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    M.P.E.C. 2002-G15                                Issued 2002 Apr. 4, 16:39 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
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                                    2002 GR

Observations:
     K02G00R* C2002 04 03.31640 12 01 53.26 +34 57 13.4          17.6        704
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.33478 12 02 07.80 +34 57 03.0          17.8        704
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.35168 12 02 21.22 +34 56 52.1          18.1        704
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.36868 12 02 34.74 +34 56 40.4          17.7        704
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.38733 12 02 49.66 +34 56 25.5          17.8        704
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.91262 12 10 22.98 +34 52 04.5          17.2 R      246
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.91304 12 10 23.25 +34 52 04.2                      246
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.91344 12 10 23.57 +34 52 04.2                      246
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.91383 12 10 23.87 +34 52 04.1                      246
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.91431 12 10 24.20 +34 52 03.4                      246
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.91477 12 10 24.58 +34 52 03.4                      246
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.93068 12 10 37.52 +34 51 45.5          17.4 R      636
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.93271 12 10 39.15 +34 51 43.6          17.6 R      636
     K02G00R  C2002 04 03.93995 12 10 44.29 +34 51 41.4                      636
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.04778 12 12 04.52 +34 50 30.1          17.9 R      966
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.05440 12 12 09.34 +34 50 25.3          17.9 R      966
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.16481 12 13 49.30 +34 50 12.0          17.1 R      858
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.16795 12 13 51.51 +34 50 11.2          17.3 R      858
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.17199 12 13 54.31 +34 50 10.3          17.0 R      858
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.19419 12 14 09.94 +34 50 11.3          18.1 R      448
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.19616 12 14 11.20 +34 50 10.5          17.3 R      448
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.19891 12 14 13.09 +34 50 09.9          17.7 R      448
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.20459 12 14 17.00 +34 50 07.7          18.1 R      448
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.25449 12 14 47.79 +34 49 23.3          17.5 R      649
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.25630 12 14 49.04 +34 49 21.7          17.6 R      649
     K02G00R  C2002 04 04.25810 12 14 50.19 +34 49 20.9          17.6 R      649

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
    telescope + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
636 Essen.  Observers A. Knoefel, T. Payer.  0.32-m f/5.7 reflector + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.  0.75-m Newtonian
    + 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.
858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 GR
Epoch 2002 Mar. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452360.5                 MPC
M  31.75509              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.74552915     Peri.  313.34677     -0.73454894     -0.67849726
a   1.2045541      Node   183.95780     +0.65390779     -0.70430060
e   0.2101846      Incl.    7.41408     +0.18122488     -0.20881123
P   1.32           H   23.3           G   0.15
From 26 observations 2002 Apr. 3-4.

Ephemeris:
2002 GR                  a,e,i = 1.20, 0.21, 7                   q = 0.9514
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 27    08 47.91   +25 12.1    0.021    1.009   121.2    57.8    17.0
2002 04 06    12 34.26   +34 25.5    0.046    1.036   138.9    39.5    18.3
2002 04 16    13 28.91   +31 15.9    0.081    1.066   138.7    38.4    19.5
2002 04 26    13 49.07   +28 06.2    0.119    1.098   138.1    37.7    20.4
2002 05 06    13 59.83   +24 52.2    0.160    1.131   136.9    37.6    21.1
2002 05 16    14 07.86   +21 26.2    0.205    1.165   134.8    38.0    21.7
2002 05 26    14 15.95   +17 49.8    0.254    1.198   132.1    38.9    22.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-G15

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