10 39.4 +73 51.4 0.159 1.065 113.9 58.3 19.5
2002 03 02 10 45.5 +77 53.4 0.163 1.057 109.5 62.2 19.7
2002 03 03 10 56.8 +81 40.9 0.168 1.048 105.3 65.8 19.8
2002 03 04 11 23 +85 11.5 0.173 1.040 101.4 69.2 20.0
2002 03 05 13 21 +88 10.8 0.179 1.031 97.7 72.4 20.2
2002 03 06 20 00 +87 46.1 0.185 1.023 94.3 75.3 20.3
2002 03 07 21 20 +85 07.1 0.192 1.014 91.1 78.0 20.5
2002 03 08 21 41.9 +82 30.5 0.200 1.006 88.1 80.4 20.6
2002 03 09 21 51.7 +80 03.7 0.207 0.998 85.4 82.6 20.8
2002 03 10 21 57.4 +77 47.1 0.215 0.990 82.8 84.7 20.9
2002 03 11 22 01.0 +75 40.1 0.224 0.981 80.5 86.5 21.0
2002 03 12 22 03.6 +73 42.0 0.232 0.973 78.3 88.2 21.2
2002 03 13 22 05.5 +71 52.0 0.241 0.965 76.2 89.7 21.3
2002 03 14 22 07.0 +70 09.3 0.250 0.957 74.3 91.1 21.4
2002 03 15 22 08.21 +68 33.3 0.259 0.950 72.6 92.4 21.5
2002 03 16 22 09.23 +67 03.2 0.268 0.942 70.9 93.5 21.6
2002 03 17 22 10.12 +65 38.5 0.277 0.934 69.3 94.5 21.7
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-C86
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