MPEC 2002-F41 : 2002 FP5

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M.P.E.C. 2002-F41                                Issued 2002 Mar. 22, 17:09 UT

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                                   2002 FP5

Observations:
     K02F05P* C2002 03 19.42627 11 51 46.63 +29 26 35.2          20.8        644
     K02F05P  C2002 03 19.43676 11 51 44.30 +29 25 50.8          20.9        644
     K02F05P  C2002 03 19.44730 11 51 42.14 +29 25 06.4          20.9        644
     K02F05P  C2002 03 19.87513 11 50 18.60 +28 55 06.4                      557
     K02F05P  C2002 03 19.87734 11 50 18.02 +28 54 56.1                      557
     K02F05P  C2002 03 19.87844 11 50 17.78 +28 54 52.1          19.5 V      557
     K02F05P  C2002 03 21.33341 11 45 26.37 +27 10 07.5          19.7 R      651
     K02F05P  C2002 03 21.33469 11 45 26.06 +27 10 03.1          19.7 R      651
     K02F05P  C2002 03 21.34044 11 45 24.82 +27 09 36.3          19.4 R      651
     K02F05P  C2002 03 22.19937 11 42 36.78 +26 05 18.3          18.8 R      649
     K02F05P  C2002 03 22.20245 11 42 36.16 +26 05 04.5          19.0 R      649
     K02F05P  C2002 03 22.20552 11 42 35.51 +26 04 50.6          19.1 R      649

Observer details:
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + 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 K. Smalley, R. Fredrick.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 FP5
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
M 350.55945              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42311953     Peri.  174.00457     -0.99698166     +0.04830434
a   1.7572249      Node     9.43121     -0.07713900     -0.70488456
e   0.3047774      Incl.   21.77245     +0.00878305     -0.70767538
P   2.33           H   21.1           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2002 Mar. 19-22.

Ephemeris:
2002 FP5                 a,e,i = 1.76, 0.30, 22                  q = 1.2217
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 17    11 59.97   +32 07.3    0.261    1.226   149.2    24.5    19.8
2002 03 22    11 43.26   +26 20.6    0.249    1.223   152.7    21.9    19.6
2002 03 27    11 27.54   +19 40.9    0.244    1.222   154.1    20.9    19.5
2002 04 01    11 13.63   +12 32.2    0.245    1.222   152.5    22.1    19.5
2002 04 06    11 02.04   +05 23.9    0.253    1.223   148.6    25.2    19.7
2002 04 11    10 53.02   -01 18.6    0.267    1.227   143.4    29.1    19.9
2002 04 16    10 46.59   -07 19.4    0.286    1.231   138.1    33.0    20.2
2002 04 21    10 42.62   -12 33.5    0.309    1.237   133.2    36.3    20.5
2002 04 26    10 40.90   -17 02.8    0.336    1.244   128.8    39.0    20.8
2002 05 01    10 41.16   -20 52.3    0.365    1.253   125.0    41.2    21.0
2002 05 06    10 43.18   -24 08.1    0.396    1.263   121.8    42.8    21.3
2002 05 11    10 46.79   -26 56.4    0.429    1.274   118.9    43.9    21.5
2002 05 16    10 51.83   -29 22.3    0.463    1.287   116.5    44.7    21.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F41

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