MPEC 2002-J18 : 2002 JX8
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M.P.E.C. 2002-J18 Issued 2002 May 8, 00:00 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,
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URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
2002 JX8
Observations:
K02J08X* C2002 05 04.14519 08 54 58.52 +38 00 34.1 19.1 704
K02J08X C2002 05 04.15745 08 55 02.18 +37 59 37.3 20.3 704
K02J08X C2002 05 04.16971 08 55 05.82 +37 58 44.9 19.3 704
K02J08X C2002 05 04.18198 08 55 09.53 +37 57 49.5 19.2 704
K02J08X C2002 05 04.19426 08 55 13.19 +37 56 54.8 19.2 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.14219 09 05 07.08 +35 41 11.6 18.5 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.14372 09 05 07.36 +35 41 05.1 18.4 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.15479 09 05 10.25 +35 40 18.0 18.8 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.15580 09 05 10.55 +35 40 14.3 18.9 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.17985 09 05 16.87 +35 38 33.0 19.0 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.18029 09 05 17.09 +35 38 36.2 18.0 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.19243 09 05 20.12 +35 37 39.0 19.1 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.19290 09 05 20.20 +35 37 37.3 18.6 704
K02J08X C2002 05 06.21434 09 05 26.01 +35 36 10.6 18.8 R 651
K02J08X C2002 05 06.21678 09 05 26.67 +35 35 59.1 18.5 R 651
K02J08X C2002 05 06.21823 09 05 27.06 +35 35 54.1 18.5 R 651
K02J08X C2002 05 06.82375 09 08 16.49 +34 54 56.1 246
K02J08X C2002 05 06.82436 09 08 16.70 +34 54 53.6 246
K02J08X C2002 05 06.82505 09 08 16.84 +34 54 51.4 246
K02J08X C2002 05 06.82637 09 08 17.28 +34 54 45.5 246
K02J08X C2002 05 06.82705 09 08 17.44 +34 54 42.3 246
K02J08X C2002 05 06.82773 09 08 17.57 +34 54 39.6 246
K02J08X C2002 05 06.82836 09 08 17.77 +34 54 37.6 246
K02J08X C2002 05 06.86705 09 08 27.39 +34 51 56.1 118
K02J08X C2002 05 06.86816 09 08 27.73 +34 51 51.5 118
K02J08X C2002 05 06.86955 09 08 28.06 +34 51 46.4 118
K02J08X C2002 05 06.87289 09 08 29.03 +34 51 32.3 18.3 R 118
K02J08X C2002 05 07.14006 09 09 41.46 +34 34 12.5 18.5 R 858
K02J08X C2002 05 07.15076 09 09 44.00 +34 33 27.4 18.6 R 858
K02J08X 1C2002 05 07.21773 09 10 01.99 +34 28 44.7 658
K02J08X 1C2002 05 07.21964 09 10 02.48 +34 28 36.6 658
K02J08X 1C2002 05 07.22065 09 10 02.73 +34 28 32.8 658
Observer details:
118 Modra. Observers A. Galad, S. Gajdos. 0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT. Observer M. Tichy. 1.06-m KLENOT telescope + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.62-m f/5.1
reflector + CCD.
658 National Research Council of Canada. Observers J. Clem, J. Stoesz.
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.
858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood. Observer F. B. Zoltowski. 0.3-m f/3.3
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 JX8 PHA 0.016
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 MPC
M 165.17045 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.45452789 Peri. 338.07413 +0.68053282 -0.72938052
a 0.7714741 Node 68.96410 +0.68288209 +0.59680089
e 0.3039857 Incl. 4.29194 +0.26560710 +0.33441406
P 0.68 H 20.3 G 0.15
From 32 observations 2002 May 4-7.
Ephemeris:
2002 JX8 a,e,i = 0.77, 0.30, 4 q = 0.5370
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 04 26 07 53.39 +48 18.4 0.102 0.988 76.8 97.4 18.8
2002 05 06 09 04.48 +35 51.0 0.120 1.001 83.1 90.1 18.9
2002 05 16 09 40.21 +25 58.4 0.144 1.006 83.9 87.9 19.2
2002 05 26 10 01.50 +18 40.4 0.168 1.002 81.4 89.1 19.6
2002 06 05 10 15.03 +13 10.9 0.190 0.989 76.8 92.4 19.9
2002 06 15 10 23.12 +08 57.7 0.209 0.967 70.6 97.7 20.3
2002 06 25 10 25.67 +05 46.5 0.223 0.936 62.8 104.9 20.8
2002 07 05 10 21.36 +03 38.6 0.234 0.897 53.3 114.7 21.4
2002 07 15 10 08.65 +02 45.9 0.243 0.850 41.5 127.6 22.4
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-J18
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