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M.P.E.C. 2002-G62 Issued 2002 Apr. 15, 17:37 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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2002 GJ8
Observations:
K02G08J* C2002 04 12.40546 14 39 07.38 -00 35 08.4 19.0 644
K02G08J C2002 04 12.41578 14 39 06.76 -00 34 50.7 19.0 644
K02G08J C2002 04 12.42620 14 39 06.15 -00 34 33.1 19.2 644
K02G08J C2002 04 13.40931 14 38 10.64 -00 05 52.3 19.2 644
K02G08J C2002 04 13.42734 14 38 09.48 -00 05 19.9 19.4 644
K02G08J C2002 04 13.44173 14 38 08.53 -00 04 54.2 19.3 644
K02G08J C2002 04 14.37096 14 37 10.98 +00 23 43.9 18.5 R 649
K02G08J C2002 04 14.37314 14 37 10.81 +00 23 47.9 18.7 R 649
K02G08J C2002 04 14.37530 14 37 10.63 +00 23 51.8 18.5 R 649
Observer details:
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. Observer K. Smalley. 0.75-m
Newtonian + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 GJ8
Epoch 2002 Mar. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452360.5 MPC
M 339.09593 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.22173208 Peri. 181.88181 +0.81239077 +0.58055267
a 2.7034418 Node 142.45628 -0.53381916 +0.77811879
e 0.8113313 Incl. 5.13952 -0.23464515 +0.23977020
P 4.45 H 18.6 G 0.15
From 9 observations 2002 Apr. 12-14.
Ephemeris:
2002 GJ8 a,e,i = 2.70, 0.81, 5 q = 0.5101
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 04 06 14 43.29 -03 08.4 0.585 1.547 153.8 16.6 19.3
2002 04 07 14 42.83 -02 47.8 0.569 1.535 154.7 16.2 19.2
2002 04 08 14 42.30 -02 26.0 0.553 1.522 155.6 15.7 19.1
2002 04 09 14 41.71 -02 03.1 0.537 1.509 156.5 15.3 19.0
2002 04 10 14 41.04 -01 38.9 0.521 1.497 157.4 14.9 18.9
2002 04 11 14 40.30 -01 13.3 0.506 1.484 158.2 14.5 18.8
2002 04 12 14 39.48 -00 46.4 0.491 1.471 159.0 14.2 18.7
2002 04 13 14 38.58 -00 17.9 0.475 1.458 159.7 13.8 18.6
2002 04 14 14 37.58 +00 12.3 0.461 1.445 160.3 13.5 18.5
2002 04 15 14 36.49 +00 44.2 0.446 1.432 160.9 13.3 18.4
2002 04 16 14 35.30 +01 18.0 0.431 1.419 161.4 13.1 18.3
2002 04 17 14 34.00 +01 53.8 0.417 1.406 161.7 12.9 18.2
2002 04 18 14 32.57 +02 31.8 0.403 1.392 161.9 12.9 18.1
2002 04 19 14 31.03 +03 12.2 0.389 1.379 162.0 13.0 18.0
2002 04 20 14 29.34 +03 55.1 0.375 1.366 161.9 13.2 17.9
2002 04 21 14 27.51 +04 40.9 0.361 1.353 161.6 13.5 17.8
2002 04 22 14 25.52 +05 29.6 0.348 1.339 161.2 14.0 17.7
2002 04 23 14 23.35 +06 21.7 0.335 1.326 160.5 14.7 17.7
2002 04 24 14 20.98 +07 17.4 0.322 1.312 159.6 15.5 17.6
2002 04 25 14 18.41 +08 17.0 0.309 1.299 158.5 16.5 17.5
2002 04 26 14 15.60 +09 20.9 0.297 1.285 157.3 17.6 17.4
2002 04 27 14 12.52 +10 29.5 0.285 1.271 155.8 18.9 17.4
2002 04 28 14 09.15 +11 43.3 0.273 1.258 154.1 20.5 17.3
2002 04 29 14 05.44 +13 02.8 0.261 1.244 152.2 22.2 17.2
2002 04 30 14 01.37 +14 28.5 0.250 1.230 150.1 24.1 17.2
2002 05 01 13 56.86 +16 00.9 0.239 1.216 147.8 26.2 17.1
2002 05 02 13 51.86 +17 40.8 0.228 1.203 145.3 28.5 17.0
2002 05 03 13 46.30 +19 28.7 0.218 1.189 142.6 31.0 17.0
2002 05 04 13 40.09 +21 25.2 0.208 1.175 139.6 33.8 16.9
2002 05 05 13 33.12 +23 31.0 0.199 1.161 136.4 36.8 16.9
2002 05 06 13 25.26 +25 46.3 0.190 1.146 132.9 40.1 16.9
2002 05 07 13 16.35 +28 11.5 0.182 1.132 129.1 43.7 16.8
2002 05 08 13 06.19 +30 46.5 0.174 1.118 125.1 47.6 16.8
2002 05 09 12 54.56 +33 30.7 0.167 1.104 120.7 51.8 16.8
2002 05 10 12 41.16 +36 22.6 0.160 1.090 116.1 56.3 16.9
2002 05 11 12 25.67 +39 20.1 0.155 1.075 111.1 61.2 16.9
2002 05 12 12 07.73 +42 19.5 0.150 1.061 105.9 66.3 17.0
2002 05 13 11 46.96 +45 15.9 0.147 1.047 100.4 71.7 17.0
2002 05 14 11 23.02 +48 02.9 0.144 1.032 94.7 77.3 17.2
2002 05 15 10 55.75 +50 33.0 0.142 1.018 88.9 83.1 17.3
2002 05 16 10 25.28 +52 38.2 0.142 1.004 83.0 89.0 17.5
2002 05 17 09 52.20 +54 11.4 0.143 0.989 77.1 94.9 17.7
2002 05 18 09 17.62 +55 07.7 0.144 0.975 71.2 100.7 18.0
2002 05 19 08 42.98 +55 26.0 0.147 0.960 65.5 106.4 18.3
2002 05 20 08 09.76 +55 08.8 0.151 0.946 60.1 112.0 18.7
2002 05 21 07 39.07 +54 21.9 0.156 0.931 54.9 117.3 19.1
2002 05 22 07 11.56 +53 12.3 0.161 0.917 49.9 122.3 19.5
2002 05 23 06 47.38 +51 47.0 0.168 0.902 45.3 127.1 19.9
2002 05 24 06 26.40 +50 12.1 0.175 0.888 40.9 131.7 20.4
2002 05 25 06 08.28 +48 32.4 0.183 0.873 36.9 135.9 21.0
2002 05 26 05 52.65 +46 51.5 0.192 0.859 33.1 139.9 21.5
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