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    M.P.E.C. 2002-G16                                Issued 2002 Apr. 4, 16:46 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 GQ

Observations:
     K02G00Q* C2002 04 01.26497 12 14 06.59 +60 47 36.8          19.2        704
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 01.27722 12 12 21.02 +60 38 42.5          18.4        704
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 01.29018 12 10 32.44 +60 29 16.2          18.5        704
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 01.30287 12 08 49.09 +60 20 00.7          18.4        704
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 02.87492 11 02 14.27 +50 21 17.0                      557
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 02.87533 11 02 13.89 +50 21 08.9                      557
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 02.87775 11 02 10.99 +50 20 45.5                      557
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 02.87856 11 02 10.01 +50 20 35.9                      557
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 02.87896 11 02 09.70 +50 20 31.7                      557
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 02.87937 11 02 09.00 +50 20 27.2                      557
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 02.87979 11 02 08.69 +50 20 22.9                      557
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 02.88019 11 02 08.05 +50 20 19.0                      557
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 04.16056 10 49 52.84 +47 33 36.5          19.5 R      448
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 04.16666 10 49 49.25 +47 33 04.7          20.0 R      448
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 04.17293 10 49 45.47 +47 32 32.4          20.2 R      448
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 04.23333 10 49 04.67 +47 26 15.1          19.8 R      649
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 04.23736 10 49 02.41 +47 25 52.2          19.6 R      649
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 04.23936 10 49 01.35 +47 25 40.8          19.6 R      649
     K02G00Q  C2002 04 04.24194 10 49 00.01 +47 25 24.9          19.8 R      649

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.30-m f/6.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 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.

Orbital elements:
2002 GQ
Epoch 2002 Mar. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452360.5                 MPC
M 123.73630              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.46671965     Peri.  206.19389     +0.81296169     -0.58150030
a   0.7671930      Node   189.54520     +0.56157979     +0.79691548
e   0.3776950      Incl.   10.71586     +0.15401763     +0.16365552
P   0.67           H   26.4           G   0.15
From 19 observations 2002 Apr. 1-4.

Ephemeris:
2002 GQ                  a,e,i = 0.77, 0.38, 11                  q = 0.4774
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 27    22 08.90   -34 53.4    0.022    0.983    48.7   130.3    23.9
2002 03 28    22 03.59   -32 54.2    0.017    0.987    49.1   130.2    23.3
2002 03 29    21 54.33   -29 05.0    0.012    0.991    49.3   130.2    22.5
2002 03 30    21 33.70   -19 12.0    0.0068   0.994    49.7   130.0    21.2
2002 03 31    20 11.44   +26 24.6    0.0029   0.998    67.1   112.7    18.1
2002 04 01    13 01.27   +64 07.1    0.0054   1.001   111.4    68.3    17.5
2002 04 02    11 22.87   +54 11.6    0.010    1.004   118.6    60.8    18.7
2002 04 03    11 00.41   +49 58.8    0.016    1.008   120.2    59.1    19.5
2002 04 04    10 50.75   +47 47.5    0.021    1.011   120.4    58.6    20.1
2002 04 05    10 45.44   +46 27.3    0.026    1.014   120.2    58.5    20.6
2002 04 06    10 42.12   +45 32.8    0.031    1.017   119.8    58.6    21.0
2002 04 07    10 39.88   +44 53.0    0.037    1.019   119.3    58.9    21.4
2002 04 08    10 38.32   +44 22.3    0.042    1.022   118.7    59.2    21.7
2002 04 09    10 37.19   +43 57.6    0.047    1.025   118.1    59.5    22.0
2002 04 10    10 36.37   +43 37.0    0.053    1.027   117.5    59.9    22.2
2002 04 11    10 35.79   +43 19.3    0.058    1.030   116.8    60.3    22.4
2002 04 12    10 35.38   +43 03.8    0.063    1.032   116.2    60.7    22.6
2002 04 13    10 35.12   +42 49.9    0.069    1.034   115.5    61.1    22.8
2002 04 14    10 34.97   +42 37.2    0.074    1.036   114.8    61.5    23.0
2002 04 15    10 34.93   +42 25.4    0.079    1.038   114.1    61.9    23.2
2002 04 16    10 34.96   +42 14.4    0.085    1.040   113.4    62.3    23.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-G16

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