MPEC 2002-W31 : 2002 WP
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M.P.E.C. 2002-W31 Issued 2002 Nov. 22, 18:00 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,
Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
2002 WP
Observations:
K02W00P* C2002 11 18.23015 02 07 26.82 -32 37 44.0 18.9 644
K02W00P C2002 11 18.25118 02 07 24.03 -32 36 32.0 17.3 644
K02W00P C2002 11 18.28465 02 07 19.60 -32 34 36.9 17.3 644
K02W00P C2002 11 19.17049 02 05 36.46 -31 43 04.8 16.5 R 673
K02W00P C2002 11 19.17245 02 05 36.19 -31 42 57.6 673
K02W00P C2002 11 19.17442 02 05 35.93 -31 42 50.0 673
K02W00P C2002 11 19.19839 02 05 32.85 -31 41 26.5 17.2 644
K02W00P C2002 11 19.21894 02 05 30.18 -31 40 13.5 17.7 644
K02W00P C2002 11 19.22258 02 05 28.90 -31 40 01.5 17.2 R 649
K02W00P C2002 11 19.22465 02 05 28.58 -31 39 54.5 16.9 R 649
K02W00P C2002 11 19.22673 02 05 28.43 -31 39 47.7 16.8 R 649
K02W00P C2002 11 19.22880 02 05 28.10 -31 39 39.8 17.7 R 649
K02W00P C2002 11 19.24005 02 05 27.43 -31 38 58.6 18.1 644
K02W00P FC2002 11 19.24953 02 05 26.08 -31 38 25.7 926
K02W00P FC2002 11 19.25093 02 05 25.81 -31 38 19.0 17.2 R 926
K02W00P FC2002 11 19.25227 02 05 25.61 -31 38 14.1 926
K02W00P C2002 11 20.19606 02 03 37.99 -30 41 17.7 16.5 R 673
K02W00P C2002 11 20.19965 02 03 37.56 -30 41 05.2 673
K02W00P C2002 11 20.20336 02 03 37.14 -30 40 52.9 673
K02W00P C2002 11 20.21019 02 03 36.32 -30 40 28.7 673
K02W00P C2002 11 21.23780 02 01 40.75 -29 36 11.3 17.6 R 926
K02W00P C2002 11 21.23919 02 01 40.53 -29 36 06.2 17.2 R 926
K02W00P C2002 11 21.24053 02 01 40.46 -29 36 01.8 17.4 R 926
K02W00P C2002 11 21.24193 02 01 40.29 -29 35 57.2 16.9 R 926
K02W00P C2002 11 21.24907 02 01 39.56 -29 35 29.7 16.5 R 673
K02W00P C2002 11 21.25637 02 01 38.62 -29 35 01.3 673
K02W00P C2002 11 21.26794 02 01 37.22 -29 34 17.9 673
K02W00P C2002 11 22.21961 01 59 54.81 -28 32 46.1 670
K02W00P C2002 11 22.22159 01 59 54.33 -28 32 36.8 17.3 R 926
K02W00P C2002 11 22.22297 01 59 54.12 -28 32 31.6 17.3 R 926
K02W00P C2002 11 22.22432 01 59 54.04 -28 32 26.3 17.5 R 926
K02W00P C2002 11 22.25359 01 59 50.76 -28 30 32.0 17.0 R 673
K02W00P C2002 11 22.25392 01 59 50.76 -28 30 31.9 670
K02W00P C2002 11 22.25567 01 59 50.52 -28 30 24.5 673
K02W00P C2002 11 22.25764 01 59 50.21 -28 30 14.5 673
K02W00P C2002 11 22.27869 01 59 47.82 -28 28 52.5 17.5 R 670
K02W00P C2002 11 22.28652 01 59 46.44 -28 28 20.2 16.8 R 448
K02W00P C2002 11 22.28964 01 59 46.04 -28 28 07.2 16.9 R 448
K02W00P C2002 11 22.29330 01 59 45.67 -28 27 53.0 16.9 R 448
K02W00P SC2002 11 22.33766 01 59 40.90 -28 24 57.9 670
Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. Stevens. 0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
M. Hicks, R. Thicksten. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg. Observers N. Thames, R. Fredrick. 0.3-m
Schmidt Cassegrain + CCD.
