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M.P.E.C. 2002-F38 Issued 2002 Mar. 21, 17:02 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
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2002 FQ4
Observations:
K02F04Q* C2002 03 19.59670 12 49 27.64 -04 34 10.6 20.3 608
K02F04Q C2002 03 19.60719 12 49 27.54 -04 33 15.0 20.7 608
K02F04Q C2002 03 19.61776 12 49 27.38 -04 32 20.7 20.3 608
K02F04Q C2002 03 20.37818 12 49 22.21 -03 25 27.5 18.9 R 448
K02F04Q C2002 03 20.38390 12 49 22.18 -03 24 57.1 18.7 R 448
K02F04Q C2002 03 20.38997 12 49 22.05 -03 24 25.0 18.9 R 448
K02F04Q C2002 03 20.50005 12 49 20.73 -03 14 32.3 19.7 644
K02F04Q C2002 03 20.51092 12 49 20.58 -03 13 34.4 19.9 644
K02F04Q C2002 03 20.52172 12 49 20.42 -03 12 35.5 20.0 644
K02F04Q C2002 03 21.37419 12 49 13.47 -01 55 36.6 19.2 R 651
K02F04Q C2002 03 21.37648 12 49 13.48 -01 55 24.0 19.5 R 651
K02F04Q C2002 03 21.37789 12 49 13.41 -01 55 16.3 19.3 R 651
Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. Stevens. 0.30-m f/6.3
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
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, R. Thicksten. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.62-m f/5.1
reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 FQ4
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5 MPC
M 330.95602 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.32763832 Peri. 55.43339 -0.53363518 +0.84481524
a 2.0838810 Node 183.19775 -0.79741131 -0.48726083
e 0.3810774 Incl. 44.35322 +0.28172451 +0.22105222
P 3.01 H 19.6 G 0.15
From 12 observations 2002 Mar. 19-21.
Ephemeris:
2002 FQ4 a,e,i = 2.08, 0.38, 44 q = 1.2898
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 03 17 12 49.69 -08 11.5 0.495 1.473 161.4 12.4 19.7
2002 03 27 12 48.00 +07 08.7 0.442 1.434 168.5 8.0 19.2
2002 04 06 12 44.69 +24 01.8 0.440 1.398 149.5 21.3 19.6
2002 04 16 12 41.50 +38 17.1 0.483 1.366 130.1 34.2 20.1
2002 04 26 12 40.58 +48 11.6 0.554 1.339 115.1 42.9 20.6
2002 05 06 12 43.59 +54 27.4 0.636 1.317 104.1 48.0 21.0
2002 05 16 12 51.38 +58 12.1 0.719 1.301 96.1 50.6 21.3
2002 05 26 13 04.11 +60 16.1 0.796 1.292 90.4 51.6 21.6
2002 06 05 13 21.22 +61 09.9 0.864 1.290 86.3 51.7 21.7
2002 06 15 13 42.01 +61 09.3 0.920 1.294 83.7 51.3 21.9
2002 06 25 14 05.75 +60 22.8 0.965 1.305 82.4 50.5 22.0
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-F38
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