MPEC 2002-G56 : 2002 GP5

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M.P.E.C. 2002-G56                                Issued 2002 Apr. 13, 14:25 UT

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                                   2002 GP5

Observations:
     K02G05P* C2002 04 11.32715 13 45 08.01 +11 24 03.1          18.7        644
     K02G05P  C2002 04 11.34847 13 45 01.61 +11 21 58.5          18.8        644
     K02G05P  C2002 04 11.36960 13 44 55.28 +11 19 54.8          18.7        644
     K02G05P  C2002 04 12.27920 13 40 34.19 +09 50 27.1          18.7        644
     K02G05P  C2002 04 12.29359 13 40 29.90 +09 49 01.9          18.6        644
     K02G05P  C2002 04 12.30446 13 40 26.62 +09 47 57.0          18.6        644
     K02G05P  C2002 04 12.32451 13 40 20.39 +09 45 58.7          18.9 R      651
     K02G05P  C2002 04 12.32615 13 40 19.92 +09 45 49.6          19.0 R      651
     K02G05P  C2002 04 12.53898 13 39 19.28 +09 25 13.7          19.4 V      422
     K02G05P  C2002 04 12.54006 13 39 18.94 +09 25 06.7          19.4 V      422
     K02G05P  C2002 04 12.54251 13 39 18.19 +09 24 52.1          19.3 V      422

Observer details:
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 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 GP5
Epoch 2002 Mar. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452360.5                 MPC
M   2.56982              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39709759     Peri.  154.05072     -0.96847599     -0.02784020
a   1.8331776      Node    27.99139     -0.17781697     -0.61868260
e   0.3224861      Incl.   31.83239     +0.17445742     -0.78514761
P   2.48           H   19.9           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2002 Apr. 11-12.

Ephemeris:
2002 GP5                 a,e,i = 1.83, 0.32, 32                  q = 1.2420
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 04 06    14 10.18   +19 27.3    0.282    1.250   148.8    24.5    18.8
2002 04 11    13 46.70   +11 56.1    0.269    1.256   158.6    16.9    18.4
2002 04 16    13 22.79   +03 33.9    0.266    1.263   166.1    11.0    18.2
2002 04 21    13 00.00   -04 50.7    0.275    1.272   164.9    11.9    18.3
2002 04 26    12 39.60   -12 30.9    0.294    1.282   157.2    17.7    18.7
2002 05 01    12 22.33   -19 00.5    0.321    1.293   148.8    23.8    19.1
2002 05 06    12 08.47   -24 16.0    0.356    1.305   141.2    29.0    19.5
2002 05 11    11 57.98   -28 27.2    0.396    1.319   134.7    33.0    19.9
2002 05 16    11 50.62   -31 47.5    0.439    1.333   129.3    35.9    20.2
2002 05 21    11 46.05   -34 29.6    0.486    1.349   124.7    38.1    20.5
2002 05 26    11 43.90   -36 43.5    0.534    1.365   120.8    39.6    20.8
2002 05 31    11 43.82   -38 36.7    0.583    1.383   117.4    40.6    21.0
2002 06 05    11 45.57   -40 14.5    0.634    1.401   114.4    41.3    21.3
2002 06 10    11 48.92   -41 40.9    0.685    1.419   111.7    41.6    21.5
2002 06 15    11 53.70   -42 58.9    0.736    1.438   109.3    41.8    21.7
2002 06 20    11 59.76   -44 10.5    0.788    1.458   107.2    41.7    21.8
2002 06 25    12 06.96   -45 17.2    0.839    1.478   105.2    41.6    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-G56

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