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M.P.E.C. 2002-X80 Issued 2002 Dec. 13, 15:30 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
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2002 XS40
Observations:
K02X40S* C2002 12 12.30518 05 00 14.49 +10 25 24.5 19.3 644
K02X40S C2002 12 12.36795 05 00 05.75 +10 26 09.7 19.4 644
K02X40S C2002 12 12.43462 04 59 56.53 +10 26 57.4 19.5 644
K02X40S C2002 12 12.93601 04 58 50.53 +10 33 02.9 246
K02X40S C2002 12 12.93690 04 58 50.38 +10 33 03.7 246
K02X40S C2002 12 12.93778 04 58 50.29 +10 33 04.0 246
K02X40S C2002 12 12.93861 04 58 50.16 +10 33 05.2 246
K02X40S C2002 12 12.93953 04 58 50.02 +10 33 05.3 246
K02X40S C2002 12 12.94132 04 58 49.78 +10 33 06.7 246
K02X40S C2002 12 13.22458 04 58 12.27 +10 36 43.3 18.9 R 854
K02X40S C2002 12 13.22638 04 58 11.88 +10 36 43.4 18.9 R 854
K02X40S C2002 12 13.22817 04 58 11.71 +10 36 45.7 19.0 R 854
K02X40S C2002 12 13.25854 04 58 07.41 +10 37 03.9 19.5 R 918
K02X40S C2002 12 13.26314 04 58 06.56 +10 37 08.0 918
K02X40S C2002 12 13.26976 04 58 05.69 +10 37 13.0 918
K02X40S C2002 12 13.29086 04 58 02.90 +10 37 32.6 18.0 R 673
K02X40S C2002 12 13.29618 04 58 02.09 +10 37 37.1 673
K02X40S C2002 12 13.30023 04 58 01.52 +10 37 40.2 673
Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT. Observer M. Tichy. 1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
+ CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observers T. Grigsby, J. Young.
0.6-m reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.30-m f/10.0
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
918 Badlands Observatory, Quinn. Observer R. Dyvig. 0.66-m f/4.8 reflector
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
2002 XS40
Epoch 2002 Dec. 12.0 TT = JDT 2452620.5 MPC
M 300.74708 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.51776999 Peri. 81.96043 -0.97920937 -0.00748096
a 1.5359537 Node 97.44312 -0.06848465 -0.92845449
e 0.3638922 Incl. 11.79653 +0.19094205 -0.37137083
P 1.90 H 19.6 G 0.15
From 18 observations 2002 Dec. 12-13.
Ephemeris:
2002 XS40 a,e,i = 1.54, 0.36, 12 q = 0.9770
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 12 12 05 00.91 +10 21.9 0.460 1.437 166.9 9.0 19.3
2002 12 22 04 37.44 +12 46.9 0.422 1.383 157.8 15.6 19.3
2003 01 01 04 13.56 +15 57.5 0.401 1.329 144.0 25.8 19.4
2003 01 11 03 53.50 +19 39.5 0.396 1.275 130.1 36.2 19.6
2003 01 21 03 40.07 +23 40.2 0.399 1.222 117.7 45.5 19.8
2003 01 31 03 34.09 +27 53.2 0.405 1.170 107.1 53.6 19.9
2003 02 10 03 35.40 +32 17.8 0.410 1.122 98.3 60.5 20.1
2003 02 20 03 43.34 +36 54.6 0.411 1.078 91.1 66.5 20.2
2003 03 02 03 57.47 +41 43.5 0.405 1.040 85.4 71.8 20.2
2003 03 12 04 18.14 +46 44.0 0.393 1.010 81.0 76.4 20.3
2003 03 22 04 46.54 +51 52.5 0.374 0.989 78.0 80.3 20.2
2003 04 01 05 25.93 +56 58.3 0.351 0.978 76.4 83.2 20.2
2003 04 11 06 22.95 +61 35.2 0.323 0.979 76.6 84.7 20.1
2003 04 21 07 46.55 +64 36.5 0.295 0.991 78.8 84.3 19.9
2003 05 01 09 34.75 +63 48.8 0.267 1.013 83.5 81.3 19.6
2003 05 11 11 17.74 +57 09.1 0.246 1.044 91.1 75.3 19.3
2003 05 21 12 32.36 +45 01.0 0.237 1.083 101.0 66.6 19.0
2003 05 31 13 22.81 +29 55.3 0.245 1.127 111.5 56.8 18.9
2003 06 10 13 59.09 +15 07.1 0.275 1.176 119.6 48.7 19.0
2003 06 20 14 27.71 +02 48.7 0.326 1.228 123.7 43.5 19.3
2003 06 30 14 52.27 -06 33.2 0.394 1.281 124.3 41.0 19.7
2003 07 10 15 14.90 -13 27.8 0.477 1.335 122.5 39.9 20.2
2003 07 20 15 36.68 -18 32.6 0.571 1.389 119.4 39.6 20.7
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-X80
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