MPEC 2002-L26 : 2002 LJ3

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M.P.E.C. 2002-L26                                Issued 2002 June 6, 15:11 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
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                                   2002 LJ3

Observations:
     K02L03J* C2002 06 05.56635 16 48 47.53 -06 09 41.6          20.2        608
     K02L03J  C2002 06 05.57762 16 48 46.35 -06 09 41.7          20.1        608
     K02L03J  C2002 06 05.58862 16 48 45.08 -06 09 41.6          19.8        608
     K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.67856 16 48 35.77 -06 09 28.0                      413
     K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.68017 16 48 35.58 -06 09 28.0                      413
     K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.68178 16 48 35.40 -06 09 28.0                      413
     K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.73667 16 48 29.31 -06 09 27.5                      413
     K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.73828 16 48 29.12 -06 09 27.5                      413
     K02L03J 1C2002 06 05.73990 16 48 28.94 -06 09 27.4                      413
     K02L03J  C2002 06 06.29008 16 47 30.32 -06 09 48.6          18.2 R      734
     K02L03J  C2002 06 06.29874 16 47 29.48 -06 09 48.6          17.7 R      734
     K02L03J  C2002 06 06.30615 16 47 28.58 -06 09 48.5          18.1 R      649
     K02L03J  C2002 06 06.31521 16 47 27.54 -06 09 48.7          17.9 R      649

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observers G. J. Garradd, R. H. McNaught.  Measurer
    R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + 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.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 LJ3
Epoch 2002 May 26.0 TT = JDT 2452420.5                  MPC
M 250.22734              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58393677     Peri.  253.90713     +0.93051530     -0.35232172
a   1.4176167      Node   126.61606     +0.36519710     +0.87181128
e   0.2321519      Incl.    7.16076     +0.02779129     +0.34031530
P   1.69           H   18.4           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2002 June 5-6.

Ephemeris:
2002 LJ3                 a,e,i = 1.42, 0.23, 7                   q = 1.0885
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 06 05    16 49.82   -06 09.7    0.561    1.561   163.7    10.5    18.8
2002 06 15    16 31.74   -06 24.6    0.544    1.533   157.7    14.6    18.8
2002 06 25    16 15.17   -07 15.7    0.545    1.503   147.2    21.5    19.0
2002 07 05    16 02.67   -08 39.0    0.559    1.472   136.2    28.5    19.2
2002 07 15    15 55.72   -10 27.6    0.584    1.440   126.1    34.8    19.5
2002 07 25    15 54.74   -12 33.8    0.615    1.406   117.1    40.0    19.7
2002 08 04    15 59.39   -14 50.3    0.648    1.372   109.3    44.3    19.8
2002 08 14    16 09.20   -17 11.6    0.681    1.338   102.5    47.7    20.0
2002 08 24    16 23.67   -19 32.6    0.713    1.303    96.7    50.4    20.1
2002 09 03    16 42.35   -21 48.3    0.741    1.270    91.7    52.6    20.2
2002 09 13    17 05.00   -23 53.9    0.765    1.237    87.4    54.4    20.3
2002 09 23    17 31.38   -25 43.8    0.785    1.206    83.8    55.8    20.3
2002 10 03    18 01.22   -27 11.6    0.801    1.177    80.7    57.1    20.3
2002 10 13    18 34.32   -28 10.9    0.813    1.151    78.2    58.1    20.3
2002 10 23    19 10.26   -28 34.8    0.821    1.129    76.2    58.9    20.4
2002 11 02    19 48.46   -28 17.2    0.827    1.111    74.6    59.5    20.3
2002 11 12    20 28.30   -27 13.2    0.832    1.098    73.5    59.9    20.3
2002 11 22    21 08.99   -25 20.6    0.836    1.090    72.9    60.0    20.3
2002 12 02    21 49.80   -22 40.1    0.843    1.089    72.6    59.8    20.4
2002 12 12    22 30.19   -19 15.7    0.853    1.093    72.6    59.3    20.4
2002 12 22    23 09.75   -15 15.0    0.867    1.102    72.8    58.5    20.4
2003 01 01    23 48.30   -10 47.9    0.888    1.117    73.1    57.4    20.5
2003 01 11    00 25.88   -06 05.8    0.917    1.137    73.4    56.0    20.5
2003 01 21    01 02.55   -01 20.8    0.955    1.161    73.5    54.4    20.6
2003 01 31    01 38.47   +03 16.1    1.001    1.188    73.5    52.7    20.7
2003 02 10    02 13.84   +07 35.6    1.056    1.218    73.1    50.8    20.8
2003 02 20    02 48.76   +11 30.3    1.119    1.250    72.4    49.0    21.0
2003 03 02    03 23.33   +14 55.3    1.190    1.283    71.4    47.1    21.1
2003 03 12    03 57.58   +17 47.9    1.268    1.317    70.0    45.1    21.2
2003 03 22    04 31.45   +20 06.6    1.352    1.352    68.4    43.2    21.4
2003 04 01    05 04.88   +21 51.7    1.440    1.386    66.4    41.3    21.5
2003 04 11    05 37.75   +23 04.5    1.532    1.420    64.2    39.5    21.7
2003 04 21    06 09.91   +23 46.8    1.626    1.453    61.8    37.6    21.8
2003 05 01    06 41.24   +24 01.0    1.722    1.485    59.2    35.7    21.9
2003 05 11    07 11.67   +23 49.7    1.818    1.515    56.5    33.8    22.0
2003 05 21    07 41.09   +23 15.8    1.913    1.545    53.6    31.8    22.1
2003 05 31    08 09.50   +22 21.9    2.006    1.572    50.6    29.9    22.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-L26

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