MPEC 2002-R69 : COMET P/1986 A1 = 2002 R2 (SHOEMAKER 3)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-R69                                Issued 2002 Sept. 13, 16:07 UT

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                    COMET P/1986 A1 = 2002 R2 (SHOEMAKER 3)

Observations:
    PK02R020  C2002 09 09.77985 06 15 33.06 +20 09 10.5          18.0 T      867
    PK02R020  C2002 09 09.78297 06 15 33.46 +20 09 10.4                      867
    PK02R020  C2002 09 09.79304 06 15 34.84 +20 09 10.5                      867
    PK02R020  C2002 09 09.79513 06 15 35.13 +20 09 10.5                      867
    PK02R020  C2002 09 12.80936 06 22 26.57 +20 10 23.9          18.6 T      360
    PK02R020  C2002 09 12.81269 06 22 27.02 +20 10 24.0                      360
    PK02R020  C2002 09 12.81642 06 22 27.51 +20 10 24.5                      360

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/6.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
867 Saji Observatory.  Observer T. Oribe.  1.03-m f/4.8 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2002 R2 (Shoemaker 3)
Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5
T 2002 Dec. 14.88307 TT                                 MPC
q   1.8136046            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.05762238     Peri.   14.92931     -0.37628843     -0.91990894
a   6.6385811      Node    97.27277     +0.83824380     -0.38874899
e   0.7268084      Incl.    6.38642     +0.39465725     -0.05139816
P  17.10
Residuals in seconds of arc
860110 675 (2.8-  2.9+)   860120 707  0.5+  1.4+    860207 391 (1.3-  2.7+)
860110 675 (0.3-  2.8+)   860120 675  0.2+  0.3+    860207 391 (0.7+  4.6+)
860112 688  0.6+  0.0     860120 675  0.2+  0.3+    860209 801  1.8+  1.1+
860112 688  1.2+  0.1+    860121 809  0.6-  1.2-    860209 391  0.6-  1.6-
860117 801 (2.2-  3.3+)   860121 809  0.7-  0.0     860210 391  1.1-  0.5+
860117 688 (4.1+  0.5+)   860121 323  0.7+  0.3-    860211 491  0.7+  0.3-
860117 688  1.5+  1.8-    860121 391  1.4-  0.5-    860211 691  0.7+  0.4+
860117 391  0.3+  0.5+    860121 391  0.9-  0.9-    860211 691  0.4+  0.7+
860117 391  1.0+  0.1+    860121 391  0.2-  0.1+    860211 491  0.1+  1.0+
860117 893 (4.7+  2.2+)Y  860122 809  0.0   0.9-    860212 391  0.2-  1.6-
860117 391  1.7+  0.1+    860201 792  0.9-  2.0+    860306 707  0.0   0.3+
860117 323  2.1+  0.9-    860201 792  1.1-  0.3+    860312 801 (5.2-  2.8-)
860117 893  2.0-  0.7- Y  860201 391  1.7+  0.8-    860316 691 (3.2+  0.9-)
860117 391  1.8-  0.2+    860201 391  0.4+  0.1-    860404 801  0.4-  0.5+
860118 046  0.4-  0.3+    860202 675  0.3-  0.6+    860414 801 (3.1+  1.4-)
860118 046  0.7-  0.9+    860202 675  0.3-  0.6+    860415 691  0.0   0.7+
860118 809  0.8-  0.1+    860202 391  0.6-  1.0-    860415 691  0.1-  0.6+
860118 675  0.1-  0.4+    860202 063  2.4-  0.2+    860415 691  0.2-  0.8+
860118 675  0.0   0.5+    860203 063  0.6+  0.2+    860513 691  0.6+  0.4-
860118 893  1.0-  1.0+    860204 801  0.5+  1.3+    860513 691 (3.4+  1.0-)
860118 893 (2.8-  1.6+)   860204 391 (2.7+  3.0-)   860513 691  1.1+  0.5-
860118 893  0.2-  0.3-    860204 391 (2.8+  1.3+)   860514 691  1.6-  1.0-
860119 809  0.6-  0.8-    860204 391  0.6+  0.4-    860514 691  0.2-  0.6-
860119 809  0.9-  0.5-    860204 056 (3.1+  2.1-)   860514 691 (0.1-  2.8-)
860120 809  0.5-  1.2-    860204 056  0.3+  1.7-    020909 867  0.3-  0.2+
860120 809  0.3-  0.2+    860204 978 (4.7-  3.8-)   020909 867  0.6-  0.0
860120 675  0.1+  0.3+    860205 675  1.8+  0.2+    020909 867  0.3-  0.3-
860120 675  0.1+  0.5+    860205 391  0.7+  1.7-    020909 867  0.2-  0.3-
860120 657  0.2+  0.9+    860205 391  1.0-  0.4-    020912 360  0.5+  0.1-
860120 675  0.6+  0.4+    860205 056  0.4+  0.9+    020912 360  0.5+  0.0
860120 675  0.5+  0.4+    860207 675 (2.8-  0.5+)   020912 360  0.3+  0.4+

