MPEC 2002-W47 : COMET C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-W47                                Issued 2002 Nov. 27, 19:27 UT

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                           COMET C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CK02U020  C2002 11 06.95909 12 14 26.90 +76 03 41.6                      048
    CK02U020  C2002 11 06.96201 12 14 30.53 +76 03 38.7                      048
    CK02U020  C2002 11 06.96645 12 14 36.30 +76 03 32.5                      048
    CK02U020  C2002 11 06.96940 12 14 40.21 +76 03 29.6                      048
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.83792 13 23 56.80 +73 58 52.7                      048
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.84069 13 23 59.38 +73 58 45.5                      048
    CK02U020  C2002 11 10.84347 13 24 01.66 +73 58 38.1                      048
    CK02U020  C2002 11 26.98967 15 37 26.27 +60 06 35.3          17.1 N      J95
    CK02U020  C2002 11 26.99222 15 37 26.99 +60 06 26.8          16.7 N      J95
    CK02U020  C2002 11 26.99395 15 37 27.46 +60 06 20.9          16.9 N      J95

Observer details:
048 Hradec Kralove.  Observer M. Lehky.  0.40-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)
T 2002 Dec. 31.9831 TT                                  MPC
q   1.208635             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   95.8443      -0.3990048      -0.7428335
                   Node    38.7759      -0.0331374      -0.5742073
e   1.0            Incl.   59.1349      +0.9163499      -0.3442155
From 115 observations 2002 Oct. 25-Nov. 26.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-W47

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