MPEC 2002-Q40 : 2002 QF15

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

Read MPEC 2002-Q39 Read MPEC 2002-Q41 

M.P.E.C. 2002-Q40                                Issued 2002 Aug. 28, 13:42 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2002 QF15

Observations:
     K02Q15F* C2002 08 27.41417 05 03 48.96 +47 36 51.9          18.3        704
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 27.42805 05 03 53.84 +47 36 45.5          18.2        704
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 27.44202 05 03 58.76 +47 36 38.7          18.7        704
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 27.45596 05 04 03.65 +47 36 32.6          18.3        704
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 27.46985 05 04 08.51 +47 36 26.9          18.6        704
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.11574 05 07 58.08 +47 31 06.3          18.1 R      946
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.12054 05 07 59.82 +47 31 04.0          18.0 R      946
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.15620 05 08 12.54 +47 30 45.4          18.2 R      946
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.40617 05 09 41.71 +47 28 32.3          17.2 R      649
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.40910 05 09 42.75 +47 28 30.6          17.6 R      649
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.41204 05 09 43.81 +47 28 29.4          17.1 R      649
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.50317 05 10 16.28 +47 27 39.1          18.3 R      848
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.50486 05 10 16.96 +47 27 38.2          18.1 R      848
     K02Q15F  C2002 08 28.50818 05 10 17.90 +47 27 36.4          17.8 R      848

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
    S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
848 Tenagra Observatory, Cottage Grove.  Observer M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.36-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
946 Ametlla de Mar.  Observer J. Nomen.  0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 QF15
Epoch 2002 Aug. 14.0 TT = JDT 2452500.5                 MPC
M 300.17674              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63940361     Peri.  242.64745     -0.43971000     -0.79740074
a   1.3343999      Node   239.58781     +0.89492418     -0.42789675
e   0.4637252      Incl.   28.63493     -0.07593305     -0.42550726
P   1.54           H   16.0           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2002 Aug. 27-28.  E-assumed.

Ephemeris:
2002 QF15                a,e,i = 1.33, 0.46, 29                  q = 0.7156
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 08 24    04 44.00   +47 56.0    0.971    1.222    76.1    53.4    18.3
2002 09 03    05 43.71   +46 15.8    0.873    1.147    74.7    58.0    18.1
2002 09 13    06 46.45   +41 58.1    0.789    1.070    72.0    63.5    17.9
2002 09 23    07 48.02   +34 32.4    0.726    0.992    67.8    69.5    17.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-Q40

Read MPEC 2002-Q39 Read MPEC 2002-Q41

Our Web policy. Index to the CBAT/MPC/ICQ pages.

MPC