MPEC 2002-C33 : 2002 CA10

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M.P.E.C. 2002-C33                                Issued 2002 Feb. 7, 23:45 UT

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                                   2002 CA10

Observations:
     K02C10A* C2002 02 06.29656 08 55 25.40 +11 32 36.6          20.5        644
     K02C10A  C2002 02 06.31783 08 55 22.59 +11 33 09.3          19.6        644
     K02C10A  C2002 02 06.33881 08 55 19.86 +11 33 41.5          19.2        644
     K02C10A  C2002 02 07.01108 08 53 56.45 +11 50 44.6          19.2 R      966
     K02C10A  C2002 02 07.02178 08 53 55.04 +11 51 00.8          19.1 R      966
     K02C10A  C2002 02 07.50677 08 52 55.49 +12 03 16.7          19.9        608
     K02C10A  C2002 02 07.51789 08 52 54.09 +12 03 33.2          20.1        608
     K02C10A  C2002 02 07.52829 08 52 52.80 +12 03 48.6          20.0        608

Observer details:
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.  1.2-m reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
    A. Deetz.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 CA10
Epoch 2002 Jan. 26.0 TT = JDT 2452300.5                 MPC
M  53.30630              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51461944     Peri.  221.45239     +0.98408804     -0.12736537
a   1.5422162      Node   145.27499     +0.15280033     +0.96247750
e   0.5922882      Incl.   12.56161     -0.09067958     +0.23961453
P   1.92           H   18.8           G   0.15
From 8 observations 2002 Feb. 6-7.

Ephemeris:
2002 CA10                a,e,i = 1.54, 0.59, 13                  q = 0.6288
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 01 26    09 22.34   +06 03.6    0.529    1.498   162.4    11.4    19.0
2002 02 05    08 58.19   +10 58.8    0.596    1.580   173.7     3.9    19.0
2002 02 15    08 39.63   +14 50.5    0.690    1.658   162.0    10.6    19.8
2002 02 25    08 27.73   +17 36.0    0.807    1.731   148.7    17.3    20.4
2002 03 07    08 22.03   +19 26.6    0.943    1.801   137.0    22.1    21.0
2002 03 17    08 21.43   +20 35.7    1.093    1.866   126.6    25.3    21.5
2002 03 27    08 24.85   +21 13.9    1.254    1.928   117.3    27.4    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-C33

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