C/2002 Q5 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on May 10, 2003

Profile Discovery Date August 28, 2002 Magnitude 17.3 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

Orbital Elements Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 T 2002 Nov. 19.20060 TT MPC q 1.2429626 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0012510 Peri. 133.30668 -0.22321589 -0.93224973 +/-0.0000063 Node 33.74729 -0.97463758 +0.21824788 e 1.0015550 Incl. 149.16411 -0.01600815 -0.28857980 >From 473 observations 2002 Aug. 28-2003 Feb. 6, mean residual 0".67.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.6 + 5 log d + 33.0 log r [ , 0] ( - 2002 Nov. 19) m1 = 9.3 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [ 0,70] (2002 Nov. 19 - 2003 Jan. 28) m1 = 6.8 + 5 log d + 22.0 log r [70, ] (2003 Jan. 28 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2003-C40. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.