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M.P.E.C. 2002-X60 Issued 2002 Dec. 10, 03:42 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.
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2002 CD
Revision to MPEC 2002-C15
Additional Observations:
K02C00D C2002 12 09.52696 12 24 25.44 +35 25 53.9 19.3 R 926
K02C00D C2002 12 09.53352 12 24 25.51 +35 26 00.0 19.3 R 926
K02C00D C2002 12 09.53999 12 24 25.56 +35 26 05.7 19.5 R 926
K02C00D C2002 12 10.11155 12 24 41.37 +35 33 41.3 557
K02C00D C2002 12 10.12109 12 24 41.57 +35 33 50.8 557
Observer details:
557 Ondrejov. Observers P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak. 0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory. Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz. 0.81-m
f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
021209 926 8.8- 19.7- 021210 557 7.4- 19.0- MPO 30635 -0.0016 day
Orbital elements:
2002 CD
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 MPC
M 68.76624 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.01582165 Peri. 331.65057 +0.94255362 +0.33353661
a 0.9800715 Node 8.92570 -0.27936118 +0.81754098
e 0.1767081 Incl. 6.88564 -0.18316659 +0.46944655
P 0.97 H 20.4 G 0.15 U 4
Residuals in seconds of arc
020201 704 1.0- 0.9- 020202 611 0.1- 0.2- 020226 715 (2.2- 0.2+)
020201 704 0.4- 0.0 020202 611 (3.1- 1.2-) 020309 966 0.9+ 0.1+
020201 704 0.8- 0.9- 020204 587 1.2+ 0.4+ 020309 966 0.2+ 0.5-
020201 704 0.7+ 0.4- 020204 587 0.5- 1.4+ 020407 696 0.9+ 0.1-
020201 046 0.1+ 0.5- 020204 587 0.3+ 0.1- 020407 696 0.6+ 0.1+
020201 046 0.1+ 1.8+ 020204 587 0.5- 1.0- 020505 696 0.0 0.2+
020202 734 0.7- 1.2+ 020212 696 0.1+ 0.0 020505 696 (2.7- 0.7+)
020202 734 0.4+ 0.9- 020212 696 0.1- 0.1+ 020505 696 1.7- 0.0
020202 734 (1.0+ 2.3-) 020214 649 0.4+ 0.0 021209 926 0.4- 0.3-
020202 046 0.6- 0.3+ 020214 649 0.3+ 0.1- 021209 926 0.4- 0.0
020202 046 0.3+ 0.5- 020214 649 0.0 0.3+ 021209 926 0.5- 0.0
020202 046 0.6+ 0.4+ 020226 715 (2.3- 0.3-) 021210 557 0.3+ 0.2-
020202 046 0.2- 0.4- 020226 715 (2.4- 0.3+) 021210 557 0.7+ 0.6+
Ephemeris:
2002 CD a,e,i = 0.98, 0.18, 7 q = 0.8069
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2002 12 02 12 20.81 +33 43.0 0.205 0.977 81.6 86.5 19.9
2002 12 07 12 23.23 +34 51.3 0.207 0.992 86.0 82.0 19.8
2002 12 12 12 25.45 +36 00.3 0.207 1.007 90.3 77.8 19.7
2002 12 17 12 27.13 +37 13.2 0.206 1.022 94.7 73.7 19.6
2002 12 22 12 27.87 +38 32.9 0.204 1.036 99.2 69.6 19.5
2002 12 27 12 27.23 +40 01.8 0.200 1.049 103.8 65.5 19.3
2003 01 01 12 24.58 +41 42.1 0.196 1.062 108.6 61.3 19.2
2003 01 06 12 19.21 +43 33.6 0.191 1.074 113.6 57.0 19.0
2003 01 11 12 10.33 +45 33.8 0.187 1.086 118.8 52.5 18.9
2003 01 16 11 57.11 +47 37.0 0.182 1.096 124.2 47.9 18.7
2003 01 21 11 38.77 +49 33.9 0.178 1.106 129.5 43.4 18.6
2003 01 26 11 14.90 +51 11.0 0.176 1.115 134.5 39.0 18.4
2003 01 31 10 45.96 +52 11.0 0.175 1.123 138.8 35.3 18.3
2003 02 05 10 13.96 +52 18.0 0.177 1.130 141.8 32.6 18.3
2003 02 10 09 42.15 +51 24.9 0.180 1.136 143.1 31.4 18.3
2003 02 15 09 13.67 +49 37.3 0.187 1.141 142.4 31.8 18.4
2003 02 20 08 50.36 +47 10.1 0.196 1.146 140.1 33.6 18.6
2003 02 25 08 32.68 +44 19.9 0.207 1.149 136.7 36.2 18.8
2003 03 02 08 20.24 +41 20.8 0.220 1.151 132.6 39.3 19.0
2003 03 07 08 12.30 +38 22.6 0.235 1.153 128.4 42.4 19.2
2003 03 12 08 08.02 +35 31.3 0.251 1.153 124.2 45.5 19.4
2003 03 17 08 06.63 +32 49.6 0.268 1.153 120.1 48.3 19.7
2003 03 22 08 07.48 +30 18.2 0.285 1.151 116.2 50.9 19.9
2003 03 27 08 10.08 +27 56.4 0.303 1.148 112.5 53.4 20.1
2003 04 01 08 14.10 +25 43.3 0.321 1.145 109.1 55.6 20.2
2003 04 06 08 19.26 +23 37.5 0.338 1.140 105.8 57.6 20.4
2003 04 11 08 25.34 +21 37.7 0.356 1.135 102.8 59.4 20.6
2003 04 16 08 32.14 +19 42.9 0.372 1.129 99.9 61.1 20.7
2003 04 21 08 39.50 +17 52.0 0.388 1.121 97.2 62.8 20.8
2003 04 26 08 47.31 +16 04.0 0.403 1.113 94.6 64.3 20.9
2003 05 01 08 55.52 +14 18.3 0.416 1.104 92.1 65.8 21.0
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