2002 WZ2 2002 WZ2 Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPEC 2003-B04: 2002 WZ2 Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 MPC M 11.88401 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25539167 Peri. 48.05722 +0.35979271 +0.52113249 a 2.4603576 Node 261.53856 -0.90059410 +0.41078752 e 0.8839422 Incl. 51.48530 +0.24388415 +0.74811399 P 3.86 H 17.1 G 0.15 U 5 From 119 observations 2002 Nov. 23-2003 Jan. 16, mean residual 0".53. 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 2003 01 11 04 28.31 +05 44.6 1.005 1.829 133.7 22.9 19.5 2003 01 16 04 24.68 +05 20.1 1.118 1.890 128.0 24.2 19.9 2003 01 21 04 22.61 +05 05.7 1.235 1.950 122.7 25.1 20.2 2003 01 26 04 21.79 +04 58.7 1.353 2.009 117.6 25.7 20.4 2003 01 31 04 21.98 +04 57.4 1.474 2.067 112.8 26.1 20.7 2003 02 05 04 23.01 +05 00.2 1.596 2.123 108.2 26.2 20.9 2003 02 10 04 24.74 +05 06.0 1.719 2.178 103.8 26.1 21.2 2003 02 15 04 27.04 +05 14.0 1.843 2.231 99.6 25.9 21.4 2003 02 20 04 29.84 +05 23.5 1.967 2.284 95.5 25.5 21.5 2003 02 25 04 33.05 +05 33.9 2.090 2.335 91.4 25.1 21.7 2003 03 02 04 36.62 +05 44.8 2.214 2.386 87.5 24.5 21.9 Back to Observable Unusual Minor Planets Astronomical Headlines Index MPC