MPEC 2002-S42 : 2002 SU

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M.P.E.C. 2002-S42                                Issued 2002 Sept. 24, 19:12 UT

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                                    2002 SU

Observations:
     K02S00U* C2002 09 23.24858 19 50 34.45 +58 28 20.6          19.7        644
     K02S00U  C2002 09 23.25916 19 50 35.08 +58 27 54.1          19.6        644
     K02S00U  C2002 09 23.27092 19 50 35.84 +58 27 24.9          19.2        644
     K02S00U  C2002 09 23.88059 19 51 16.84 +58 01 59.5          19.0 R      966
     K02S00U  C2002 09 23.90041 19 51 17.98 +58 01 08.8          18.6 R      966
     K02S00U  C2002 09 24.18146 19 51 37.35 +57 49 19.5          19.5        644
     K02S00U  C2002 09 24.19206 19 51 38.05 +57 48 52.7          19.4        644
     K02S00U  C2002 09 24.20910 19 51 39.11 +57 48 09.0          19.3        644

Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m f/11 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 SU
Epoch 2002 Sept. 23.0 TT = JDT 2452540.5                MPC
M 325.24828              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36961971     Peri.  207.99533     +0.72271189     -0.61244398
a   1.9229410      Node   202.23716     +0.67691368     +0.53364373
e   0.3677270      Incl.   57.82213     -0.13955429     -0.58321243
P   2.67           H   16.6           G   0.15
From 8 observations 2002 Sept. 23-24.

Ephemeris:
2002 SU                  a,e,i = 1.92, 0.37, 58                  q = 1.2158
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 09 23    19 50.32   +58 38.5    0.872    1.480   104.0    41.2    18.8
2002 10 03    20 04.31   +50 39.7    0.777    1.434   106.9    41.9    18.5
2002 10 13    20 23.84   +40 08.5    0.702    1.391   108.6    42.8    18.2
2002 10 23    20 47.21   +27 16.2    0.658    1.351   107.9    44.5    18.1
2002 11 02    21 12.94   +13 17.5    0.656    1.315   104.0    47.1    18.1
2002 11 12    21 40.01   +00 10.7    0.694    1.283    97.7    49.8    18.2
2002 11 22    22 07.63   -10 38.2    0.766    1.257    90.7    51.8    18.4
2002 12 02    22 35.31   -18 51.4    0.859    1.237    83.9    52.4    18.7
2002 12 12    23 02.91   -24 51.1    0.961    1.223    77.9    51.9    18.9
2002 12 22    23 30.36   -29 08.7    1.063    1.216    72.8    50.6    19.0
2003 01 01    23 57.78   -32 10.4    1.160    1.217    68.6    48.8    19.2
2003 01 11    00 25.41   -34 15.2    1.247    1.225    65.4    46.9    19.3
2003 01 21    00 53.49   -35 36.3    1.321    1.240    63.1    45.0    19.4
2003 01 31    01 22.28   -36 21.8    1.382    1.262    61.8    43.5    19.5
2003 02 10    01 52.07   -36 37.0    1.430    1.289    61.3    42.2    19.6
2003 02 20    02 23.02   -36 25.1    1.466    1.322    61.6    41.1    19.6
2003 03 02    02 55.27   -35 47.4    1.493    1.359    62.5    40.3    19.7
2003 03 12    03 28.82   -34 44.9    1.514    1.399    63.9    39.6    19.8
2003 03 22    04 03.49   -33 19.0    1.535    1.443    65.5    38.9    19.9
2003 04 01    04 38.96   -31 31.1    1.558    1.489    67.1    38.2    20.0
2003 04 11    05 14.81   -29 25.0    1.589    1.536    68.5    37.4    20.0
2003 04 21    05 50.49   -27 06.1    1.630    1.584    69.3    36.4    20.1
2003 05 01    06 25.47   -24 41.0    1.686    1.633    69.5    35.3    20.2
2003 05 11    06 59.32   -22 17.4    1.756    1.682    68.9    34.1    20.4
2003 05 21    07 31.68   -20 02.2    1.842    1.731    67.6    32.7    20.5
2003 05 31    08 02.38   -18 00.5    1.941    1.779    65.5    31.2    20.6
2003 06 10    08 31.36   -16 15.9    2.053    1.827    62.8    29.6    20.8
2003 06 20    08 58.64   -14 49.5    2.174    1.874    59.5    27.8    20.9
2003 06 30    09 24.33   -13 41.3    2.301    1.921    55.7    25.9    21.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-S42

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