Ephemeris:
    P/2002 R2 (Shoemaker 3)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2002 09 03    06 00.20   +20 03.2    2.236    2.120    70.3    26.6  15.7
2002 09 13    06 22.87   +20 10.5    2.093    2.069    74.7    28.0  15.4
2002 09 23    06 45.71   +20 08.1    1.955    2.021    79.1    29.2  15.1
2002 10 03    07 08.54   +19 56.9    1.822    1.976    83.5    30.2  14.9
2002 10 13    07 31.15   +19 38.1    1.694    1.937    88.0    31.0  14.6
2002 10 23    07 53.30   +19 13.6    1.574    1.902    92.8    31.5  14.3
2002 11 02    08 14.70   +18 46.2    1.461    1.872    97.7    31.7  14.1
2002 11 12    08 35.01   +18 19.3    1.355    1.848   102.9    31.5  13.9
2002 11 22    08 53.87   +17 56.9    1.258    1.831   108.6    30.8  13.7
2002 12 02    09 10.85   +17 43.5    1.170    1.819   114.8    29.5  13.5
2002 12 12    09 25.46   +17 43.6    1.093    1.814   121.6    27.5  13.3
2002 12 22    09 37.25   +18 00.9    1.026    1.815   129.1    24.9  13.2
2003 01 01    09 45.80   +18 37.4    0.973    1.823   137.4    21.4  13.1
2003 01 11    09 50.87   +19 32.1    0.935    1.837   146.5    17.2  13.0
2003 01 21    09 52.60   +20 39.6    0.915    1.858   156.1    12.4  13.0
2003 01 31    09 51.56   +21 50.7    0.914    1.884   165.4     7.6  13.1
2003 02 10    09 48.83   +22 54.1    0.935    1.916   170.8     4.7  13.2
2003 02 20    09 45.81   +23 39.9    0.979    1.953   166.1     7.0  13.4
2003 03 02    09 43.76   +24 02.3    1.044    1.995   157.1    11.1  13.7
2003 03 12    09 43.63   +24 00.1    1.130    2.040   147.8    15.0  14.0
2003 03 22    09 45.86   +23 35.4    1.234    2.090   138.9    18.3  14.3
2003 04 01    09 50.44   +22 52.0    1.355    2.143   130.6    20.7  14.6
2003 04 11    09 57.15   +21 53.4    1.489    2.199   122.7    22.5  15.0
2003 04 21    10 05.64   +20 43.1    1.637    2.258   115.4    23.7  15.3
2003 05 01    10 15.53   +19 23.7    1.794    2.319   108.4    24.3  15.7
2003 05 11    10 26.51   +17 57.4    1.960    2.381   101.8    24.5  16.0
2003 05 21    10 38.28   +16 25.9    2.133    2.446    95.4    24.3  16.3
2003 05 31    10 50.62   +14 50.6    2.312    2.512    89.2    23.8  16.6
2003 06 10    11 03.38   +13 12.5    2.494    2.579    83.2    23.0  16.9
2003 06 20    11 16.40   +11 32.7    2.677    2.647    77.3    22.0  17.2
2003 06 30    11 29.60   +09 52.1    2.862    2.715    71.4    20.8  17.5
2003 07 10    11 42.91   +08 11.2    3.045    2.785    65.6    19.4  17.8
2003 07 20    11 56.27   +06 30.7    3.226    2.854    59.9    17.9  18.0
2003 07 30    12 09.64   +04 51.3    3.403    2.925    54.1    16.3  18.3
2003 08 09    12 23.01   +03 13.5    3.573    2.995    48.2    14.6  18.5
2003 08 19    12 36.33   +01 37.7    3.736    3.066    42.4    12.9  18.7
2003 08 29    12 49.61   +00 04.3    3.891    3.136    36.5    11.0  18.9
2003 09 08    13 02.81   -01 26.1    4.034    3.207    30.5     9.2  19.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-R69

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