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M.P.E.C. 2002-R50 Issued 2002 Sept. 11, 20:51 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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COMET P/2002 O8 (NEAT)
Observations:
PK02O080 C2002 08 13.96322 21 20 42.28 -32 17 29.9 17.2 T 170
PK02O080 C2002 08 13.97722 21 20 41.63 -32 17 30.4 17.2 T 170
PK02O080 C2002 09 03.53310 21 07 50.10 -33 01 12.9 17.0 T 428
PK02O080 C2002 09 03.55352 21 07 49.45 -33 01 13.3 16.5 T 428
PK02O080 C2002 09 08.57078 21 05 33.57 -33 01 18.3 17.2 T 360
PK02O080 C2002 09 08.57744 21 05 33.39 -33 01 18.7 360
PK02O080 C2002 09 10.49356 21 04 49.06 -33 00 12.3 18.1 N 428
PK02O080 C2002 09 10.52692 21 04 48.29 -33 00 11.0 17.9 N 428
Observer details:
170 Observatorio de Begues. Observer J. Manteca. 0.31-m f/6.3
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
360 Kuma Kogen. Observer A. Nakamura. 0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
428 Reedy Creek. Observer J. Broughton. 0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/2002 O8 (NEAT)
T 2002 May 8.4914 TT MPC
q 3.229656 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1216738 Peri. 222.2578 +0.4496521 +0.8671222
a 4.033401 Node 75.5040 -0.7488420 +0.4967323
e 0.199272 Incl. 12.7864 -0.4868764 +0.0368252
P 8.10
From 67 observations 2001 May 22-2002 Sept. 10.
Ephemeris:
P/2002 O8 (NEAT)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2002 09 03 21 08.10 -33 01.0 2.384 3.268 145.8 10.0 15.0
2002 09 13 21 03.96 -32 58.0 2.471 3.275 136.4 12.2 15.1
2002 09 23 21 01.86 -32 40.3 2.578 3.282 127.1 14.1 15.2
2002 10 03 21 01.94 -32 10.1 2.699 3.290 118.0 15.6 15.3
2002 10 13 21 04.19 -31 29.5 2.832 3.298 109.2 16.6 15.4
2002 10 23 21 08.47 -30 40.5 2.973 3.306 100.7 17.2 15.6
2002 11 02 21 14.53 -29 44.4 3.119 3.316 92.6 17.4 15.7
2002 11 12 21 22.17 -28 42.4 3.267 3.325 84.7 17.2 15.8
2002 11 22 21 31.11 -27 35.2 3.414 3.335 77.1 16.8 15.9
2002 12 02 21 41.14 -26 23.5 3.558 3.346 69.7 16.0 16.0
2002 12 12 21 52.04 -25 07.8 3.696 3.356 62.5 15.1 16.1
2002 12 22 22 03.64 -23 48.6 3.827 3.368 55.4 13.9 16.2
2003 01 01 22 15.77 -22 26.4 3.949 3.379 48.6 12.6 16.3
2003 01 11 22 28.30 -21 01.6 4.060 3.391 41.8 11.2 16.3
2003 01 21 22 41.12 -19 35.0 4.159 3.404 35.3 9.6 16.4
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2002 MPC M.P.E.C. 2002-R50
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