MPEC 2002-E16 : 2002 EY
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M.P.E.C. 2002-E16 Issued 2002 Mar. 6, 22:51 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 EY Observations: K02E00Y C2002 03 05.35858 10 35 38.63 -04 09 35.1 18.1 R 703 K02E00Y C2002 03 05.37536 10 35 38.68 -04 08 03.4 18.4 R 703 K02E00Y C2002 03 05.38375 10 35 38.72 -04 07 17.9 18.1 R 703 K02E00Y* C2002 03 06.30395 10 35 53.90 -02 46 16.7 18.1 644 K02E00Y C2002 03 06.31969 10 35 53.98 -02 44 55.9 18.3 644 K02E00Y C2002 03 06.34121 10 35 54.14 -02 43 05.2 18.5 644 K02E00Y C2002 03 06.56268 10 35 57.91 -02 23 44.3 413 K02E00Y C2002 03 06.56496 10 35 57.90 -02 23 32.8 413 K02E00Y FC2002 03 06.58174 10 35 57.41 -02 22 01.8 474 K02E00Y C2002 03 06.58524 10 35 57.50 -02 21 43.3 18.4 R 474 K02E00Y FC2002 03 06.58914 10 35 57.45 -02 21 24.9 474 K02E00Y C2002 03 06.75898 10 35 59.20 -02 07 15.7 413 K02E00Y C2002 03 06.76149 10 35 59.22 -02 07 02.9 413 K02E00Y C2002 03 06.84479 10 36 02.85 -02 00 47.1 557 Observer details: 413 Siding Spring. Observer R. H. McNaught. 1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD. 474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo. Observers A. C. Gilmore. P. M. Kilmartin. 0.6-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD. 557 Ondrejov. Observer P. Kusnirak. 0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD. 644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence, M. Hicks, R. Thicksten. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD. 703 Catalina Sky Survey. Observers R. E. Hill, C. W. Hergenrother. 0.41-m f/3 Schmidt + CCD. Orbital elements: 2002 EY Epoch 2002 Feb. 15.0 TT = JDT 2452320.5 MPC M 15.92884 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31147182 Peri. 264.37954 +0.24011445 -0.96930854 a 2.1553785 Node 171.17628 +0.96959973 +0.23683654 e 0.6342885 Incl. 20.12664 +0.04713179 +0.06595005 P 3.16 H 19.8 G 0.15 From 14 observations 2002 Mar. 5-6. Ephemeris: 2002 EY a,e,i = 2.16, 0.63, 20 q = 0.7882 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2002 02 25 10 33.12 -20 13.6 0.214 1.181 150.5 24.4 17.9 2002 02 27 10 33.84 -15 42.9 0.226 1.200 155.7 19.8 18.0 2002 03 01 10 34.47 -11 38.1 0.239 1.219 160.4 15.8 18.0 2002 03 03 10 35.03 -07 58.4 0.254 1.238 164.3 12.5 18.0 2002 03 05 10 35.56 -04 42.2 0.271 1.257 167.3 10.0 18.1 2002 03 07 10 36.07 -01 47.6 0.288 1.277 169.0 8.5 18.2 2002 03 09 10 36.59 +00 47.2 0.307 1.296 169.3 8.2 18.4 2002 03 11 10 37.12 +03 04.3 0.327 1.315 168.3 8.8 18.6 2002 03 13 10 37.68 +05 05.6 0.347 1.334 166.5 10.0 18.8 2002 03 15 10 38.29 +06 52.8 0.369 1.353 164.3 11.5 19.0 2002 03 17 10 38.94 +08 27.4 0.391 1.373 161.9 13.0 19.2 2002 03 19 10 39.65 +09 50.9 0.415 1.392 159.5 14.5 19.4 2002 03 21 10 40.41 +11 04.5 0.439 1.411 157.2 15.9 19.6 2002 03 23 10 41.24 +12 09.2 0.463 1.430 154.9 17.2 19.8 2002 03 25 10 42.13 +13 06.2 0.489 1.449 152.6 18.5 20.0 2002 03 27 10 43.08 +13 56.2 0.515 1.468 150.4 19.6 20.2 2002 04 06 10 48.78 +16 44.9 0.654 1.561 140.4 24.1 21.0 2002 04 16 10 55.95 +18 00.1 0.805 1.652 131.7 27.0 21.6 Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-E16


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