------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1785 2002 Jly 08 13.45UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 NX E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence, K. Kuluhiwa, M. Hicks and R. Thicksten, Palomar Mountain, report their discovery of a fast- moving object with the NEAT 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD as follows: 2002 07 05.45886 20 53 34.30 -19 52 16.7 16.8 644 2002 07 05.46944 20 53 35.12 -19 51 20.4 16.7 644 2002 07 05.47979 20 53 35.94 -19 50 25.2 16.7 644 Orbital elements: 2002 NX Epoch 2002 July 5.0 TT = JDT 2452460.5 MPC M 334.39136 (2000.0) P Q n 0.42468649 Peri. 62.03507 +0.95788563 +0.14636161 a 1.7528998 Node 288.65752 -0.24896428 +0.85200360 e 0.4373013 Incl. 15.11472 +0.14308007 +0.50266106 P 2.32 H 19.1 G 0.15 >From 46 observations 2002 July 5-6. Ephemeris: Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2002 07 07 20 56.06 -17 27.9 0.177 1.177 153.2 22.9 16.8 2002 07 09 20 59.36 -13 57.1 0.165 1.166 153.2 23.2 16.6 2002 07 11 21 02.78 -09 56.0 0.153 1.155 152.6 23.9 16.5 2002 07 13 21 06.37 -05 21.3 0.144 1.144 151.1 25.4 16.3 2002 07 15 21 10.17 -00 11.1 0.135 1.134 148.7 27.8 16.3 2002 07 17 21 14.24 +05 34.8 0.128 1.124 145.3 31.0 16.2 2002 07 19 21 18.65 +11 53.5 0.122 1.114 141.0 35.1 16.2 2002 07 21 21 23.47 +18 38.3 0.118 1.104 135.9 39.9 16.3 2002 07 23 21 28.80 +25 39.0 0.116 1.094 130.2 45.1 16.3 2002 07 25 21 34.76 +32 42.4 0.116 1.085 124.3 50.6 16.5 2002 07 27 21 41.48 +39 35.0 0.117 1.076 118.4 56.1 16.6 2002 07 29 21 49.14 +46 05.2 0.121 1.068 112.8 61.2 16.8 2002 07 31 21 57.98 +52 04.6 0.125 1.060 107.5 66.0 17.0 2002 08 02 22 08.30 +57 28.8 0.131 1.052 102.8 70.2 17.3 2002 08 04 22 20.51 +62 16.4 0.138 1.044 98.6 73.9 17.5 2002 08 06 22 35.14 +66 28.2 0.146 1.037 95.0 77.0 17.7 2002 08 08 22 52.9 +70 06.0 0.155 1.031 91.8 79.6 17.9 Brian G. Marsden M.P.E.C. 2002-N24 Guy M Hurst