MPEC 2002-J52 : 2002 JQ97

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M.P.E.C. 2002-J52                                Issued 2002 May 14, 16:18 UT

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                                   2002 JQ97

Observations:
     K02J97Q* C2002 05 09.28319 14 06 12.78 -15 50 14.3          20.5        644
     K02J97Q  C2002 05 09.30638 14 06 14.07 -15 50 22.0          20.6        644
     K02J97Q  C2002 05 09.33656 14 06 15.84 -15 50 30.8          20.4        644
     K02J97Q  C2002 05 10.24645 14 07 30.12 -15 55 46.0          19.5 R      649
     K02J97Q  C2002 05 10.27267 14 07 31.89 -15 55 54.6          19.5 R      649
     K02J97Q  C2002 05 10.29600 14 07 33.37 -15 56 03.0          19.8 R      649
     K02J97Q  C2002 05 14.33332 14 14 23.40 -16 23 20.5          20.2        644
     K02J97Q  C2002 05 14.35473 14 14 25.48 -16 23 29.7          20.2        644
     K02J97Q  C2002 05 14.37631 14 14 27.65 -16 23 38.7          20.0        644

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.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
    R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 JQ97
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   MPC
M 346.70100              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31363705     Peri.   13.97275     -0.04610799     +0.99883878
a   2.1454471      Node   253.38593     -0.91790075     -0.04788077
e   0.5041031      Incl.    0.83527     -0.39412214     -0.00534011
P   3.14           H   22.8           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2002 May 9-14.

Ephemeris:
2002 JQ97                a,e,i = 2.15, 0.50, 1                   q = 1.0639
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 05 06    14 02.52   -15 33.3    0.167    1.173   168.3    10.1    19.9
2002 05 16    14 18.01   -16 36.2    0.124    1.130   162.6    15.5    19.4
2002 05 26    14 55.10   -18 38.7    0.087    1.096   162.1    16.5    18.6
2002 06 05    16 23.17   -21 28.7    0.060    1.074   173.4     6.2    17.3
2002 06 15    19 02.13   -19 17.5    0.052    1.064   158.8    20.2    17.5
2002 06 25    21 05.61   -11 27.3    0.068    1.068   137.6    39.9    18.7
2002 07 05    22 00.80   -06 39.9    0.096    1.084   132.6    43.6    19.6
2002 07 15    22 23.34   -04 41.5    0.128    1.112   136.2    39.2    20.1
2002 07 25    22 30.73   -04 15.1    0.163    1.151   143.8    31.4    20.5
2002 08 04    22 30.22   -04 39.9    0.201    1.198   153.6    22.1    20.8
2002 08 14    22 25.83   -05 31.9    0.247    1.253   164.4    12.6    21.0
2002 08 24    22 20.74   -06 30.3    0.302    1.312   174.7     4.1    21.2
2002 09 03    22 16.93   -07 21.0    0.369    1.376   172.5     5.5    21.8
2002 09 13    22 15.53   -07 56.2    0.450    1.442   162.7    12.0    22.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-J52

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