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    M.P.E.C. 2002-R04                                Issued 2002 Sept. 2, 16:41 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
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                                   2002 QG46

Observations:
     K02Q46G* C2002 08 30.15360 20 21 24.14 -30 20 24.5          18.9        644
     K02Q46G  C2002 08 30.17346 20 21 28.04 -30 19 19.8          18.8        644
     K02Q46G  C2002 08 30.19449 20 21 32.16 -30 18 11.3          18.8        644
     K02Q46G  C2002 08 31.19515 20 24 53.16 -29 24 44.0                      673
     K02Q46G  C2002 08 31.19988 20 24 54.04 -29 24 27.8                      673
     K02Q46G  C2002 08 31.20405 20 24 54.70 -29 24 16.5                      673
     K02Q46G FC2002 08 31.58771 20 26 07.28 -29 04 03.3          19.0 R      428
     K02Q46G FC2002 08 31.59233 20 26 08.18 -29 03 47.6          19.2 R      428
     K02Q46G  C2002 08 31.59822 20 26 09.13 -29 03 29.4          19.0 R      428
     K02Q46G  C2002 09 02.58753 20 32 06.98 -27 26 40.6          19.2 R      428
     K02Q46G  C2002 09 02.59668 20 32 08.27 -27 26 14.8          19.2 R      428

Observer details:
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  Measurer
    M. Hicks.  0.61-m f/16 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 QG46
Epoch 2002 Aug. 14.0 TT = JDT 2452500.5                 MPC
M  10.38513              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21775452     Peri.  268.86810     -0.26624311     +0.96316114
a   2.7362636      Node   345.51945     -0.81312392     -0.24552803
e   0.6693611      Incl.    8.71425     -0.51763316     -0.10971148
P   4.53           H   19.6           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2002 Aug. 30-Sept. 2.

Ephemeris:
2002 QG46                a,e,i = 2.74, 0.67, 9                   q = 0.9047
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 08 24    19 54.63   -36 54.8    0.256    1.218   140.1    32.2    18.4
2002 08 29    20 17.23   -31 25.2    0.302    1.262   142.4    29.2    18.8
2002 09 03    20 33.29   -27 07.8    0.353    1.308   142.8    27.8    19.2
2002 09 08    20 45.63   -23 45.1    0.409    1.354   142.0    27.3    19.5
2002 09 13    20 55.77   -21 02.5    0.469    1.400   140.3    27.3    19.9
2002 09 18    21 04.57   -18 49.5    0.533    1.447   138.1    27.6    20.3
2002 09 23    21 12.49   -16 58.3    0.601    1.493   135.6    28.0    20.6
2002 09 28    21 19.87   -15 23.4    0.672    1.540   132.9    28.5    20.9
2002 10 03    21 26.89   -14 00.9    0.746    1.587   130.0    28.9    21.2
2002 10 08    21 33.70   -12 47.6    0.824    1.634   127.0    29.2    21.5
2002 10 13    21 40.41   -11 41.3    0.904    1.680   124.0    29.5    21.8

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R04

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