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M.P.E.C. 2002-D37 Issued 2002 Feb. 26, 00:33 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
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URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/2002 C2 (LINEAR)
Observations:
CK02C020 C2002 02 15.50904 02 28 28.55 +49 11 54.1 17.2 T 360
CK02C020 C2002 02 15.51191 02 28 28.71 +49 11 50.1 360
CK02C020 C2002 02 15.51771 02 28 29.06 +49 11 42.7 16.7 T 367
CK02C020 C2002 02 15.52153 02 28 29.30 +49 11 38.3 367
CK02C020 C2002 02 15.52535 02 28 29.46 +49 11 32.1 367
CK02C020 C2002 02 17.80389 02 30 29.04 +48 20 46.8 17.0 T 213
CK02C020 C2002 02 17.80653 02 30 29.43 +48 20 42.1 16.9 T 213
CK02C020 C2002 02 17.81181 02 30 29.67 +48 20 35.8 16.9 T 213
CK02C020 C2002 02 17.81444 02 30 29.95 +48 20 32.0 16.9 T 213
CK02C020 C2002 02 19.80505 02 32 16.17 +47 37 27.9 17.1 T 170
CK02C020 C2002 02 19.81266 02 32 16.60 +47 37 17.4 17.1 T 170
CK02C020 C2002 02 23.78016 02 35 53.79 +46 14 53.9 16.7 T 170
CK02C020 C2002 02 23.79491 02 35 54.57 +46 14 34.5 16.7 T 170
Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Beques. Observer J. Manteca. 0.26-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
213 Observatorio Montcabre. Observer R. Naves N. Measurer M. Campas. 0.25-m
f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen. Observer A. Nakamura. 0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
367 Yatsuka. Observer H. Abe. 0.26-m f/6.0 reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2002 C2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Apr. 10.5843 TT MPC
q 3.254314 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 159.8765 +0.3482782 +0.3713682
Node 242.9489 +0.6718641 +0.5413891
e 1.0 Incl. 104.8914 +0.6536826 -0.7543100
From 108 observations 2002 Feb. 1-23.
Ephemeris:
C/2002 C2 (LINEAR)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 02 25 02 37.03 +45 50.5 3.349 3.282 77.6 17.1 16.3 18.6
2002 03 07 02 46.59 +42 45.5 3.496 3.271 68.8 16.4 16.4 18.7
2002 03 17 02 56.55 +40 05.1 3.643 3.263 60.1 15.3 16.4 18.7
2002 03 27 03 06.73 +37 45.8 3.782 3.257 51.6 13.9 16.5 18.7
2002 04 06 03 17.03 +35 43.5 3.911 3.255 43.2 12.2 16.6 18.8
2002 04 16 03 27.37 +33 55.0 4.025 3.255 35.0 10.2 16.6 18.7
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-D37
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