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    M.P.E.C. 2002-G04                                Issued 2002 Apr. 2, 19:24 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 GA

Observations:
     K02G00A* C2002 04 01.12070 06 25 33.93 +78 24 15.0          19.0        704
     K02G00A  C2002 04 01.13277 06 25 55.09 +78 24 27.8          19.6        704
     K02G00A  C2002 04 01.14503 06 26 16.58 +78 24 40.4          19.8        704
     K02G00A  C2002 04 01.15705 06 26 37.73 +78 24 52.4          19.9        704
     K02G00A  C2002 04 01.16905 06 26 59.46 +78 25 03.3          19.5        704
     K02G00A  C2002 04 02.02284 06 54 14.11 +78 35 45.0          19.4 R      966
     K02G00A  C2002 04 02.02956 06 54 27.04 +78 35 46.8          19.0 R      966
     K02G00A 1C2002 04 02.15748 06 58 48.61 +78 37 11.9                      658
     K02G00A 1C2002 04 02.15925 06 58 51.88 +78 37 12.9                      658
     K02G00A 1C2002 04 02.16299 06 58 59.02 +78 37 13.6                      658

Observer details:
658 National Research Council of Canada.  Observers J. Clem, G. B. Poole.
    Measurer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m Plaskett 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.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 GA
Epoch 2002 Mar. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452360.5                 MPC
M   5.66600              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37360049     Peri.  110.85818     -0.92073779     -0.35621529
a   1.9092571      Node    48.64635     +0.22950499     -0.82445145
e   0.4928911      Incl.   12.24646     +0.31554617     -0.43976184
P   2.64           H   20.4           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2002 Apr. 1-2.

Ephemeris:
2002 GA                  a,e,i = 1.91, 0.49, 12                  q = 0.9682
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 27    04 31.2    +75 13.2    0.203    0.986    80.8    87.5    20.0
2002 04 06    09 09.3    +77 02.0    0.160    1.015    90.8    80.2    19.3
2002 04 16    12 00.32   +56 54.8    0.134    1.057   110.3    62.9    18.4
2002 04 26    12 49.11   +27 17.4    0.140    1.109   134.5    40.3    17.9
2002 05 06    13 11.84   +04 08.8    0.183    1.168   148.0    27.3    18.3
2002 05 16    13 27.14   -09 24.8    0.250    1.232   148.7    25.2    19.0
2002 05 26    13 40.46   -17 11.6    0.334    1.299   144.5    27.0    19.8
2002 06 05    13 53.63   -21 55.4    0.430    1.369   139.0    29.1    20.5
2002 06 15    14 07.43   -25 00.0    0.537    1.439   133.4    30.8    21.2
2002 06 25    14 22.14   -27 08.5    0.655    1.509   127.9    32.1    21.7
2002 07 05    14 37.75   -28 43.1    0.781    1.579   122.3    33.0    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-G04

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