MPEC 2002-E39 : 2002 EB3
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M.P.E.C. 2002-E39 Issued 2002 Mar. 12, 00:23 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 EB3 Observations: K02E03B* C2002 03 09.39568 13 53 38.11 -11 53 46.1 18.0 704 K02E03B C2002 03 09.41242 13 53 38.86 -11 54 05.1 18.1 704 K02E03B C2002 03 09.42647 13 53 39.33 -11 54 21.3 18.3 704 K02E03B C2002 03 09.43818 13 53 39.86 -11 54 36.7 18.4 704 K02E03B C2002 03 09.43989 13 53 39.90 -11 54 37.6 18.1 704 K02E03B C2002 03 09.46004 13 53 40.76 -11 55 01.4 18.8 704 K02E03B C2002 03 10.05105 13 54 09.33 -12 06 53.4 17.6 R 113 K02E03B C2002 03 10.05473 13 54 09.53 -12 06 58.1 18.1 R 113 K02E03B C2002 03 10.05786 13 54 09.71 -12 07 01.9 17.7 R 113 K02E03B C2002 03 10.31513 13 54 22.31 -12 12 12.6 17.8 R 448 K02E03B C2002 03 10.32213 13 54 22.58 -12 12 22.2 17.9 R 448 K02E03B C2002 03 10.32286 13 54 22.25 -12 12 21.7 17.6 R 761 K02E03B C2002 03 10.32911 13 54 22.88 -12 12 30.4 17.8 R 448 K02E03B C2002 03 10.34591 13 54 23.18 -12 12 51.4 17.9 R 761 K02E03B C2002 03 10.36839 13 54 24.68 -12 13 18.9 17.8 R 854 K02E03B C2002 03 10.36874 13 54 24.16 -12 13 19.7 17.7 R 761 K02E03B C2002 03 10.37089 13 54 24.80 -12 13 22.5 18.0 R 854 K02E03B C2002 03 10.37463 13 54 24.99 -12 13 26.9 17.8 R 854 K02E03B C2002 03 10.39155 13 54 25.57 -12 13 47.9 18.2 R 854 K02E03B C2002 03 10.39405 13 54 25.70 -12 13 51.2 18.3 R 854 K02E03B C2002 03 10.73701 13 54 41.95 -12 20 59.1 345 K02E03B C2002 03 10.74971 13 54 42.51 -12 21 15.1 345 K02E03B C2002 03 10.76242 13 54 43.02 -12 21 31.0 345 K02E03B C2002 03 10.94804 13 54 52.42 -12 25 25.6 18.4 V 151 K02E03B C2002 03 10.95222 13 54 52.71 -12 25 32.3 18.7 V 151 K02E03B C2002 03 10.95469 13 54 52.77 -12 25 34.3 18.7 V 151 K02E03B C2002 03 10.95904 13 54 53.01 -12 25 41.7 18.6 V 151 K02E03B C2002 03 10.96072 13 54 53.01 -12 25 43.1 17.0 R 118 K02E03B C2002 03 10.96245 13 54 53.05 -12 25 44.9 118 K02E03B C2002 03 10.96456 13 54 53.11 -12 25 47.6 118 K02E03B C2002 03 10.96604 13 54 53.19 -12 25 49.5 17.6 R 113 K02E03B C2002 03 10.96810 13 54 53.36 -12 25 51.5 118 K02E03B C2002 03 10.96875 13 54 53.30 -12 25 53.4 17.4 R 113 K02E03B C2002 03 10.97145 13 54 53.46 -12 25 55.7 17.7 R 113 K02E03B C2002 03 10.97416 13 54 53.58 -12 26 01.2 17.3 R 113 K02E03B C2002 03 10.97686 13 54 53.68 -12 26 04.1 17.5 R 113 K02E03B C2002 03 11.05964 13 54 57.22 -12 27 49.2 17.1 R 246 K02E03B C2002 03 11.06125 13 54 57.29 -12 27 51.1 246 K02E03B C2002 03 11.06273 13 54 57.37 -12 27 54.2 246 K02E03B C2002 03 11.06542 13 54 57.46 -12 27 57.6 246 K02E03B C2002 03 11.06692 13 54 57.49 -12 27 59.8 17.0 R 246 K02E03B C2002 03 11.07486 13 54 57.85 -12 28 09.4 557 K02E03B C2002 03 11.07742 13 54 57.96 -12 28 12.9 557 Observer details: 113 Volkssternwarte Drebach, Schoenbrunn. Observer A. Knoefel. 0.50-m f/4.0 reflector + CCD. 118 Modra. Observers S. Gajdos, J. Toth. 0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD. 151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur. Observer M. Griesser. 0.40-m f/5.8 Hypergraph + CCD. 246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT. Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy. 1.06-m KLENOT telescope + CCD. 345 Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory. Observers S.-G. Kwon, S.-L. Kim. 0.61-m reflector + CCD. 448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. Stevens. 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD. 557 Ondrejov. Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak. 0.65-m f/3.6 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. 761 Zephyrhills. Observer R. A. Kowalski. 0.18-m Maksutov + CCD. 854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.30-m f/10.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD. Orbital elements: 2002 EB3 Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5 MPC M 333.03309 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31833933 Peri. 297.01800 +0.49627163 +0.86811835 a 2.1242674 Node 2.78750 -0.71412887 +0.41423449 e 0.7378705 Incl. 10.92840 -0.49369467 +0.27345991 P 3.10 H 17.6 G 0.15 From 43 observations 2002 Mar. 9-11. Ephemeris: 2002 EB3 a,e,i = 2.12, 0.74, 11 q = 0.5568 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2002 03 07 13 51.71 -11 08.9 0.585 1.472 136.3 27.8 18.5 2002 03 12 13 55.69 -12 48.0 0.502 1.414 139.8 27.0 18.1 2002 03 17 13 59.65 -14 56.1 0.421 1.355 143.1 26.2 17.6 2002 03 22 14 03.81 -17 51.6 0.344 1.295 145.9 25.6 17.0 2002 03 27 14 08.76 -22 11.6 0.270 1.234 147.5 25.7 16.4 2002 04 01 14 15.97 -29 18.0 0.201 1.172 146.4 28.2 15.7 2002 04 06 14 30.98 -42 37.8 0.140 1.109 138.4 36.8 15.0 2002 04 11 15 45.61 -69 43.4 0.096 1.045 114.0 61.2 14.8 2002 04 16 00 37.45 -62 44.5 0.096 0.981 73.6 101.0 16.2 2002 04 21 01 27.28 -35 10.4 0.139 0.916 47.3 126.3 18.5 2002 04 26 01 39.34 -21 34.0 0.200 0.852 35.9 136.2 20.1 Gareth V. Williams (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-E39


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