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    M.P.E.C. 2002-P54                                Issued 2002 Aug. 12, 14:55 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 PG43

Observations:
     K02P43G* C2002 08 10.41572 00 56 16.28 +00 54 34.1          18.8        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 10.42733 00 56 17.53 +00 54 54.3          18.9        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 10.43893 00 56 18.76 +00 55 11.1          18.8        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 10.45053 00 56 20.00 +00 55 30.2          19.0        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.29609 00 57 57.28 +01 18 13.3          19.3 R      858
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.29934 00 57 57.52 +01 18 17.6          19.3 R      858
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.30258 00 57 57.87 +01 18 22.9          19.2 R      858
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.37309 00 58 05.18 +01 20 15.9          18.7 R      734
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.37835 00 58 05.92 +01 20 26.0          18.6        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.38096 00 58 06.00 +01 20 29.9          18.6 R      734
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.39340 00 58 07.52 +01 20 50.2          19.1        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.40608 00 58 08.65 +01 21 09.3          18.3 R      649
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.40845 00 58 09.14 +01 21 15.0          19.2        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.42131 00 58 10.28 +01 21 33.7          18.8 R      649
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.42353 00 58 10.75 +01 21 39.3          19.0        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 11.43861 00 58 12.30 +01 22 03.2          19.3        704
     K02P43G  C2002 08 12.46958 01 00 07.76 +01 49 54.4          19.0 R      848
     K02P43G  C2002 08 12.47531 01 00 08.45 +01 50 02.6          18.3 R      848
     K02P43G  C2002 08 12.47819 01 00 08.71 +01 50 05.1          18.4 R      848

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer K. Smalley.  0.75-m
    Newtonian + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
    S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
848 Tenagra Observatory, Cottage Grove.  Observers M. Schwartz,
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.36-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 PG43
Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5                 MPC
M 340.93864              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42204735     Peri.    9.46544     +0.99562258     +0.08936573
a   1.7601997      Node   345.32326     -0.09125646     +0.86616991
e   0.2905658      Incl.    6.20288     -0.02019737     +0.49169447
P   2.34           H   19.1           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2002 Aug. 10-12.

Ephemeris:
2002 PG43                a,e,i = 1.76, 0.29, 6                   q = 1.2487
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 08 04    00 43.50   -01 53.0    0.413    1.282   122.0    42.2    19.4
2002 08 14    01 02.92   +02 31.9    0.372    1.266   125.5    40.7    19.1
2002 08 24    01 19.39   +07 13.6    0.340    1.255   129.6    38.4    18.8
2002 09 03    01 31.96   +12 03.9    0.314    1.249   134.5    35.1    18.5
2002 09 13    01 39.56   +16 48.4    0.297    1.249   140.5    30.8    18.3
2002 09 23    01 41.68   +21 08.1    0.287    1.255   147.2    25.7    18.1
2002 10 03    01 38.57   +24 40.5    0.287    1.266   154.1    20.2    17.9
2002 10 13    01 31.85   +27 05.8    0.297    1.281   159.9    15.5    17.9
2002 10 23    01 24.58   +28 20.0    0.319    1.302   162.0    13.7    18.0
2002 11 02    01 19.62   +28 35.2    0.351    1.326   158.9    15.6    18.3
2002 11 12    01 18.88   +28 13.3    0.396    1.354   152.8    19.5    18.7
2002 11 22    01 22.94   +27 37.9    0.452    1.386   145.9    23.6    19.2
2002 12 02    01 31.30   +27 03.8    0.520    1.419   138.8    27.2    19.7
2002 12 12    01 43.27   +26 39.2    0.598    1.455   132.1    30.1    20.1
2002 12 22    01 58.07   +26 27.3    0.687    1.492   125.7    32.4    20.5
2003 01 01    02 14.98   +26 26.9    0.785    1.531   119.5    34.0    20.9
2003 01 11    02 33.54   +26 35.8    0.891    1.570   113.7    35.0    21.3
2003 01 21    02 53.34   +26 51.3    1.004    1.609   108.0    35.6    21.6
2003 01 31    03 14.06   +27 10.0    1.124    1.648   102.6    35.7    21.9
2003 02 10    03 35.53   +27 29.4    1.250    1.687    97.3    35.5    22.2
2003 02 20    03 57.53   +27 46.9    1.379    1.726    92.1    34.9    22.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-P54

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