MPEC 2002-T71 : 2002 TQ69

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M.P.E.C. 2002-T71                                Issued 2002 Oct. 11, 12:24 UT

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                                   2002 TQ69

Observations:
     K02T69Q* C2002 10 09.42518 03 18 50.49 +01 46 23.7          20.1        644
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 09.43556 03 18 50.95 +01 46 34.1          19.9        644
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 09.44730 03 18 51.51 +01 46 45.8          20.4        644
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 10.31682 03 19 38.33 +02 01 37.2          19.6 R      734
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 10.31966 03 19 38.87 +02 01 41.8          20.9 R      651
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 10.32282 03 19 38.95 +02 01 44.4          21.0 R      651
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 10.32558 03 19 39.02 +02 01 48.2          20.9 R      651
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 10.32727 03 19 38.76 +02 01 47.4          19.7 R      734
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 10.40215 03 19 42.04 +02 03 05.2          19.8 R      649
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 10.41755 03 19 42.74 +02 03 20.9          20.0 R      649
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 10.44103 03 19 43.75 +02 03 45.3          20.2 R      649
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 11.31332 03 20 28.85 +02 19 03.5          19.6 R      649
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 11.32494 03 20 29.35 +02 19 15.6          19.8 R      649
     K02T69Q  C2002 10 11.33417 03 20 29.72 +02 19 25.4          19.9 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.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Trentman,
    P. Sable.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 TQ69
Epoch 2002 Sept. 23.0 TT = JDT 2452540.5                MPC
M 350.22454              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29452411     Peri.  339.85624     +0.79658653     -0.59339071
a   2.2372893      Node    57.07706     +0.57178107     +0.67754416
e   0.4190174      Incl.    7.90801     +0.19625569     +0.43453581
P   3.35           H   20.7           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2002 Oct. 9-11.

Ephemeris:
2002 TQ69                a,e,i = 2.24, 0.42, 8                   q = 1.2998
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 10 03    03 12.13   +00 06.5    0.383    1.319   140.6    28.8    20.5
2002 10 13    03 21.80   +02 49.8    0.350    1.306   147.3    24.4    20.1
2002 10 23    03 27.06   +06 16.5    0.328    1.300   155.3    18.6    19.8
2002 11 02    03 28.05   +10 21.1    0.318    1.302   164.7    11.6    19.5
2002 11 12    03 25.95   +14 45.0    0.321    1.310   174.8     3.9    19.2
2002 11 22    03 23.05   +19 01.0    0.339    1.326   173.8     4.6    19.4
2002 12 02    03 21.67   +22 44.6    0.373    1.348   163.8    11.8    19.9
2002 12 12    03 23.62   +25 45.1    0.421    1.376   154.5    18.0    20.4
2002 12 22    03 29.73   +28 04.4    0.482    1.410   146.1    22.9    21.0
2003 01 01    03 39.82   +29 48.9    0.556    1.448   138.5    26.8    21.4
2003 01 11    03 53.43   +31 06.1    0.642    1.490   131.6    29.6    21.9
2003 01 21    04 09.88   +32 01.9    0.739    1.535   125.3    31.6    22.3
2003 01 31    04 28.42   +32 40.1    0.847    1.582   119.3    32.9    22.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-T71

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