MPEC 2001-O36: COMET C/2001 N2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2001-O36                                Issued 2001 July 24, 18:42 UT

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                           COMET C/2001 N2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK01N020  C2001 07 15.02348 22 59 12.17 +39 27 08.7          17.5 T      046
    CK01N020  C2001 07 15.02461 22 59 12.09 +39 27 08.9                      046
    CK01N020  C2001 07 15.02557 22 59 12.02 +39 27 09.2                      046
    CK01N020  C2001 07 15.02652 22 59 11.94 +39 27 09.7          17.9 N      046
    CK01N020  C2001 07 18.03015 22 55 39.61 +39 43 18.2          17.1 T      952
    CK01N020  C2001 07 18.05797 22 55 37.72 +39 43 23.9          17.0 T      952
    CK01N020  C2001 07 18.06162 22 55 37.60 +39 43 24.3          17.2 T      952
    CK01N020  C2001 07 22.65504 22 49 43.90 +40 05 17.3                      342
    CK01N020  C2001 07 22.67344 22 49 42.36 +40 05 21.4                      342
    CK01N020  C2001 07 24.04861 22 47 49.65 +40 11 10.7          17.0 T      470
    CK01N020  C2001 07 24.07428 22 47 47.53 +40 11 17.0          17.0 T      470

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, P. Jelinek.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector
    + CCD.
342 Shishikui.  Observer H. Maeno.  0.15-m f/5.0 refractor + CCD.
470 Ceccano.  Observer G. Masi.  0.28-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD.
952 Marxuquera.  Observer J. J. Gomez.  0.25-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2001 N2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Aug. 19.3073 TT                                  Marsden
q   2.647453             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  152.4930      -0.2572893      -0.8093191
                   Node    52.9872      -0.9626350      +0.2624254
e   1.0            Incl.  138.6037      -0.0844755      -0.5254860
From 25 observations 2001 July 11-24.

Ephemeris:
    C/2001 N2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2001 07 20    22 53.21   +39 53.1    4.325    4.722   106.9    11.9        18.3
2001 07 30    22 39.12   +40 31.8    4.134    4.648   114.5    11.5        18.1
2001 08 09    22 22.51   +40 47.1    3.965    4.574   121.2    10.9        18.0
2001 08 19    22 03.91   +40 32.6    3.823    4.500   126.6    10.4        17.8
2001 08 29    21 44.25   +39 43.6    3.712    4.426   129.7    10.1        17.7
2001 09 08    21 24.69   +38 19.3    3.637    4.353   130.0    10.2        17.7
2001 09 18    21 06.37   +36 23.1    3.596    4.281   127.3    10.8        17.6
2001 09 28    20 50.20   +34 02.6    3.591    4.208   122.0    11.7        17.6
2001 10 08    20 36.74   +31 27.5    3.616    4.136   114.8    12.7        17.6
2001 10 18    20 26.13   +28 47.6    3.667    4.065   106.5    13.6        17.7
2001 10 28    20 18.30   +26 11.5    3.737    3.994    97.7    14.3        17.7
2001 11 07    20 12.98   +23 45.4    3.820    3.923    88.6    14.6        17.7
2001 11 17    20 09.84   +21 33.4    3.906    3.854    79.6    14.6        17.7
2001 11 27    20 08.53   +19 37.8    3.991    3.785    70.9    14.3        17.7
2001 12 07    20 08.71   +17 59.3    4.068    3.716    62.4    13.6        17.7
2001 12 17    20 10.08   +16 37.8    4.132    3.649    54.5    12.7        17.6
2001 12 27    20 12.35   +15 32.9    4.178    3.583    47.2    11.6        17.6
2002 01 06    20 15.28   +14 43.7    4.203    3.518    40.8    10.5        17.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-O36

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