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M.P.E.C. 2001-Q70 Issued 2001 Aug. 29, 20:52 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/2001 Q6 (NEAT)
Observations:
CK01Q060 C2001 08 28.41375 03 35 29.10 +09 32 40.2 17.6 T 644
CK01Q060 C2001 08 28.43549 03 35 30.06 +09 33 29.4 17.5 T 644
CK01Q060 C2001 08 28.45688 03 35 31.01 +09 34 17.4 17.5 T 644
CK01Q060 C2001 08 28.98338 03 35 55.05 +09 54 04.5 17.7 T 046
CK01Q060 C2001 08 28.98541 03 35 55.05 +09 54 09.2 046
CK01Q060 C2001 08 28.98637 03 35 55.16 +09 54 11.2 046
CK01Q060 C2001 08 28.98731 03 35 55.22 +09 54 13.4 046
CK01Q060 C2001 08 28.98833 03 35 55.25 +09 54 16.1 046
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.04399 03 35 57.65 +09 56 22.2 557
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.04597 03 35 57.73 +09 56 27.0 557
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.04796 03 35 57.82 +09 56 31.6 17.9 N 557
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.04994 03 35 57.88 +09 56 35.8 16.4 T 557
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.05896 03 35 58.33 +09 56 58.2 17.8 N 599
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.06296 03 35 58.51 +09 57 06.8 599
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.06435 03 35 58.56 +09 57 09.3 599
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.10330 03 36 00.55 +09 58 36.0 17.7 N 636
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.11100 03 36 00.52 +09 58 55.4 18.0 N 636
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.37449 03 36 12.46 +10 09 00.2 17.2 T 649
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.37795 03 36 12.64 +10 09 09.1 17.0 T 649
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.38399 03 36 12.88 +10 09 21.6 17.1 T 649
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.43166 03 36 15.06 +10 11 10.3 658
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.43788 03 36 15.34 +10 11 24.1 658
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.44584 03 36 15.70 +10 11 43.1 658
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.46944 03 36 16.59 +10 12 39.5 17.3 T 711
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.47429 03 36 16.79 +10 12 49.8 17.4 T 711
CK01Q060 C2001 08 29.47919 03 36 17.00 +10 13 01.8 17.3 T 711
Observer details:
046 Klet. Observer M. Tichy. 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov. Observers L. Sarounova, M. Wolf. 0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
599 Astronomical Observatory, Campo Imperatore. Observers A. Boattini,
F. Bernardi. 0.60-m f/3 Schmidt + CCD.
636 Essen. Observer A. Knofel. 0.32-m f/5.7 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. Lawrence,
M. Hicks, E. Hovland, T. Bickler, J. Schroeder, L. Scherr, R. Thicksten,
A. Deetz. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg. Observer K. Smalley. 0.75-m Newtonian
+ CCD.
658 National Research Council of Canada. Observer D. D. Balam. 1.82-m
Plaskett reflector + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory. Observer P. J. Shelus. 0.76-m reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2001 Q6 (NEAT)
T 2001 Nov. 3.898 TT Marsden
q 1.46749 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 38.984 +0.580167 -0.742941
Node 23.312 +0.355803 -0.137515
e 1.0 Incl. 57.518 +0.732673 +0.655078
From 25 observations 2001 Aug. 28-29.