670 Camarillo. Observer J. E. Rogers. 0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observer J. Young.
0.61-m reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory. Observers M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem. 0.81-m
f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 WP
Epoch 2002 Nov. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452580.5 MPC
M 332.14481 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.55991920 Peri. 0.93962 +0.22175403 -0.92064714
a 1.4578712 Node 76.30098 +0.89246812 +0.05887844
e 0.2190853 Incl. 19.31176 +0.39284322 +0.38593026
P 1.76 H 18.2 G 0.15
From 39 observations 2002 Nov. 18-22.
Ephemeris:
2002 WP a,e,i = 1.46, 0.22, 19 q = 1.1385
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 11 22 02 00.30 -28 46.7 0.267 1.160 124.6 44.5 17.4
2002 11 27 01 52.13 -22 55.8 0.259 1.154 124.6 44.7 17.3
2002 12 02 01 45.68 -16 21.7 0.254 1.148 124.2 45.3 17.3
2002 12 07 01 41.12 -09 18.2 0.254 1.144 123.2 46.1 17.3
2002 12 12 01 38.51 -02 02.4 0.258 1.141 121.6 47.3 17.3
2002 12 17 01 37.82 +05 08.0 0.266 1.139 119.6 48.7 17.4
2002 12 22 01 38.97 +11 58.7 0.278 1.138 117.4 50.1 17.6
2002 12 27 01 41.89 +18 19.8 0.294 1.139 115.0 51.5 17.7
2003 01 01 01 46.55 +24 06.5 0.312 1.141 112.7 52.6 17.9
2003 01 06 01 52.96 +29 18.0 0.334 1.144 110.6 53.6 18.1
2003 01 11 02 01.10 +33 55.7 0.357 1.149 108.6 54.2 18.2
2003 01 16 02 10.96 +38 02.0 0.382 1.154 106.9 54.6 18.4
2003 01 21 02 22.56 +41 39.5 0.408 1.161 105.3 54.8 18.6
2003 01 26 02 35.91 +44 50.6 0.436 1.169 103.9 54.9 18.7
2003 01 31 02 51.09 +47 37.5 0.464 1.177 102.7 54.7 18.9
2003 02 05 03 08.12 +50 01.8 0.492 1.187 101.6 54.5 19.0
2003 02 10 03 26.98 +52 04.5 0.521 1.198 100.6 54.1 19.2
2003 02 15 03 47.59 +53 46.2 0.551 1.209 99.7 53.6 19.3
2003 02 20 04 09.79 +55 07.0 0.581 1.221 98.9 53.1 19.4
2003 02 25 04 33.35 +56 06.7 0.611 1.234 98.1 52.6 19.5
2003 03 02 04 57.97 +56 45.5 0.641 1.247 97.4 52.0 19.6
2003 03 07 05 23.27 +57 03.6 0.672 1.261 96.7 51.4 19.7
2003 03 12 05 48.81 +57 01.6 0.703 1.276 96.0 50.8 19.8
2003 03 17 06 14.16 +56 40.4 0.735 1.291 95.3 50.1 19.9
2003 03 22 06 38.91 +56 01.4 0.767 1.306 94.6 49.5 20.1
2003 03 27 07 02.77 +55 05.8 0.800 1.321 93.9 48.9 20.2
2003 04 01 07 25.56 +53 55.7 0.834 1.337 93.2 48.3 20.2
2003 04 06 07 47.15 +52 32.8 0.868 1.353 92.5 47.6 20.3
2003 04 11 08 07.52 +50 59.1 0.904 1.369 91.7 47.0 20.4
2003 04 16 08 26.67 +49 16.3 0.940 1.385 90.8 46.4 20.5
2003 04 21 08 44.65 +47 26.1 0.977 1.401 89.9 45.8 20.6
2003 04 26 09 01.56 +45 29.9 1.016 1.417 89.0 45.2 20.7
2003 05 01 09 17.50 +43 29.0 1.055 1.432 88.0 44.7 20.8
2003 05 06 09 32.58 +41 24.5 1.095 1.448 86.9 44.1 20.9
2003 05 11 09 46.89 +39 17.5 1.137 1.464 85.8 43.5 21.0
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-W31
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