MPEC 2002-K34 : COMET C/2002 K2 (LINEAR)

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

Read MPEC 2002-K33 Read MPEC 2002-K35 

M.P.E.C. 2002-K34                                Issued 2002 May 20, 22:02 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/2002 K2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02K020  C2002 05 18.38409 18 03 59.08 +12 22 38.5          19.3 T      704
    CK02K020  C2002 05 18.39926 18 03 58.14 +12 22 47.7          19.3 T      704
    CK02K020  C2002 05 18.41449 18 03 57.06 +12 22 55.8          19.1 T      704
    CK02K020  C2002 05 19.02095 18 03 16.68 +12 28 38.5          18.1 T      170
    CK02K020  C2002 05 19.02828 18 03 16.06 +12 28 44.0          18.1 T      170
    CK02K020  C2002 05 19.92914 18 02 15.64 +12 37 09.6          18.0 T      213
    CK02K020  C2002 05 19.93919 18 02 14.99 +12 37 13.9          18.1 T      213
    CK02K020  C2002 05 19.94090 18 02 15.02 +12 37 17.7          18.1 T      213

Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Begues.  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.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli.  Measurers
    J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 K2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Feb. 24.161 TT                                   MPC
q   5.30285              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   32.738       +0.032725       -0.731528
                   Node   295.032       -0.999417       -0.017317
e   1.0            Incl.  131.269       +0.009731       +0.681591
From 47 observations 2002 May 16-19.

Ephemeris:
    C/2002 K2 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 05 16    18 06.59   +11 59.8    4.624    5.337   130.6     8.3        19.5
2002 05 26    17 55.21   +13 31.8    4.562    5.346   136.9     7.4        19.5
2002 06 05    17 42.85   +14 51.7    4.534    5.356   140.6     6.9        19.4
2002 06 15    17 29.99   +15 56.4    4.542    5.367   140.8     6.9        19.4
2002 06 25    17 17.17   +16 44.1    4.585    5.379   137.5     7.3        19.5
2002 07 05    17 04.93   +17 14.4    4.662    5.392   131.7     8.1        19.6
2002 07 15    16 53.72   +17 28.5    4.769    5.406   124.2     8.9        19.7
2002 07 25    16 43.89   +17 28.7    4.899    5.421   115.9     9.7        19.8
2002 08 04    16 35.63   +17 17.9    5.049    5.437   107.3    10.3        19.9
2002 08 14    16 29.02   +16 59.1    5.210    5.453    98.5    10.6        19.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-K34

Read MPEC 2002-K33 Read MPEC 2002-K35

Our Web policy. Index to the CBAT/MPC/ICQ pages.

MPC