Ephemeris:
C/2001 Q6 (NEAT)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2001 08 29 03 35.92 +09 54.8 1.230 1.740 101.5 34.7 16.4
2001 09 03 03 39.46 +13 17.5 1.141 1.705 104.7 34.9 16.1
2001 09 08 03 42.46 +17 09.7 1.056 1.671 108.1 35.0 15.8
2001 09 13 03 44.81 +21 36.7 0.978 1.639 111.4 34.9 15.6
2001 09 18 03 46.29 +26 43.4 0.906 1.609 114.7 34.6 15.4
2001 09 23 03 46.61 +32 33.4 0.843 1.582 117.6 34.2 15.1
2001 09 28 03 45.33 +39 07.0 0.792 1.557 120.1 33.8 14.9
2001 10 03 03 41.72 +46 19.1 0.753 1.535 121.6 33.7 14.7
2001 10 08 03 34.48 +53 57.0 0.728 1.516 122.0 34.0 14.6
2001 10 13 03 21.15 +61 40.1 0.718 1.500 121.1 34.7 14.5
2001 10 18 02 56.58 +69 00.2 0.722 1.487 119.0 35.9 14.5
2001 10 23 02 09.3 +75 21.3 0.740 1.477 115.9 37.3 14.5
2001 10 28 00 37.3 +79 47.0 0.770 1.471 112.4 38.6 14.6
2001 11 02 22 20.9 +80 58.0 0.808 1.468 108.8 39.8 14.7
2001 11 07 20 33.7 +79 11.8 0.854 1.468 105.2 40.6 14.8
2001 11 12 19 36.8 +76 23.5 0.904 1.472 101.9 41.1 15.0
2001 11 17 19 07.3 +73 36.5 0.956 1.479 99.0 41.3 15.1
2001 11 22 18 51.0 +71 10.0 1.011 1.490 96.4 41.2 15.3
2001 11 27 18 41.51 +69 08.2 1.065 1.504 94.2 40.9 15.4
2001 12 02 18 35.94 +67 30.8 1.118 1.520 92.3 40.4 15.6
2001 12 07 18 32.73 +66 15.9 1.171 1.540 90.8 39.8 15.7
2001 12 12 18 31.02 +65 21.7 1.221 1.563 89.6 39.0 15.9
2001 12 17 18 30.25 +64 46.5 1.269 1.588 88.7 38.3 16.0
2001 12 22 18 30.04 +64 28.8 1.315 1.616 88.1 37.5 16.2
2001 12 27 18 30.11 +64 27.2 1.359 1.646 87.8 36.6 16.3
2002 01 01 18 30.22 +64 40.4 1.400 1.679 87.8 35.8 16.5
2002 01 06 18 30.20 +65 07.3 1.438 1.713 88.0 35.0 16.6
2002 01 11 18 29.85 +65 47.1 1.474 1.749 88.4 34.2 16.8
2002 01 16 18 28.92 +66 39.0 1.509 1.787 89.0 33.4 16.9
2002 01 21 18 27.14 +67 42.1 1.542 1.826 89.8 32.6 17.1
2002 01 26 18 24.17 +68 55.3 1.573 1.866 90.7 31.8 17.2
2002 01 31 18 19.6 +70 17.3 1.604 1.908 91.8 31.1 17.3
2002 02 05 18 12.7 +71 46.7 1.634 1.951 92.9 30.3 17.5
2002 02 10 18 02.8 +73 21.4 1.664 1.995 94.1 29.6 17.6
2002 02 15 17 48.6 +74 58.8 1.695 2.039 95.3 28.8 17.7
2002 02 20 17 28.4 +76 34.7 1.727 2.085 96.5 28.1 17.9
2002 02 25 17 00.0 +78 03.1 1.761 2.131 97.6 27.4 18.0
2002 03 02 16 21.4 +79 15.4 1.797 2.178 98.6 26.7 18.2
2002 03 07 15 32.2 +80 00.6 1.835 2.225 99.5 26.1 18.3
2002 03 12 14 36.4 +80 08.1 1.877 2.273 100.1 25.5 18.4
2002 03 17 13 42.1 +79 33.5 1.922 2.321 100.6 24.9 18.6
2002 03 22 12 56.3 +78 21.2 1.970 2.370 100.9 24.4 18.7
2002 03 27 12 21.5 +76 40.8 2.023 2.419 100.9 23.9 18.9
2002 04 01 11 56.3 +74 41.8 2.080 2.468 100.6 23.4 19.0
2002 04 06 11 38.5 +72 31.4 2.141 2.517 100.1 23.0 19.2
2002 04 11 11 26.2 +70 14.4 2.206 2.567 99.4 22.7 19.3
2002 04 16 11 17.74 +67 54.1 2.276 2.617 98.3 22.3 19.5
2002 04 21 11 12.20 +65 33.1 2.349 2.667 97.1 22.0 19.6
2002 04 26 11 08.80 +63 12.9 2.427 2.717 95.6 21.6 19.8
2002 05 01 11 06.99 +60 54.8 2.509 2.767 93.9 21.3 19.9
2002 05 06 11 06.41 +58 39.5 2.594 2.817 92.1 21.0 20.1
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