2002 SM 2002 SM Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPEC 2002-X33: 2002 SM Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 MPC M 101.45258 (2000.0) P Q n 0.38489247 Peri. 217.11039 -0.67116045 +0.73978110 a 1.8717296 Node 11.01350 -0.60617412 -0.51070053 e 0.4852754 Incl. 14.43385 -0.42672777 -0.43807407 P 2.56 H 17.2 G 0.15 U 5 From 38 observations 2002 Sept. 16-Dec. 5, mean residual 0".54. An explanation of the orbital elements is available. These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs. Ephemeris The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available. Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2002 12 02 23 28.83 -01 50.5 2.010 2.423 102.5 23.4 21.7 2003 10 18 05 47.31 +39 02.8 2.042 2.631 115.6 20.0 21.8 2003 10 23 05 46.87 +39 41.9 1.972 2.619 120.3 19.1 21.7 2003 10 28 05 45.44 +40 21.6 1.905 2.607 125.1 18.2 21.6 2003 11 02 05 42.96 +41 01.5 1.841 2.593 130.1 17.0 21.5 2003 11 07 05 39.36 +41 40.6 1.782 2.580 135.0 15.8 21.4 2003 11 12 05 34.61 +42 18.1 1.727 2.566 140.0 14.4 21.2 2003 11 17 05 28.71 +42 52.7 1.678 2.551 144.9 12.9 21.1 2003 11 22 05 21.71 +43 23.1 1.635 2.536 149.5 11.4 21.0 2003 11 27 05 13.71 +43 47.9 1.598 2.520 153.5 10.0 20.9 2003 12 02 05 04.89 +44 05.6 1.568 2.504 156.7 9.0 20.8 2003 12 07 04 55.51 +44 15.3 1.545 2.488 158.3 8.4 20.7 2003 12 12 04 45.84 +44 16.4 1.530 2.470 158.0 8.6 20.7 2003 12 17 04 36.21 +44 08.6 1.522 2.453 155.8 9.5 20.7 2003 12 22 04 26.93 +43 52.4 1.521 2.435 152.3 10.8 20.7 2003 12 27 04 18.31 +43 28.8 1.526 2.416 147.8 12.5 20.8 2004 01 01 04 10.60 +42 59.3 1.538 2.397 142.9 14.3 20.8 2004 01 06 04 03.98 +42 25.4 1.556 2.377 137.7 16.2 20.9 Back to Observable Unusual Minor Planets Astronomical Headlines Index MPC